A spray of red and pink roses surrounds a blank, scroll-shaped cartouche above the printed greeting "Best Birthday Wishes" and a four-line verse. The design is a typical early twentieth-century lithographed greeting postcard, with the blank panel left for a handwritten name or message. No publisher or place is legible on the front.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
The roads are not fine.
Dear Mother. It is a little
early for a birthday but
this card is so pretty.
We got to Somervells at 11, 15.
Got all the peas shelled, ready
to cook. Come and help eat them.
Emo
Addressed to
No address detected
Postcard record
Condition
Good
Notes
Light age toning and foxing; small circular monogram at lower left.
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, stamp, or address written — the address panel is filled with the message in pencil; light edge/corner wear and slight toning.
Cite this card
Roses around a blank scroll, birthday greeting, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/roses-around-a-blank-scroll-birthday-greeting-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.
