Antique & Vintage Postcards

A dark-haired Edwardian beauty gazes softly to one side, her wide ruffled white bonnet tied with flowing orange-gold ribbons that cascade past her shoulders — a vision of genteel femininity rendered in lush painterly strokes circa 1908. She cradles two large golden chrysanthemums against a white décolleté gown, the warm amber tones repeated throughout in a harmonious composition. The artist's name, readable as Rachel Gunn with a date of 1908, anchors the image as a documented illustrated postcard of the Edwardian golden age of postcard art. The reverse carries a warm sisterly note postmarked Youngstown, Ohio, November 27, addressed to Nellie at 1367 West 64th Street, Cleveland — a sibling writing just before Christmas, telling Nellie her letters "have been received and read with pleasure" and that she hopes to hear from her at the holidays. A gold-bordered card with decorative corner scrollwork, the gold border shows light rubbing consistent with age but the illustration remains vivid and bright.