Celebrate the charm of an early twentieth-century holiday morning with this delightful antique Christmas postcard postmarked December 25, 1918. The front features a sweet lithographed illustration of a young child in a blue belted coat sitting beneath a candlelit Christmas tree, reaching for a red glass ornament. Surrounding the child is a wonderful assortment of classic vintage toys, including a wheeled pull-toy elephant, a camel, a donkey on wheels, a spinning top, a striped ball, a candy cane, and two uniformed toy soldiers standing guard behind the tree.
Printed in the U.S.A. in the classic style of Stecher Lithographic Co., the back features a divided layout with a green 1-cent George Washington stamp and a clear Christmas Day postmark from Berkeley, California. Written in pencil, the festive message reads: "Merry Xmas and many of them. Ethel Font." Addressed to Mrs. Rose Ford at 1326 Arch St., Berkeley, Cal. This authentic piece of holiday ephemera is ideal for postcard collectors, vintage Christmas displays, or holiday junk journaling.
