Large waves break into white surf beneath a stormy sky, with a pinkish glow near the horizon. The caption names no shoreline, so the scene reads as a coastal study of heavy surf after a storm. The Halifax postmark carries a Depression-era slogan urging work to reduce unemployment, a reminder of the hard times when the card was mailed. Theresa and Kathleen send best wishes and good luck from Canada and note a move to a Market Street address in Halifax.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
With Best
wishes and
Good Luck.
From Canada.
Theresa and Kathleen
moved. 53 Market St,
Halifax
N.S.
PostmarkedHALIFAX, February 11, 1931, 17:30
Addressed to
Clayton Sellers.
Box 46.
Laurel-Dale, DC
FromTheresa and Kathleen, 53 Market St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
White border; heavy black ink staining/smudging across upper portion; printed caption "Surf after a Storm" with handwritten number 4274 (dealer mark #571). Postmark: HALIFAX / NOVA SCOTIA FEB 11 5:30 PM 1931, with slogan cancel "WORK AND PROVIDE / WORK TO REDUCE / UNEMPLOYMENT". Divided-back white-border card; heavy black ink smudges across the top; 2c Canadian stamp. Message written in pen sideways/left panel: "With Best wishes and Good Luck. From Canada. Theresa and Kathleen moved. 53 Market St? Halifax N.S." Addressed to Clayton Sellers, Box 46, Laurel-Dale, D.C., U.S.A.
Cite this card
Surf after a Storm, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1931, postcard, c. 1931. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/surf-after-a-storm-halifax-nova-scotia-1931. Accessed November 2, 2026.
