Miss Rose Pfeiffer lived in Wharton, a borough in Morris County of northern New Jersey.
The community was first called “Port Orem” – a reference to its role in shipping coal, ore, and pig iron on the canals (later, railroads) that connected the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania (and the local mines) to the east coast.
The name Wharton was adopted in 1902 to honor Joseph Wharton, (former) President of the Bethlehem Steel Company and founder of the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wharton,_New_Jersey
In August of 1906, Rose received a postcard from Marie.
Marie mailed the postcard from Succasunna, an unincorporated community in Morris County.
The name comes from the indigenous words for “land of black stones” – probably in reference to the rich stores of iron ore in the area.
Settled by Europeans in 1740, the area became an important center of iron works and shipping through the Morris Canal in the 19th century.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Succasunna,_New_Jersey
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The face of the postcard is a photograph of a romantic scene.
A young man is dressing, probably for dinner.
He stands in front of a full-length mirror; his high, starched collar is not yet fastened.
Behind him on a chair, his jacket is lying in readiness.
Our hero has turned from the looking glass to stare at the unexpected appearance of a young woman at the door.
It appears that this is a lady of the household as the fringed skirt is unlikely to have been worn by a maid.
A cloud of pink bubbles around the head of the man suggests that he is smitten by her charms.
I have seen similar postcard images referred to as “Love Puffs”.
I did not find this appellation on this postcard, but I believe that the postcard may be part of a photo series related to romance.
The variety of languages on the reverse indicates that the postcard was printed in Europe.
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On the reverse, Marie omits a greeting.
She writes only, “Remember me to all”, and signs her name.
Nevertheless, Rose preserved in very good condition the picture of the love-struck young man.
