James Whitcomb Riley Roses Postcard

United States · 1906 ·

A color postcard featuring a portrait of American poet James Whitcomb Riley, two roses, and his poem 'Riley Roses'. It is postmarked from Richmond, Indiana, in 1906 and addressed to Miss Ester Painter.

This postcard reflects the early 20th-century popularity of James Whitcomb Riley, known as the 'Hoosier Poet', and the common practice of sending illustrated postcards as a form of communication and memento.