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
3/13/10
Dear Uncle,
Is it terrible
lonesome out there?
Pearlie Johnson
goes out to Colo. to day on
a claim now. Here is not
far from Evelyn's. She
is also living on a claim
I wish I could ...
well. Lovingly, your niece
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. Address originally read Capitol, Montana; Capitol struck through and Mason substituted.
Cite this card
Portrait of a smiling young woman in a bonnet, La Crosse, WI, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/portrait-of-a-smiling-young-woman-in-a-bonnet-la-crosse-wi-1. Accessed November 2, 2026.
