With a wide, gap-toothed grin and two enormous halved watermelons thrust toward the viewer, a spirited young woman in a checked apron invites all comers to \"Come & share with me\" in this genuine real-photo postcard — a charming artifact of the novelty-card craze of the early 1910s, when Rochester Photo Press turned out playful photographic postcards that blended the intimacy of portraiture with the breezy humor of the era. Mailed from New York City on August 13, 1914 — just nine days after Britain declared war on Germany, though the sender\'s cheerful note to Mabel at the Gable House in Spring Valley, New York, makes no mention of the gathering storm — the card carries a 1-cent Franklin stamp and a warm, if difficult to fully decipher, personal message wishing Mabel well and hoping to see her soon.
SKU: PC-01053
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