1910s Happy New Year France Vintage Postcard

About This Vintage Postcard

This evocative vintage postcard features a serene, hand-tinted landscape of a rustic cottage nestled among blossoming trees. The scene depicts peaceful rural life, complete with a horse-drawn cart traveling down a dirt path and chickens foraging in the foreground. The French greeting Heureuse Annee (Happy New Year) is printed in an elegant, stylized font in the upper right corner. This pastoral imagery was a popular choice for New Year’s greetings in the early 20th century, representing a wish for a tranquil and prosperous year ahead.

Details

Era: Divided Back 1919 (1910s)
City: Bordeaux (inscribed)
Country: France (usage) / Great Britain (manufacture)
Topic: Rural Landscape / Cottage Life / Heureuse Annee / Rustic Cottage Scene
About This Vintage Postcard
Condition: Circulated
Postage: Unposted (Likely sent in an envelope)
Address Side: Divided
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Artist / Photographer: Unknown
Publisher: C. W. Faulkner & Co., Ltd.
Printer: Unknown
Print Type: Photogravure (Hand-colored)

Additional Information

This card is identified as Series 1650 and part of The C.W.T. Series. It was published by C. W. Faulkner & Co., Ltd. of London, a prominent British firm known for its high-quality artistic postcards. The back contains a lengthy handwritten message in French dated December 29, 1919, from Bordeaux. The sender expresses sincere wishes for joy, health, and happiness for the upcoming year of 1920 to friends in Nantes. This card serves as a beautiful piece of social history from the first New Year following the formal end of World War I.

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