Time Saver Card checklist with ocean wave, Cleveland, OH, 1939

Subjects: Birds Camping & Hiking Coastal Scenery Novelty & Mechanical Cards
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1939 (Linen)

Back of Time Saver Card checklist with ocean wave, Cleveland, OH, 1939, Mr and Mrs. F. Svoboda, OH, USA, c. 1939 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

The card is a novelty "Time Saver Card," printed with a checklist of phrases for the sender to mark and the motto "Time is Money." A color view of a breaking ocean wave, seagulls, and a sunset sky fills the center. Dolores writes to friends in Cleveland as they prepare to leave for Detroit, hoping they will like living there but still prefer Cleveland. She describes her own tent camping in the open country, jokes that she is "getting black" in the sun and they may not recognize her, and admits that tent life is fun but spooky at night. Tent camping was a popular summer escape for city dwellers in the late 1930s.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Hello Friends, Hope to see you before you leave for Detroit. Glad to hear you are back again. Hope you like living in Detroit but like coming to Cleveland better. I am camping and it is wonderful out in the open country. Getting black and you probably won't know me when you see me. It's fun living in a tent but spooky at night. Your friend, Dolores Pauline

PublisherC. T. & Co.

Time Saver Card — Time is Money — Check Items Desired S-572 DEAR Friend Old kid Sweetie Folks Old thing Wifey | Hubby Girls | Boys HOW ARE YOU? I AM Flying high Feeling low Missing you Broke Well Happy WISH I HAD You A post card More money More time Someone to love me Some kisses More ambition A letter DOING LOTS OF Sightseeing Thinking of you Work Loafing Sleeping Hiking Petting Fishing Golfing Business Traveling HOPE YOU HAVE Not forgotten me Behaved yourself Been having fun Kept well Be true to me Not forgotten how to write THINGS ARE Fine Tough Slow Exciting WILL BE Seeing you Gone longer Thinking of you Writing you again Going to bed Stepping out I HAVE SEEN Ball games Movies Night clubs Parks Fights Races Lots of good- looking girls Lots of good- looking men Lots of fish Deer | Buffalo YOURS Till the cows come home With love Sincerely Forever NAME ....................

PostmarkedOH, August 10, 1939, 18:00

Addressed to

Mr and Mrs. F. Svoboda

13615 Southview Ave., Cleveland, OH

Postcard record

Postmarked	August 10, 1939, 18:00, OH
Series	S-572 8A-H1807
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Mr and Mrs. F. Svoboda, 13615 Southview Ave., Cleveland, OH
Publisher	C. T. & Co., Chicago, IL
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, issued 1938
Notes	Linen texture visible; no white border; printed novelty checklist; copyright C.T. & Co.; series S-572. Postmark: AUG 10 6 PM 1939 OHIO. Divided-back C.T. Art-Colortone card (linen era); red-ink message; pink stain at lower left of message area; stamp torn at right edge.

Cite this card

Time Saver Card checklist with ocean wave, Cleveland, OH, 1939, postcard, c. 1939. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/time-saver-card-checklist-with-ocean-wave-cleveland-oh-1939. Accessed October 21, 2026.