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Man covering a woman's eyes, romantic greeting card

Subject
General Greetings
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Man covering a woman's eyes, romantic greeting card, Mattie Hill, VA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of Man covering a woman's eyes, romantic greeting card, Mattie Hill, VA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this subject

A color lithograph romantic scene: a man in a brown suit stands behind a seated woman in a blue dress and covers her eyes with his hands; she holds flowers. Above, a poem is printed in cursive within a decorative gold and blue floral border.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello Miss Mattie how are you by this time We had a dance The 5 Card had a good time to I will say good by from a unknown friend Johnil Draper.

PublisherT.H.L.
Behind this maiden stealthily across the flower strewn lands, Her lover comes, and over her eyes he clasps his loving hands. 'Now maiden, tell me who it is that holds you thus so fast' He whispers, but she will not speak until his hands unclasp --- POST CARD Writing Space. Name and Address. Printed in Germany T.H.L. Theochrom Serie No 1133
PostmarkedS. Atvale, VA
Addressed to
Mattie Hill

R F D, Buchanan, VA

Postcard record

PostmarkedS. Atvale, VA
ConditionFair
Place addressedMattie Hill, R F D, Buchanan, VA
NotesGold and blue lithograph with floral border; prominent diagonal crease upper left; corner and edge wear. Postmark: S.ATVALE VA MAR [day illegible] 1909 P.M. Divided-back Theochrom card printed in Germany; stamp removed (empty stamp box with handwritten "5" and "X"); heavy creasing, edge tears and staining.

Cite this card

Man covering a woman's eyes, romantic greeting card, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/man-covering-a-womans-eyes-romantic-greeting-card. Accessed October 5, 2026.