Seen from behind, a courting couple leans together beneath a gnarled tree as a full moon rises over a snowy alpine peak — all rendered in moody, atmospheric chromolithographic greens and golds that epitomize Edwardian romantic postcard art at its most evocative. The printed caption offers a winking apology: "Owing to 'unexpected calls' on my time I cannot write more now," a stock excuse that doubles as a wink about romantic distraction. Postmarked Chicago, Illinois, June 22, 1908, Station D, and addressed to Eugene in Pope Mills, New York, the card was sent by Edna, who had just arrived in Chicago by train at 1:35 AM and was heading to Sears Roebuck's department store with friends before returning to Michigan.