Divided back, artist-signed, embossed, used postcard. Postmarked from Marysville, California on March 27, 1929. Artist:  Margaret Evans Price. Publisher:  Stecher Lithographic Company, Rochester, New York. Copyrighted design. Series 502 A.

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Another beautiful Easter postcard, this one in a church-type setting with a leaded-glass window and white background behind a charmingly dressed young woman with a sweet expression. She wears a dotted old-fashioned hoop skirt (or one with many petticoats?) and a velvet-looking blue jacket with black collar. Note the wide sleeves at the wrist that show off the ruffled blouse cuffs, and the corsage pinned to the jacket. Her black bonnet is trimmed with a band of flowers, she is reading Bible verse we presume, and is surrounded by various potted flowers.  “Easter Blessings”  is the caption below, the card is embossed and has a border of light purple. Easy to miss are the artist’s initials M.E.P. that are next to one of the plants on the left.

M.E.P. was Margaret Evans Price (1888-1973) American artist, author, illustrator, muralist, toy designer, known primarily for the many children’s books she wrote, illustrated or collaborated on. For more information on the artist see the excellent website in the source below.

This is another of many in The Alice Ellison (Mrs. J. M. Ellison) Collection. The name was misspelled or written in haste here as “Ellersun” and appears to be signed,  “E. B___?, Virginia and Mack.”

Source:  Margaret Evans Price. http://www.meibohmfinearts.com/artists.aspx. (accessed February 14, 2024).