Snapshots of the Past

Vintage Easter postcard with chicks and 'Best Easter Wishes' – Historic Print

Vintage Easter postcard with chicks and 'Best Easter Wishes' — vintage postcard
Vintage Easter postcard with chicks and 'Best Easter Wishes'. Vintage postcard from the Easter collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This vintage postcard of Vintage Easter postcard with chicks and 'Best Easter Wishes' brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Vintage Easter postcard with chicks and 'Best Easter Wishes'

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

Chicks, a painted egg, and the words "Best Easter Wishes" make this card a clear example of the greeting-card trade that flourished in the early twentieth century, when printers turned out cheap, colorful cards for nearly every holiday. Easter postcards of this era often leaned on young animals and spring blooms to suggest renewal, and the sentimental style of the period favored soft pastel tones and cheerful little birds. Postcards like this were mailed in large numbers, so their small messages and worn corners give a sense of how ordinary people kept in touch across distances.

Original scan511 × 819 px
ReferenceEaster (114)

More from the Easter collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.