A Happy New Year, illustrated by Bernhardt Wall, 1910
This vintage reproduction postcard also comes from the Laughing Elephant shop. The card has an illustration by Bernhardt T. Wall who was an American historian and lithographic illustrator. He was born in 1872 and died in 1956. Known as the “Postcard King,” Wall designed more than 5,000 comic cards. Many of his cards had military or patriotic themes and were printed during World War I.
In 1915 Wall visited the western states of Colorado, Nevada and California and much of his work produced after these visits focused on western themes of small towns, Indians, and cowboys.
His postcards were published and distributed by several different companies including Valentine & Sons, Bergman, Barton and Spooner, International Art Co., the Illustrated Postal Card Co., Gibson Art Co., and J.I. Austen.
For additional information, see:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhardt_Wall
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