A smiling Native American child sits on a boldly patterned blanket, dressed in a fringed, beaded buckskin garment with a single upright feather in dark hair. Leafy trees fill the background. The printed caption reads "FIRST AMERICAN" SMILE TO YOU!, using a mid-century novelty phrase that presents the child as an emblem rather than a named individual. The image is a colorized genre portrait, not a record of a specific tribal scene.
Postcard Details
Message · English
Hello Annie
well Rem got your Card from the
— 99 glad to get them
Card from you are you O.K. I hope. I am
O.K. here is the weather
in June. No snow
in the street but hot
like yesterday—tomorrow one day
Linen texture visible; minor wear at lower left corner.
Cite this card
Smiling Native American child, 'First American,' circa 1940, postcard, c. 1940. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/smiling-native-american-child-first-american-circa-1940. Accessed November 2, 2026.
