Cascading curtains of lavender-blue wisteria drape a sun-warmed California courtyard in this vivid linen-era card, the blossoms so thick they nearly swallow the neatly clipped topiary below — a quintessential 1950s vision of West Coast paradise. Published by Western Publishing & Novelty Co. of Los Angeles (catalog no. 571), the saturated color printing captures the dreamy haze of wisteria in full bloom against a brick-paved patio. On the back, a sender identified only as writing from Alhambra, California dashes off a chatty note to Pearl in Attica, Indiana — mentioning being "much better" and catching a bus on Tuesday at 7 p.m., though worried about making the mail in time. The 1-cent Franklin Roosevelt stamp, postmarked Alhambra, CA, May 3, 1955, anchors this cheerful snapshot of mid-century American correspondence.