24 adorable vintage Easter cards that made spring special 100 years ago

Vintage Easter postcard from 1909 with an egg house

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Happy Easter!

Before Easter baskets came stuffed with candy and plastic grass, early 20th-century holiday cheer often arrived by mail. Vintage Easter cards from the 1900s and 1910s were packed with sweet, sometimes quirky illustrations — bunnies, chicks and giant eggs were the stars of the show. These colorful little greetings were so popular that many people saved them in scrapbooks or tucked them away as keepsakes.

This was also the era when sending postcards was something of a national habit, especially for holidays. In fact, it was the holiday postcard craze of this era that helped inspire the founding of what became Hallmark. Whether hand-delivered or mailed across the country, these vintage Easter cards give a peek at how people once marked the holiday — with charm, creativity and a lot of springtime flair.

Vintage Easter Greetings postcard from c1908

Vintage Easter Greetings postcard from c1908


A cute vintage Easter bunny in an egg boat – postcard from 1909

Easter bunnies vintage postcard (1909)


Vintage Easter cards: Baby Cupid in an eggshell carriage

Vintage Prang Easter cards


Vintage Easter cards:  Chicks and colorful Easter eggs from 1909

Vintage Easter postcard with chicks from 1909

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Antique Easter postcard from 1910

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Pretty antique Easter postcard with cross and spring flowers

Pretty antique Easter postcard with cross and spring flowers


Vintage Easter postcard from 1909 with an egg house

Vintage Easter postcard from 1909 with an egg house


Easter greeting with flowers & butterflies

Vintage Easter card with butterflies - Prang


Colorful Easter eggs in a basket – vintage Easter postcard from 1907

vintage Easter card


Girl with an Easter bonnet – antique postcard from 1924

Girl with an Easter bonnet - antique postcard from 1924


Easter postcard (1914)

vintage Easter postcard

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A happy Eastertide (1911)

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A happy Eastertide (1911)


Cute old postcards with Easter greetings (1907)

Cute old postcards with Easter greetings (1907)

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Easter greetings card (1907)

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Easter egg heads greetings postcard (1906)

vintage Easter greeting card

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Three children on an egg vintage Easter card (1900s)

Three children on an egg vintage Easter card (1900s)


Chicks and a decorated egg Easter card (1900s)

Chicks and a decorated egg Easter card (1900s)


Stylized egg on an Easter postcard (1910)

vintage Easter postcard


A happy Easter postcard (1900s)

A happy Easter postcard (1900s)


Springtime birds

Vintage Easter cards - Prang (3)


Cute vintage Easter postcard – Best wishes (1909)

Cute vintage Easter postcard - Best wishes (1909)


An adorable antique Easter greetings postcard from the early 1900s

An adorable antique Easter greetings postcard from the early 1900s


Easter greetings postcard with a chick (1909)

Easter greetings postcard with a chick (1909)


Easter egg hidden amongst the flowers

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  1. Can you give me an idea what years Easter greeting cards were priced at 10-15 cents each?? I have a bundle of these cards but not able to tell the year they were printed. Thanks

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