About This Vintage Postcard
This artistic color postcard features a peaceful rural landscape viewed through a decorative branch of chestnuts in their prickly husks. The background depicts a small country home, autumn trees, and a distant church steeple under a soft sky. This card was used as an invitation for a Rally Day Service at Hoernerstown Sunday School, providing a unique crossover between nature art and local church history.
Details
Era: Divided Back (c. 1914)
City: Union Deposit / Hoernerstown
Country: United States
Topic: Autumn, Chestnuts, Landscapes, Church History, Rally Day
Condition: Circulated (Surface wear and scuffing on front)
Postage: Posted with a 1-cent George Washington stamp; November 4, 1914. Union Deposit, PA postmark.
Address Side: Divided Back
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Artist / Photographer: Unstated
Publisher: The Westminster Press, Philadelphia, PA (Form 12)
Printer: Unstated
Additional Information
This postcard served a practical purpose beyond its artwork, containing a handwritten invitation for a Sunday School service on November 8, 1914. The card was addressed to the Martin Cassel family in Union Deposit, Pennsylvania. Westminster Press was the publishing arm of the Presbyterian Board of Publication, explaining why this specific scenic card was used for a church invitation. The Union Deposit postmark is quite clear and adds significant local interest for Pennsylvania collectors.
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