The caption on the front of this cute and kind of funny postcard is:  “Dont Worry! Having the time of my Life. Pa is rich and Ma dont care.”  I guess that is a dog on the floor next to guy’s knee. I like this fictional couple:  With a caption like this one you might expect something different, but the man looks like he really likes the young lady, and is in it for the long haul, and the woman is no fool, she’s found a keeper.

Addressed to:  “Miss Katie Stehno. Wilson, Kansas.”  The sender wrote:  “Hello how are you. I am fine and dandy what are you doing all the time. Good Bye. From M J. answere”

It’s likely that Katie Stehno is the same person as on the 1910 Federal Census taken in Highland Township, Lincoln County, Kansas. Daughter of Ludvik Stehno and his wife, Mary, who are listed as Bohemian-Austrian; Katie’s siblings on this census are:  Ed, Agnes, Joseph, Ludvig, Leokadie, Annie, Frank and Georgie. All the children are listed as born in Kansas, and their father’s occupation is farmer. Katie was born about 1893, and this postcard is estimated to be from around 1910, so Katie might have been about 17 when she received it. As you can see it was not postmarked.

As for the publisher or printer logo, here is another we’ve recently been looking at. (See posts published May 26, 2014 entitled May You Be As Happy…, Lemons And Pink Poppies, Birthday Wishes From Pauline To Goldie.) Only this time this “A” or double “A” in circle is sideways. A print error? The plot thickens.

From the California Death Index records online, it appears that Katie was Catherine Matilda Stehno, born February 20, 1893; died September 15, 1983 in Fresno, California; married to a gentleman by the last name of Pechacek; mother’s maiden name Rezab. The mother’s maiden name is confirmed on the 1900 Federal Census taken in Noble, Ellsworth, Kansas, that shows the parents and children (as of that date the youngest child is daughter Lokallie, spelled Leokadie on the 1910) but also shows Mary Rezo, widowed mother-in-law to head of household, Ludwik or Ludvic Stehno. Ludvic’s father Frank Stehno is also listed on this census as well as John Rezo, brother-in-law to Ludvic.

Divided back, unused with writing postcard. Publisher unknown. Printer or publisher logo shows sideways “A” or double “A” in circle. Circa 1910.

Price:  $10.00

Sources:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Highland, Lincoln, Kansas; Roll: T624_444; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0078; FHL microfilm: 1374457. (Ancestry.com)

Place: Fresno; Date: 15 Sep 1983; Social Security: 561218050. Ancestry.com. California, Death Index, 1940-1997

Year: 1900; Census Place: Noble, Ellsworth, Kansas; Roll: 480; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 0028; FHL microfilm: 1240480. (Ancestry.com)