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Postcard 1907 "Making Hay While the Sun Shines" Embossed Comic Chas Williams NY
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Pre-linen · 1907

Postcard 1907 "Making Hay While the Sun Shines" Embossed Comic Chas Williams NY

New York, USA1907Pre-linenGood

A farmhand leans toward a willing young woman nestled against a haystack, their flirtatious moment watched with knowing amusement by an old farmer leaning on his pitchfork in the background — capturing the rural double-entendre that made "Making Hay While the Sun Shines" one of the most reproduced comic motifs of the Edwardian postcard era. This elegantly printed card features a painterly illustration with an ornate silver embossed border, copyright 1907 by Chas. Williams, N.Y. The composition has a confident, illustrative quality consistent with the better American publishers of the period. The card appears unused, with no postmark or message, preserving its silver embossing in clean condition.

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PC-04387 · Chas. Williams, New York, NY
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