Vintage Holiday Cards - 1¢ Postage
Christmas Cards along with other holiday greeting cards were first sent in the mid 1800s. The postcard, popularized in the first decade of 1900, became an perfect format for greeting cards. The postage was cheaper, it was probably cheaper than a folded card and its envelope.
Pre-WWI color postcards were nearly all printed in Germany. The 'Great War' created a shortage of all kinds of color postcards. |
I was fortunate to have a grandmother that kept everything, including postcards received and sent. Thank you Maggie Struble Clark.
Each card is a personal heirloom, sometimes with important history (to my family) and period writing on the back. Enjoy! |
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| 1925 New Years card sent to one of my my aunts in Conway Springs. |
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| [Postcard reads] With best wishes for a bright and happy year. will write a letter later with Love, Lennie, Clarence, and Donavon Ray.
From Cushing Oklahoma to Miss Gladys Clark, Conway Springs, Kansas,
Jan 5, 1925 |
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1916 postcard sent to my grandfather, Ora Clark, by his sister Mabel Blue from Topeka, KS to Caldwell, KS.
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| [Postcard Reads:] Topeka Kans Dec 18. Dear sister & brother how are you getting along. I think you might write me once in a while. How are the children. I would like to see you and wished you could come up Xmas. How are all the folks there. Is a lot of sickness here now. So much grip. Tell ma not to forget she owes me a letter. I thought sure Id hear from her today. Hope this will find you all well and we are the same. Your sis Mabel. [Note: text shown as written.] [Names: Maggie Clark, Mabel Blue] |
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| 1915 postcard send to my great-grandfather & mother from a neice; from Westminster, MO to Caldwell, KS |
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| [Poscard Reads:] Greetings, Dear aunt and uncle. I often think of you and wonder how you all are. I wish the girls would write to me. We are all well and hope that finds you all.the same.We wish you all a very Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. Maggie Stouen(sp). [Note: text shown as written. [Names: Jacob Struble, Nancy Struble] |
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| c. 1915 Postcard. Not mailed, handwriting suggests a child . . . or just poor writing skills. To an uncle (in Kansas). Notice, you could write in the recipients name on the front; 'all' was written on this one. |
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| Reads: We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. To Jake Struble & Children |
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| 1911 Greeting Card. A generic greeting card, not unlike many found today, can be used for any holiday, special occasion. Sent from Earl Clark in Oatville, Kansas to his brother Ora Clark in Caldwell, Kansas |
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| [Card reads] Dear brother, how are you? Got home allright. I suppose brother I subscribed for the mail and breez??? for you that was lilke paper. I had to go get subscribers for will send you a post card later. This is a sample. [Note: I think the sending brother had bought a series of postcards (subscribed) for his brother. The sender was living still at home with his parents, and he was a real entrepreneur. Oatville is in the city of Wichita now, near the airport. Ora was married and working a farm outside of Caldwell. |
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Postcards on Pinterest
The PhotoTree Pinterest board has these postcards and other postcard related pins.
http://www.pinterest.com/phototree/postcards/
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