Name/Title
PostcardDescription
Color vertical postcard with illustrations of a pumpkin pie and a field of pumpkins and corn stalks with an excerpt of a John Greenleaf Whittier poem. The black borders on the postcard are embossed. Text from the excerpt reads [Ah! on Thanksgiving day, when / from East and from West, / From North and from South come / the pilgrim and guest / What moistens the lip and what / brightens the eye? / What calls back the past, like the / rich Pumpkin pie? / J. G. Whittier]. On the back of the postcard, there is a cancellation stamp, postmark, and correspondence. The postcard has been used and there is an inscription on the back alongside the inventory number. The stamp that was once attached to postcard has been separatedCollection
Postcard CollectionPostcard Details
Time Period
20th CenturyPostmark
Date and Time of Postmark
November 27, 1912, 1 PMPostmark Place
City
Worcester, MassachusettsRegion
NortheastContinent
North AmericaStamp
Green 1¢ stamp with George WashingtonAddressee
Name
Jm J. B. RichAddress
Street
378 Winden[?] AveCity
HartfordState/Province
ConnecticutCountry
United StatesPrimary Language
EnglishDimensions
Width
3-1/2 inLength
5-1/2 inParts
Count
2Parts
Postcard and loose stampProvenance
Notes
Donated by Richard K. and Yvonne H. Tracy
Addressed to [illegible] J. B. Rich (Hartford, CT)
Written by [illegible] (Worcester, MA)