A St. Patrick's Day greeting design: four green shamrocks and a white horseshoe with red nail marks frame a central panel showing a thatched cottage, a rainbow and evergreen branches against a mottled sky. The shamrocks and horseshoe are raised in relief against a textured grey-brown ground, a common treatment for Irish holiday cards of the early twentieth century, when shamrock, horseshoe and rainbow motifs were combined as emblems of luck and blessing.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pencil
Dear friend, I received your
card some time ago but have been
[illegible] have not had time to answer
[illegible] time to tell you how
[illegible] doing. Hope this will find
[illegible] enjoying the
[illegible] Crooked Lake
[illegible] how is
[illegible] I suppose you
[illegible] to hear and
[illegible] of your old friends, give my
[illegible] to all, Miss [illegible]
Scan is rotated 90 degrees; design reads vertically. Heavy embossed relief on shamrocks and horseshoe, textured pebbled background, no printed text on front; light edge and corner wear, small stain at lower right.
Postmark: none visible — no stamp, no cancellation on this scan. Divided back with a vertical rule; embossed shamrock/horseshoe design on textured stock; pencil message written sideways along the left edge; light edge wear and faint foxing.
Cite this card
St. Patrick's Day greeting with shamrocks, horseshoe and cottage scene, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/st-patricks-day-greeting-with-shamrocks-horseshoe-and-cottag. Accessed October 24, 2026.
