I believe that Jacob K. Bechtel was a boy when his Uncle Hiram gave to him a Christmas postcard.
The illustration of a cat surrounded by flowers seems, to me, to be the kind of postcard you would give a child.
The genealogical data suggests that Jacob was about 3 years old.
The postcard was not mailed, so we do not have any clues as to the location of Jacob and his Uncle Hiram from the reverse.
Uncle Hiram did inscribe Jacob’s full name and his own, Hiram Garman.
Fortunately, Hiram K. Garmen and his nephew, Jacob Bechtel, can be found in genealogy data-bases.
The families of Uncle Hiram and young Jacob lived in the beautiful rural area around Mount Joy, Pennsylvania.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Joy,_Pennsylvania
Lacking a postmark, we can assume from the style of the postcard that it was printed circa 1910.
The illustration, by the unknown postcard artist, was printed in Germany.
Because it was preserved in good condition for more than 110 years, we may infer that the postcard was treasured by Jacob as a Christmas souvenir.
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/2CMM-S9X/hiram-kaylor-garman-1893-1969
Brief Life History of Hiram Kaylor Garman
When Hiram Kaylor Garman was born on 19 August 1893, in Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, his father, Nathaniel W. Garman, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Kaylor, was 21.
He married Emma L. Malehorn in 1918, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
He lived in West Donegal Township in 1920.
He died in November 1969, in Quarryville, at the age of 76, and was buried in Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/2H11-YD5/ada-kaylor-garman-1890-1970
Brief Life History of Ada Kaylor Garman -sister of Hiram
When Ada Kaylor Garman was born on 14 September 1890, in Mount Joy Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, her father, Nathaniel W. Garman, was 21 and her mother, Elizabeth Kaylor, was 18.
She married Harry Stauffer Bechtel on 24 December 1905, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, in 1920 and West Donegal Township, Pennsylvania, for about 10 years.
She died on 7 October 1970, in Elizabethtown, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at the age of 80.
https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/2H11-YTR/jacob-garman-bechtel-1907-1975
Brief Life History of Jacob Garman Bechtel – nephew of Hiram Garman
When Jacob Garman Bechtel was born on 10 March 1907, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, his father, Harry Stauffer Bechtel, was 23 and his mother, Ada Kaylor Garman, was 16.
He married Marguerite Pauline Wagner in 1940, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
He lived in West Donegal Township, Lancaster, County, Pennsylvania, in 1910 and Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, in 1920.
He died in February 1975, in Rheems, West Donegal Township, at the age of 67, and was buried in West Green Tree Brethren Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
