In a scene that perfectly encapsulates the technological transition of the Edwardian age, a four-in-hand coach packed with elegantly dressed passengers surges along a palm-lined coastal road while an early open-top automobile — its occupants gesturing wildly — threatens to overtake them from behind; the juxtaposition of horse-drawn tradition and motorized modernity was a popular postcard motif in the years just after the automobile began invading public roads. This vivid chromolithograph, numbered 5534 in a generic scenic series, was mailed from Antwerp, New York on September 10, 1907, by Aunt Helen to her niece Edna, with a chatty message about the start of school, a neighbor named Raven running a school on the farm, and children learning piano: "My Dear Niece I suppose you are in your school again and how did you get along while Ma was out… Aunt Helen." The card bears a 1¢ Benjamin Franklin green stamp and a crisp Antwerp, N.Y. postmark.