Mrs. Nellie Kain lived in Madisonville, once a frontier settlement on a trail of the indigenous people through southwest Ohio.

Established in 1809 as settlers from New England and the Middle Atlantic poured into the new territory west of the Appalachian Mountains, Madisonville was annexed to Cincinnati in 1911.

Although now a part of Cincinnati,this neighborhood retains the name of “Madisonville” and a “Madisonville Station” of the Post Office.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madisonville,_Cincinnati

In September of a year near 1913, Nellie received a postcard from her sister.

The sister inscribed her name with such imprecision that I cannot decipher it – “Marla”, “Marta”, possibly “Merle”.

The postcard was mailed from Cleves, a village on the Ohio River, about 16 miles from downtown Cincinnati.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleves,_Ohio

The face of the postcard is a lovely pastel-shaded drawing of a pasture enclosed by a fence of wooden rails.

A narrow lane, overshadowed by leafy foliage, follows the fence-line.

The idyllic scene is entitled, “The Pasture Fence”, and is one of the “Fac-simile (sic) Hand-Colored Nature Card” series.

I did not see a publisher’s mark, but am confident that the printing was made in the United States.

On the reverse, Sister announces that “I received a card from Alma saying they would be out Sunday”.

Sister tells Nellie that she “hopes that it will be satisfactory to you to come next Sunday.”

The postcard was sent “in haste”, as Nellie’s sister was “to entertain the L. A. S. this afternoon.

I assume the L.A.S. is a social, religious, or community aid organization – probably comprised of women.

The pressure of time may explain the lack of clarity in Sister’s handwriting.

Nellie seems to have enjoyed the beautiful scene as she preserved the postcard in very good condition throughout her life.