New Year Greetings Children Punch Bowl Cups Dogs Doll Embossed Postcard
Offered is an embossed New Year’s greeting postcard featuring three children carrying a large punch bowl and tray with matching cups. The scene also includes three small dogs and a child holding a red doll, with the greeting “New Year Greetings” printed in the upper right. The cheerful illustration captures the playful, festive style commonly found on early twentieth-century holiday postcards.
This postcard is a classic example of a Golden Age holiday greeting postcard. During the early 1900s, Germany produced many finely illustrated and embossed postcards for export, especially for holidays such as New Year’s. Images of happy children celebrating, serving festive drinks, and accompanied by playful animals reflected themes of prosperity, friendship, hospitality, and good fortune for the coming year.
The reverse bears the P.F. trademark along with Series 9344 and the notation “Relief/glatt/Radiol,” identifying the finish used in its production.
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Holiday postcards featuring children and festive celebrations remain popular with collectors of greeting cards, New Year’s ephemera, and early illustrated postcards.
Pre-owned postcard showing age-related wear consistent with storage and handling. The postcard is unused postally, with no stamp or postmark, but does have handwritten addressing on the reverse. Embossed details remain visible.
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