Alan Mays' photos

"Photo only copyright 1908 by the Rotograph Co., N.Y. 2509." Printed on the back: "This card is a real photograph on bromide paper. The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City. Printed in England." A posed animal postcard, though not as imaginative as the ones by Harry Whittier Frees . See also A Happy Easter Be Thine :

"Photo only copyright 1909 by the Rotograph Co., N.Y." Printed on the back: "This card is a real photograph on bromide paper. The Rotograph Co., N.Y. City. Printed in England." Addressed to: Miss Violet Varner, Box 14, Salix, Pa. Handwritten on the back: "Feb. 27, 1914. From Mamma to Violet Varner. Peaches are good, oranges are better, would you please send me a letter. Goodbye. Ans. soon." See also Glad Easter Tidings :

"Apr. 16 '11. Here is a Easter chicken. Easter greetings to Bertha from Clifford."

"Hinkle's Handy Egg Colors. Manufactured by Hinkle Drug Co., Columbia, Pa....Not for use in coloring any food except shell eggs. Contents--6 one-dram bottles." Front panel of a small box containing six small glass tubes with corks. Inside the glass tubes are the dried-out remains of the different colors of Easter egg dye.

Postmarked on back: "Lancaster, Pa., Apr. 21, 1911." See below for some more anthropomorphic Easter postcards.

Postmarked on back: "Landisville, Pa., Mar. 20, 1909."