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On Which Side Are You? Art Nouveau motto postcard, circa 1910

Subject
General Greetings
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of On Which Side Are You? Art Nouveau motto postcard, circa 1910, Prince Pub. Co., NY, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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Back of On Which Side Are You? Art Nouveau motto postcard, circa 1910, Prince Pub. Co., NY, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
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About this postcard

The card shows an Art Nouveau floral frame in dark blue and silver surrounding the motto "On Which Side are You?" and a four-stanza verse contrasting right and wrong, bright and gloomy, strong and weak. It is a printed motto postcard, a popular early-20th-century format for sending moral or inspirational lines.

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PublisherPrince Pub. Co.
On Which Side are You? You may look a question over From any point of view But in reaching a decision, Its sides are only two. The wrong side and right side, The gloomy and the bright side The strong, and the weak side The false side and true. So often the strong side Is really the wrong side The all-important question is, On which side are you. --- MESSAGE ADDRESS Post Card Rights Reserved. Prince Pub. Co., Lancaster Ave. Buffalo, N.Y.
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Postcard record

PublisherPrince Pub. Co.
ConditionFair
PublisherPrince Pub. Co., Buffalo, NY
NotesDark blue and metallic silver printing on cream stock; heavy age toning and staining, especially at edges; embossed-looking outline accents. No postmark. Divided back; blank message/address side. Imprint: Rights Reserved. Prince Pub. Co., Lancaster Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Light toning/staining; embossed design visible from front.

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On Which Side Are You? Art Nouveau motto postcard, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/on-which-side-are-you-art-nouveau-motto-postcard-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.