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Roses in a gilded basket

Subject
General Greetings
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1907 (Golden Age)
Front of Roses in a gilded basket, Tressa Smeltzer, PA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Front
Back of Roses in a gilded basket, Tressa Smeltzer, PA, USA, c. 1907 lithograph postcard
Back

About this subject

A bouquet of pink roses with green leaves arranged in a gilded woven basket tied with a green ribbon bow, against a textured off-white background.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Apr. 19/09 Dear Cousin Received your card and thank you for it. Did you hear about the awful wreck at Jeannette and about it smashing Mildred Felton it was an awful smash Two hundred at her funeral but

Dopisnice. Posíkarte. Levelezö-Lap. Correspondenzkarte. Carte postale. Cartolina postale. Post card. Weltpostverein. Briefkaart. Union postale universelle. Uniona postale universale. Karta korespondencyjna. Korrespondenční lístek. Всемірный почтовый союзъ. Россія. Открытое письмо. Brefkort. Brevkort. Tarjeta postal.
PostmarkedGreensburg, PA, April 19, 1909, 16:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Tressa Smeltzer

Manor Sta., Westmoreland Co., Pa.

From12 Flower Ave

Postcard record

Postmarked, Greensburg, PA
ConditionGood
Place addressedTressa Smeltzer, Manor Station, PA
Stamp1c George Washington, green, issued 1909
NotesEmbossed gold accents; no printed text; light surface wear and stains. Postmark: GREENSBURG PA. APR 19 4 PM 1909. Divided-back card with multilingual Weltpostverein header; embossed floral front; pencil '12 Flower Ave' and 'Apr 19/09' at top; message trimmed at bottom edge.

Cite this card

Roses in a gilded basket, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/roses-in-a-gilded-basket. Accessed October 5, 2026.