Postcard with stamp from 1920 delivered 100 years later

BELDING, Mich. — Woodrow Wilson was at the tail-end of his presidency, the Charleston was about to become one of the most popular dances of the decade and audiences were lining up to see the likes of Charlie Chaplin and other silent film stars -- it was 1920 and a postcard mailed that year arrived earlier this week to a Michigan homeowner.

The old Halloween card, postmarked Oct. 29, 1920, has a 1-cent George Washington stamp on it and might have been lost in the mail, WXYZ reported.

“I start looking at it and I’m like, ‘Okay, it’s been through some wear and tear,’” said Brittany Keech, who found the postcard Tuesday on the top of her stack of mail.

The front of the card features a witch, a cat, a goose and an owl with the saying, “Halloween greetings. Which would you rather be? A goose or a pumpkin head?”

The inside reads:

"Dear Cousins,

Hope this will find you all well. We are quite well but mother has awful lame knees. It is awful cold here. I just finished my history lesson and am going to bed pretty soon. My father is shaving and my mother is telling me your address. I will have to close for a night. Hope grandma and grandpa are well. Don’t forget to write us - Roy get his pants fixed yet.

Flossie Burgess"

Keech shared the postcard on social media in an effort to try and find a relative of the family.

“This might be something that their parents can say, 'Yeah, I remember when your great-great grandma would tell me stories,” she said.

The Postal Service does not believe this is the first time the postcard has been mailed.

“In most cases these incidents do not involve mail that had been lost in our network and later found,” a spokesperson told WXYZ. “What we typically find is that old letters and postcards – sometimes purchased at flea markets, antique shops and even online – are re-entered into our system. The end result is what we do best – as long as there is a deliverable address and postage, the card or letter gets delivered.”

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