A man in a dark jacket and light trousers sits on a boulder at the water's edge, a red-trimmed rowboat pulled up beside him, while a wooded shoreline and a yellow-pink sunset sky fill the background. The scene is presented as a picture within a printed faux wood-grain frame, with a small label below reading "VACATION TIME / BY STETTMAN." The image is a typical early-20th-century vacation idyll, issued as a general greetings-style card rather than a view of a specific place.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
I thank you for
postal card, will
see you when school
opens as I have
something I must
give you.
your friend
Katherine
Mergbacher.
Printed imitation wood-grain frame border with a printed title label at bottom reading "VACATION TIME BY STETTMAN."; slight wear at corners and edges.
Postmark: BROOKLYN, N.Y. STA B AUG 10 12:30 PM 1908. Divided-back "POST CARD" with red eagle-and-shield emblem; 1¢ green Franklin stamp affixed; card evenly toned, lightly soiled, minor wear at corners.
Cite this card
Vacation Time, man with rowboat on a river, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/vacation-time-man-with-rowboat-on-a-river-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.
