![]() ![]() ![]() Some of the leather postcards included holes along their edges so they could be stitched together to form pillows and wall hangings. After the etching process, color ink might have been applied to the leather. Pyrography is an etching process that involves the use of a heated instrument such as a poker. Many featured text and illustrations that were etched into the surface via pyrography. Most were made of deer hide and featured period humor of the day. The rooster complains to the hen that she hasn't laid an egg in a while and she replies to him, "You don't Come Around as often as You 'Us'd ter.'" Leather postcards were first made in 1903. This leather postcard shows a printed ditty on the front with an illustration of a rooster and a hen and her chicks. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2." Title printed on the front. ![]() The location of one of the postmarks is Portland, Oregon. Postmarked twice but date is partially obscured, circa 1907. Original brown leather folk art postcard. ![]()
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