Roses around a blank scroll, Best Birthday Wishes, circa 1910

Subject: General Greetings
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of Roses around a blank scroll, Best Birthday Wishes, circa 1910, c. 1907 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

A spray of red and pink roses frames a blank scroll-shaped panel above the printed greeting "Best Birthday Wishes" and a four-line verse. The printed verse sends birthday wishes and says the sender has not forgotten the date but cannot be there to celebrate. The handwritten note begins "Dear Mother" and is signed Emo. Emo says the card is a little early, reports arriving at Grandma Sells by 11:15, and has peas shelled and ready to cook, inviting Mother to come help eat them. A brief line adds that the roads are fine. The note turns the printed wish into family news, the kind of quick message postcards carried cheaply in the early 1900s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

The roads are fine. Emo Dear Mother. It is a little early for a birthday but this card is so pretty. We got to Grandma Sells at 11, 15 Got all the peas shelled ready to cook. Come and help eat them.

Addressed to

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Postcard record

Condition	Good
Notes	Light age toning and foxing; small circular printer's logo at lower left of front. Divided-back 'POST CARD' with printed rate box (United States & Canada One Cent / Foreign Two Cents) and 'MADE IN U.S.A.' imprint along left edge; no postmark or stamp — the pencil message crosses the divider line with no separate address block, and the signature 'Emo' runs diagonally beside the rate box; light edge/corner wear and slight toning.

Condition

Good

Notes

Light age toning and foxing; small circular printer's logo at lower left of front. Divided-back 'POST CARD' with printed rate box (United States & Canada One Cent / Foreign Two Cents) and 'MADE IN U.S.A.' imprint along left edge; no postmark or stamp — the pencil message crosses the divider line with no separate address block, and the signature 'Emo' runs diagonally beside the rate box; light edge/corner wear and slight toning.

Cite this card

Roses around a blank scroll, Best Birthday Wishes, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/roses-around-a-blank-scroll-best-birthday-wishes-circa-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.