A woman in a red dress and white bonnet bends toward a flowering bush beside a dirt path, a basket resting on the ground nearby. Trees and dense foliage fill the background, placing the figure at the edge of a quiet wood. The scene is a sentimental rural genre view of the kind popular on early twentieth-century postcards, where flower gathering suggested simple, wholesome country leisure.
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
White 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.
Cite this card
Woman gathering wild flowers, Mount Olive, IL, 1909, postcard, c. 1909. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/woman-gathering-wild-flowers-mount-olive-il-1909. Accessed November 2, 2026.
