A rotund, mustachioed man clutches a stein and gazes contentedly at a platter of sausages and sauerkraut, while verse below makes the case: "Some people love Oysters and others fish / And many think Beans a very fine dish / But there is another YOU can't be without / Say, what is the matter with SAUERKRAUT?" The card is a cheerful artifact of German-American popular culture at its early 20th-century peak — by 1904 the German immigrant community was the largest ethnic group in the United States, and dishes like sauerkraut and Bratwurst had become shorthand for both German identity and good-humored American ribbing of it. The card is illustrated by the artist Spiegel and copyrighted 1904 by SPC Co., Chicago. Postmarked Troupsburg, New York, it was mailed to an address in Edmeston, Otsego County, N.Y.

• Postmark: Troupsburg, N.Y., c.1904
• Status: Posted
• Notable stamp: Scott 300 — U.S. 1c Franklin, blue-green, 1903