Boxing Day 1907: a traveler named "Nabel" stood on the broad, tree-lined Neustädtermarkt in Chemnitz, Saxony, watching an electric tram rumble past a cylindrical advertising column while shoppers in heavy winter coats navigated the wide boulevard — and found the scene worth sharing. The colorized card, published by Leipziger Kunstverlag, captures Chemnitz at its industrial zenith, its grand Wilhelmine façades bearing a prominent Gasmotoren-Fabrik Deutz sign, a reminder that this was Germany's engine room. Nabel sent the card on 26 December 1907, franked with a pair of matching 5-Pfennig Germania stamps, to an addressee of considerable standing: the American Consul General in St. Gall, Switzerland — lending this everyday holiday greeting an unexpectedly diplomatic dimension. The message, written in confident English, notes a pleasant trip, happy family reunion, and plans to leave for Leipzig the following morning.