Santa Claus with toys, Princeton, MO, 1911

Subjects: Christmas & Santa General Greetings
Card type: Lithograph
Date: c. 1911 (Golden Age)

Back of Santa Claus with toys, Princeton, MO, 1911, Herbert Cozad, IA, USA, c. 1911 lithograph postcard — Back

About this postcard

Santa Claus, red-hooded and white-bearded, wears green gloves and holds an armful of toys: a dollhouse, a tennis racket, a horn, and a candy cane. He stands against a gold ground, and the greeting "Christmas Greetings." runs in gold script across his red coat. By 1911 this red-robed gift-bringer was a familiar American Christmas figure, distinct from the bishop's-robed St. Nicholas of older European tradition. The message is a holiday invitation from Princeton, Missouri, to friends in Lineville, Iowa. The sender hopes they have a nice Christmas, notes the snow, and suggests they "hitch up to your sled and drive down and eat with us Christmas." The children are all in school except Poe, who keeps the writer busy climbing on tables, the organ, and everything else.

Postcard Details

Message · English

Dear friends, We hope you are going to have a nice Christmas, I think the way it is snowing you might hitch up to your sled and drive down and eat with us Christmas. We are well. The children all go to school but Poe, and he keeps me busy running after him. He climbs upon every table stand organ + everything else. Good by the[?] Cinglers[?] familys[?].

PostmarkedDecember 20, 1911 7pm
Princeton, MO

Addressed to

Herbert Cozad

R.f.d Lineville, IA

Postcard record

Postmarked	December 20, 1911 7pm, Princeton, MO
Series	Series 213 B
Condition	Good
Place addressed	Herbert Cozad, R.f.d, Lineville, IA
Stamp	1c Benjamin Franklin, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Red and black ruled border around a gold background; divided-back card (printed "FOR CORRESPONDENCE" / "FOR ADDRESS ONLY") with light edge and corner wear. Postmark: PRINCETON MO DEC 20 1911 7 PM — embossed/raised-stock design, green 1¢ Franklin stamp, pencil message; light edge wear and slight soiling.

Cite this card

Santa Claus with toys, Princeton, MO, 1911, postcard, c. 1911. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/santa-claus-with-toys-princeton-mo-1911. Accessed November 13, 2026.