Divided back, used postcard, postmarked December 4, 1922 from Tours, Indre et Loire, France. Publisher:  Inter-Art Co., Florence House, Barnes, London, S. W. “COMIQUE” Series. No. 3837. Made in Great Britain. Circa 1922.

Price:  $6.00

“De nombreuses joies pour les fêtes de PAQUES”

Cute illustration of rosy-cheeked little girl in red bonnet, carrying Easter lilies and a striped hat box, and bringing you “Many joys for Easter.”

The sender wrote,  “Easter Greetings. Still having a wonderful time! Visited Amboise yesterday and are going to Chenonceau to-day. Hope you are well. Will write soon, Lovingly, Ann.”

Addressed to:  “Mr. & Mrs. P. H. John, 701 – Grand St., Alameda, California – Etats-Unis d’Amerique”

A closer look at the sender’s handwriting was in order, after being a little puzzled at first, by the signature. This person has lovely handwriting in general, but an unusual style of writing her As – and we can compare the A in Ann to the A in Amboise and Alameda.

No census or city directory etc. records were found for the Mr. and Mrs. P. H. John of Alameda, although there is an H. P. John showing up in Alameda County that could be the same person, since we often see the first and middle names or initials switched around. Of course, more research could be done to likely locate them – a page by page census search, after narrowing down the census district, but this usually is quite time-consuming, unless one happens to get lucky. Anyway, this is a lovely card, and it’s always nice to find them in other languages.