A bust-length portrait of a smiling young woman wearing a frilled bonnet tied with large ribbon bows and a dark scarf or shawl over a light dress. The image is rendered in soft sepia tones in the manner of a charcoal or pencil drawing reproduced for a postcard, a style common in the first two decades of the 20th century for sentimental portrait cards. No caption, publisher line, or place is printed on the front.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Uncle
3/13/10
how is it this will
reach you out there.
Pearl Johnson was
here to Colo. to day on
a claim near here is not
far from your place. She is not
living with her mother
I think I saw her mother
well. How is the wheat sowing
cetting along
Heavy foxing, brown spotting and staining across the cream stock; worn, rounded corners and a light crease at upper right. No printed text or border on the front.
Postmark: LA CROSSE WIS. MAR 15 8-PM 1910. Divided-back card on aged, matte stock; no white border on the front; heavy black ink blot at lower right of the address side and scattered foxing/stains.
Cite this card
Portrait of a smiling young woman in a bonnet, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/portrait-of-a-smiling-young-woman-in-a-bonnet-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.
