1905 Swedish Sailor Boy Gott Nytt Ar New Year Postcard

About This Vintage Postcard

This charming vintage postcard features a young boy in a formal white naval uniform saluting while holding the national flag of Sweden. The Swedish greeting "Gott Nytt Ar" or "Happy New Year" is written across the top in elegant red script. This card represents a personal piece of history as it was sent from a friend named Ida in Sweden to a Miss Ellen Gustavsson in Boston Massachusetts. Images of children in naval attire were popular during the early 20th century symbolizing national pride and a hopeful future for the coming year.

Details

Era: Divided Back (1905)
City: Stockholm
Country: Sweden
Topic: Children / Patriotic
Condition: Circulated
Postage: Posted with two green 5 ore Swedish stamps
Address Side: Divided
Orientation: Vertical Portrait
Artist / Photographer: Unknown
Publisher: Axel Eliassons Konstforlag
Printer: Unknown
Print Type: Chromolithograph

Additional Information

The card was published by Axel Eliassons Konstforlag in Stockholm and is identified as No. 1530. Axel Eliasson was a major Swedish publisher known for high quality artistic postcards during the Golden Age of postcards. The handwritten message in Swedish includes New Year wishes and was sent to an address on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston reflecting the large Swedish immigrant community in that area at the time. The green stamps feature the profile of King Oscar II or King Gustaf V which were common for international mail from Sweden during this period.

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