A rosy-cheeked girl in German youth-hiker dress — guitar strapped to her rucksack, map tucked under one arm, walking stick in hand — strides cheerfully past a cheeky gnome hiding in a toadstool patch, while a squirrel watches from above; the banner beneath her reads "Nicht allein ein schöner Rücken, auch der Rücksack kann entzücken" — a pun so perfectly untranslatable it has delighted German postcard buyers for ninety years ("Not only a beautiful back, but a rucksack can also delight"). This whimsical cover conceals a hidden flap in the back from which a concertina strip of Black Forest views tumbles out: Teilansicht mit Zavelstein, Blick vom Bad-Hotel, Trinkhalle, Partie am Hotel Hirsch, and Teinachtal among others. Bad Teinach, a spa resort in the northern Black Forest known since the 17th century for its mineral springs, was a popular weekend escape for Stuttgart residents between the wars. The comic illustration style and color palette are characteristic of the late Weimar / early Third Reich tourist trade printing.