Birthday Greetings Longfellow portrait poem embossed postcard

Front

Description: Color embossed birthday greetings postcard featuring a portrait of an elderly bearded man (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) in an oval medallion, surrounded by pink flowers and decorative scrollwork. Text reads 'Birthday Greetings' with a Longfellow poem verse.

Printed Text: Birthday Greetings Bear through sorrow, wrong and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth. Longfellow

Back

Description: Divided back with 'POST CARD.' printed at top. Divided into correspondence and address sides. Green 1-cent U.S. postage stamp affixed. Partial postmark from Connecticut (partial 'CON' visible) dated 191-. Handwritten message addressed to Mrs. Frank O. Gridley, Sunnyside, Washington.

Printed Text: PRINTED IN GERMANY

Publisher Location: Germany

Postmark & Message

Postmark: Partial circular postmark, Connecticut, dated 191-

Message: Dear Grace! Did not hear that ere long you would be with Jessie. I hope you will not forget us at [S.C.S.?] when you come, am sure there could be much to talk about. Please accept the little card with my best wishes C.W.[O?]