A spray of pink single roses with yellow stamens and several buds fills a green and blue stippled panel. The design is a floral greeting motif.
Mabel Holmes wrote to her cousin Clara Lieder in Lonsdale, Minnesota, urging her to come early for a "Basket sociable" on May 28 and promising ice cream. Basket sociables were common church and community gatherings in small-town Minnesota, often combining food, entertainment, and fundraising.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Bring all you can "all are welcome to come."
dear cousin!
Mamma told
me to drop you a
few lines to let you
know that the Basket
sociable will be a
week from tomorrow
night May 28. Mama
said you should come
a few days ahead of
time if you can. We are
also going to have ice
cream with it
love to all from us With I remain Mabel Holmes.
Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; front has a large blank white panel at left of the floral image; back message panel filled with a handwritten message in ink; printed number '38' in the upper corner of the front; light edge wear and faint soiling.
No postmark or stamp — card appears unmailed. Divided back with multi-language "Postkarte — Carte postale" heading (German-printed stock, c. 1910s–1930s); linen-textured front with white border; light creasing, edge wear and a faint pencil dealer price mark above the address.
Cite this card
Pink wild roses greeting postcard, Lonsdale, MN, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/pink-wild-roses-greeting-postcard-lonsdale-mn-circa-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.
