A monochrome drawing of a small child's head, hair tousled, mouth stretched wide in a huge yawn, with a lit candle in a low candlestick sketched beside it. Flowing copperplate-style calligraphy frames the figure with the joking lines "Everybody seems / Dreamland / But You! and I," a typical turn-of-the-century comic greeting sent to a night owl or late riser. Cards of this style, printed in a single ink on cream stock, were common in the undivided-back era before 1907.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
If you dont go
to bed early every
night this is the
way you will look
much worse
Undivided-back era stock; monochrome lithograph with calligraphic lettering; brownish toning/staining at upper left and dark smudges at top center; small printed credit line near the candle.
Postmark: OKLAHOMA SEP 6 11-AM 1909 OKLA. Divided-back card with 1¢ green Franklin stamp; cream matte stock, light soiling and slight corner wear.
Cite this card
Yawning child with candle, humorous "Dreamland" greeting, circa 1905, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/yawning-child-with-candle-humorous-dreamland-greeting-circa. Accessed October 24, 2026.
