Merry Christmas from THSSH! This year’s vintage card features an angel with a violin. The note on the reverse dates it to 1907 which corresponds to the divided back to separate the message from the address. The U.S. Post Office authorized divided-back postcards in 1907.

The card bears no stamp or postmark and may never have been mailed. It’s addressed to Mrs. John Boyle in Gladstone, N.J. Mrs. Boyle was Sarah Faulkner Boyle (1845-1933), wife of John Boyle (c.1843-1899). The note is signed “F.K.”, probably by her daughter Floretta Koechlein.

The card appears to have been printed in Europe and has numerous languages printed on the back, including the Russian Cyrillic for “Open Letter.”