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
A cute vintage Easter bunny in an egg boat – postcard from 1909
Vintage Easter cards: Baby Cupid in an eggshell carriage
Vintage Easter cards: Chicks and colorful Easter eggs from 1909
Antique Easter postcard from 1910
Pretty antique Easter postcard with cross and spring flowers
Vintage Easter postcard from 1909 with an egg house
Easter greeting with flowers & butterflies
Colorful Easter eggs in a basket – vintage Easter postcard from 1907
Girl with an Easter bonnet – antique postcard from 1924
Easter postcard (1914)
A happy Eastertide (1911)
In the Christian church, Eastertide means the Easter season, which begins on Easter Sunday each year.
Cute old postcards with Easter greetings (1907)
Easter greetings card (1907)
Easter egg heads greetings postcard (1906)
Three children on an egg vintage Easter card (1900s)
Chicks and a decorated egg Easter card (1900s)
Stylized egg on an Easter postcard (1910)
A happy Easter postcard (1900s)
Springtime birds
Cute vintage Easter postcard – Best wishes (1909)
An adorable antique Easter greetings postcard from the early 1900s
Easter greetings postcard with a chick (1909)
Easter egg hidden amongst the flowers
2 Responses
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
Thank you for curating these delightful cards. It’s fun to see so many at once.