Divided back postcard. Postmarked December [?] 1919 from Sacramento, California. Copyright 1915. Publisher: P. F. Volland & Company, Chicago, Illinois. Series or number 807.
Price: $2.00
One more for now from The Alice Ellison Collection; our card shows an illustration of a child’s toy drum and jumping jack – in this case a monkey in a clown outfit.
“Jump, jolly jumping Jack;
Beat, booming drum;
Tell my little friend that
I wish I could come
To say to him gladly:
‘May Christmas for you
Be cheery and merry and
Jolly all through.’ “
Addressed to: “Henrietta Ellison, 1314 F. St., City.”
“City,” of course is Sacramento, CA.
The sender wrote: “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Miss Johnson.”
See Wikipedia’s entry for publisher P. F. Volland & Co.
But what I really like about this card is the publisher’s Santa on the reverse (cleaned up in Photoshop). He with his handlebar mustache, holding the little candlelit tree…and that pointed beard, or is his beard tucked into his coat? (Your choice 🙂 )
Sources: P. F. Volland Co. n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._F._Volland_Company (accessed December 24, 2023).
Jumping Jack. n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping_jack#:~:text=%22Black%20Jack%22%20Per shing%2C%20who,when%20the%20strings%20are%20tugged. (accessed December 24, 2023).