A group of brown pelicans perched on nests among dense flowering coastal shrubs, with the blue sea and a pale sky behind them. Several birds sit on stick nests built into the low green bushes.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Thanks for the New Year card may
your new year be a happy one.
I was sorry to hear you [illegible]
last summer but could not
make it come right as had
another [illegible] into architecture. The
[illegible] one would be there, but we are
both [illegible] well am. [illegible] Hall Rick
went to Mic[illegible] to day
for 9 am. Been to Sunday school
Jan 9th. Been to [illegible] Hall
[illegible]
Addressed to
Grace Christianson
R.F.D. 2. Box 60, Brattleboro, Vermont
Postcard record
Condition
Good
Stamp
1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
Notes
Color halftone/lithographic dot texture; image fills the card with no white border. A long diagonal crease or scratch runs across the center of the picture.
Postmark: THE C[illegible] FLA 10 1910. Divided-back card; 1c green Washington stamp; printed number R-26713; message written in blue ink sideways along the left edge.
Cite this card
Pelicans on their nests, Florida coast, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pelicans-on-their-nests-florida-coast-circa-1910. Accessed October 5, 2026.
