“The memory of our good old times will never fade away,

In proof of which I’m sending this greeting to-day.”

This is a beautiful card, on linen-type paper, showing  “Friendly Greetings”  at the top and the above short verse, both done in gold-tone. Whether the card is handmade or not is a good question; maybe not as the edges are also done in gold-tone, which might leave one with the impression that the card was professionally made and sold; but then again there is no publisher information, so the card could have even been created by the sender. In any case, the scene is beautifully done, and shows a small stone bridge in winter, with the top half of a house showing in the background, nestled cozily in front of some fir trees, at sunset or sunrise. The message on the back shows:

“Dear Maud, I am wondering if you, Oria, and I could have a reunion again. Would it be possible for you to come down Saturday night and stay over Sunday? We are writing to Oria to do the same. The children will all be at home and we can all have a good old fashion visit. Lovingly, Belle   Please let me know by return mail if possible.”

We can tell this is an older card by the spelling of “to-day” rather than today. A great website for etymology was found and is listed below. Etymology is the study of the origin of words and how their meanings have changed over time. The term in the spotlight here started off as “to day”, changed to “to-day”, then became the present “today.” The hyphenated term was used roughly up until the early 20th century, but we still sometimes see “to day” around this time, as well.

Greeting card, possibly hand-made. Circa early 1900s.

Price:  $15.00

Source:  http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=today