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Antique 1908 Golden Age / Divided Back era romantic comic postcard titled: "The bird in sight, Or the two in the bush?" Features a humorous hand-colored photographic lithograph depicting an Edwardian lady in an elegant blue slit gown holding a parasol, walking past a courting couple hiding in the bushes. • Copyright / Publisher: Copyright 1908 by M.D.T. • Postmark: Cincinnati, Ohio (OCT 19, 1908 - 8:30 PM) wavy line machine cancel (Station 2 / C) • Postage: 1¢ Green Franklin stamp (Series 1902) • Addressed to: Miss Myrtle Bender, 1214 - 2nd Ave., Price Hill, City (historic Cincinnati neighborhood) • Message: Period handwritten ink note ("Isn't blue and white becoming? red too.") • Condition: Very good antique condition with rich, full-bleed color lithography, minor corner wear, and a clean, sharply penned postal reverse. Carefully packaged and shipped in a protective sleeve and rigid mailer.