About this piece
Measures: 5.5" x 3.5"
Vintage linen postcard produced by E. C. Kropp Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The front features a colorful linen-era illustration of golfers on a course beneath the caption "Enjoying Every Minute Here — Too Busy To Write," paired with a humorous pre-printed "Time Savers — Easy Correspondence Card" checklist grid. The multi-column checklist allows the sender to circle status updates across categories including how they are feeling, local weather, evening activities, and people encountered — a novelty correspondence format popular during the linen era (c. 1930–1945).
• Type: Linen postcard
• Publisher: E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, WIS. (copyright line visible on right edge)
• Subject: Golf illustration / humor / novelty checklist / comic correspondence card
• Era: Linen era, c. 1930s–1940s
• Size: Standard 3.5 × 5.5"
• Postal status: Unposted; one-cent stamp box on reverse
• Condition: G+ — visible edge wear and staining as shown in photos
E. C. Kropp was a prominent Milwaukee-based linen-era publisher alongside Curt Teich, Tichnor, and Colourpicture. Novelty checklist "Time Savers" cards are a recognized linen-era comic/humor subcategory with crossover appeal to golf collectibles, advertising ephemera, and mid-century paper goods collectors.
Vintage linen postcard produced by E. C. Kropp Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The front features a colorful linen-era illustration of golfers on a course beneath the caption "Enjoying Every Minute Here — Too Busy To Write," paired with a humorous pre-printed "Time Savers — Easy Correspondence Card" checklist grid. The multi-column checklist allows the sender to circle status updates across categories including how they are feeling, local weather, evening activities, and people encountered — a novelty correspondence format popular during the linen era (c. 1930–1945).
• Type: Linen postcard
• Publisher: E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee, WIS. (copyright line visible on right edge)
• Subject: Golf illustration / humor / novelty checklist / comic correspondence card
• Era: Linen era, c. 1930s–1940s
• Size: Standard 3.5 × 5.5"
• Postal status: Unposted; one-cent stamp box on reverse
• Condition: G+ — visible edge wear and staining as shown in photos
E. C. Kropp was a prominent Milwaukee-based linen-era publisher alongside Curt Teich, Tichnor, and Colourpicture. Novelty checklist "Time Savers" cards are a recognized linen-era comic/humor subcategory with crossover appeal to golf collectibles, advertising ephemera, and mid-century paper goods collectors.