A cluster of pink, white, and orange chrysanthemum blooms with green stems stands against a pale ground, and the printed line "You are a nice Kid and I like you." appears at the right.
The card carries a playful December message from Pulaski to Emmett Douthat in Roanoke, asking how he is on a cold day and whether he is watching for Santa Claus. The sender promises that Santa will bring "some thing pretty," a small holiday exchange that catches a child's anticipation in southwest Virginia.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Hello you kid
How you was
this cold day?
Are you looking
for Santa Clause?
sled? you a yankee
melele? he bri?e you
some thing pretty
I wrote him to bring the
soon to see you
ha ha O let it be soon
Guess and answer soon.
Poll[?] sugar for.
Fine textured/cross-hatch paper surface; faint purple oval cancel or stamp mark at right; light staining and foxing, edge and corner wear.
Postmark: PULASKI VA. DEC 19 3:30 PM. Divided-back card with 1c Franklin green (1902 series); no year in the postmark. Messages in blue ink, written sideways along the left edge, in English and only partly legible (e.g. 'Hello you kid…'; 'friends[?] see you…'; reviewer suggests 'soon to see you… Guess and answer soon. Poll? sugar for'). Card toned with edge wear and corner creases.
Cite this card
You are a nice Kid greeting postcard, Pulaski, VA, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/you-are-a-nice-kid-greeting-postcard-pulaski-va-circa-1907. Accessed November 13, 2026.
