Miss Florence Cowles lived in Malden, the city built on a wooded, hilly area on the Mystic River northeast of Boston, Massachusetts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malden,_Massachusetts
In June of 1914, Miss Cowles received a postcard from Mr. Henry C. Young
Henry mailed the postcard from Florence, the lovely city in Tuscany and one of the art capitals of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence
The face of the postcard is a photograph of Il Duomo, the magnificent, red-tiled, cathedral of Florence.
The Tuscan landscape can be seen in the distance, stretching from the edge of the city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Cathedral
On the reverse, Mr. Young writes only, “Greetings from Firenze (Florence)”.
Had Henry added a comma, he could have emphasized the play on the name of Miss Cowles, “Greetings from Florence, Florence”.
The postcard was published by a German firm in Milan.
One hopes that Mr. Young returned safely from his European tour and that he and Miss Cowles had an opportunity to discuss the beauty of Florence.
