This postcard, dated 1913, is a lithographic holiday card from the period commonly referred to as the Golden Age of Postcards. The recto depicts a winter scene: a two-story house with windows rendered in red, a snow-covered landscape, a small stone bridge, and a foreground with large holly leaves and red berries. The color palette consists of white, light blue, and gray, with red accents, set within a textured gold border. The abbreviation “Xmas” and the phrase “To Greet You” are printed in a brownish-gold ink, consistent with vernacular typographic and artistic conventions of the pre-World War I era. Physical wear includes minor corner rounding, chipping along the gilt border, and light foxing on the paper stock.The verso is a divided-back design with an embossed floral pattern. It contains a completed message and address. The card is addressed to Belle Lamphier in Plainville, Connecticut, and bears a faint circular postmark. Pencil notations indicate “R.S.O. No 1.” and “DPO 1913”; the latter is a dealer mark referencing a Discontinued Post Office date, relevant to postal history study. The handwritten message, in light cursive, reads: “How you was? Still kicking. Have you been slaughtering yet?” The sender notes going “only to school & back,” apologizes for a delayed reply due to being “very busy,” and signs as “old friend.” This reference to seasonal livestock processing reflects a common practice in rural agricultural communities. The card is franked with a one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp from the Washington-Franklin series.
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