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To My Sweetheart Embossed Ivy Letters Violets Forget-Me-Nots 1909 Salem Ohio — photo 1 of 2

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Antique embossed greeting postcard reading "To My Sweetheart" in large green ivy-covered letters with red-and-gold "To My," purple violets and blue forget-me-nots, and "From" printed at the bottom with "Homer" written in pencil. Divided back with a multilingual Union Postale Universelle heading, standard size about 5.5 x 3.5 inches. Light toning and spotting on the front, minor edge and corner wear.

Posted with a green one-cent Franklin stamp, circular postmark dated February 1909, 10 AM (town not legible). Addressed in ink to Miss Mary Esther Burton, 203 Wilson St.(?), Salem, O. The short message reads "Hello. How old you was? Homer."

Part of a family correspondence group to Mary Esther Burton of Salem, Ohio.