Antique Postcard Back 065 - Pink of Perfection by Yesterdays-Paper on DeviantArt (original) (raw)

Vintage postcard reverse side Circa early 20th century Divided back, golden age 1907 - 1915
The Fairman Co., Cincinnati / New York

Some nice clean unmarked post card texture for your arts and crafting pleasure.
This one has an interesting hallmark on it of a pink carnation.

" THE PINK of PERFECTION "
The word pink has a double meaning here. The flower pictured

is

the pink. I was surprised to learn that the color pink name came from the flower, and not vice versa: In the eighteenth century, flowers were described as blush, pale red, rose, light red, flesh-colored, or carnation -- never pink.
Plants of Colonial Days (1959) states that pinks derived their name from pinksten or pfingsten, the German name for flowers that bloomed at Pentecost, or Whitsuntide. Other sources say that the word pink comes from the "pinked" or jagged edge of the petals, as though cut by pinking shears. Neat!

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