Santa Claus, in a red suit and fur-trimmed cap, holds a large golden handbell and carries a bulging grey sack over one shoulder. Holly sprigs with red berries frame the corners, and stockings and small toys hang at the lower right, including a purse marked '$1000.' The greeting is printed in silver-grey script on a pale blue and silver ground. A child's note asks Edith whether she likes her teacher and says the writer is in school. Santa cards were a staple of the early 20th-century Christmas postcard boom.
Postcard Details
Message · English
Hels Edith or —
You going to —
school do you
like your teacher
I am going to school
and having a
day
Mary Ann
Heavily embossed relief with gold and silver metallic accents; top line of the greeting is trimmed at the card edge; light corner and edge wear.
Postmark: PRINCETON DEC 9 3 0 PM MO. Divided-back embossed card, printed 'SANTA CLAUS SERIES NO 2'; 1¢ green Franklin stamp; worn, creased, stamp torn/soiled.
Cite this card
Santa Claus with bell and toy sack, Princeton, MO, circa 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/santa-claus-with-bell-and-toy-sack-princeton-mo-circa-1908. Accessed November 13, 2026.
