Hello there! When are you coming to see me? – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage postcard captures Hello there! When are you coming to see me? in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A 1908 postcard greeting, "Hello there! When are you coming to see me?", uses the telephone as a courtship prop, with a couple trading flirtatious lines over the receiver. The card is a color halftone from the H.E.L. Theochrom series, one of many colored postcards that circulated during the early 1900s postcard craze, when people mailed cards constantly and telephones were still a novelty in many homes. Cards like this poke fun at courtship and at a technology that was just beginning to change how people kept in touch.
| Created / published | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print (postcard) : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Postcards 1900-1910.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | H.E.L. Theochrom Serie No. 1802/18. |
| Subjects | Couples--1900-1910. Telephones--1900-1910. Courtship--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,745 × 3,821 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-219711 |
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