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Woman gathering wild flowers

Card type
Lithograph

About this subject

A woman in a red dress and white bonnet bends to pick flowers from a bush beside a dirt path; a basket sits on the ground nearby, with trees and foliage in the background.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Cousin: - Rec'd your card some time ago was some what surprise to hear from you & thought you had forgotten me. How is everybody in Irving? Why don't Etta write & haven't heard from her since she went home. Ta Ta your cousin Alma

PostmarkedMount Olive, IL, February 24, 1909, 18:00
Stamp
Addressed to
Walter King

Irving, Illinois

Postcard record

Postmarked, Mount Olive, IL
ConditionGood
Place addressedWalter King, Irving, IL
PublisherSt. Louis, MO
Stamp1c Benjamin Franklin, green, issued 1930
NotesWhite border; lithographic texture. Postmark: MOUNT OLIVE ILL. FEB 24 6 PM 1909. Divided-back card with white border, color lithograph ("other" texture); Adolph Selige Publishing Co. imprint, printed in Germany; black ink smudge below the stamp; light soiling and edge wear.

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Woman gathering wild flowers, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/woman-gathering-wild-flowers. Accessed October 5, 2026.