The card shows a smiling woman in a pale blue jacket and pink skirt, holding a large hat filled with red roses, beside the verse “Happy are we met, / Happy have we been, / Happy may we part, / and happy meet again.” The design is a general greeting postcard published by Theodor Eismann of New York and copyrighted in 1909. Eismann was an early 20th-century New York postcard publisher, and this card combines color lithography with sentimental verse and ornate gold lettering.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Fred!
Blanche is
four a head
of me but I have
two more things
to take tomorrow
from your
cousin,
Gladys
Nobodn
Gold/olive background with a black arched panel; ornate gold lettering; printed copyright line vertically at left; edge wear, creases, and surface scuffs.
No postmark or stamp present. Divided-back private card with "Printed in Germany" imprint and card number 1156/11; gold-bordered embossed/art-reproduction style, copyright 1913 on the picture side. Light edge wear and a small crease at lower right.
Cite this card
Happy are we met greeting card with woman holding roses, circa 1909, postcard, c. 1913. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/happy-are-we-met-greeting-card-with-woman-holding-roses-circ. Accessed October 24, 2026.
