Leap Year At Last!

Young boy standing with cane in hand says: ”I’ve waited three whole years for this, Oh gee I think it’s great! For now it’s Leap year, some sweet miss, Can choose ME for her mate."

Leap Year : Don't Let Him Escape!

Flirting postcard with an illustration of a man leaping over a fence while being pursued by seven women. Postcard manufactured by Paul C. Koeber of New York, NY and Kirchheim, Germany (PCK). The company frequently printed on postcard backs...

Leap Year : Here's a tip to bachelors!

August Hutaf illustrated this postcard for the Paul C. Koeber Company of New York, NY. Hutaf's illustration depicts a gentleman in top hat wearing a sign which reads "NOTICE. I AM DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND."

Leap Year Etiquette

Flirting postcard with caption for ”Leap Year Etiquette, Never steer an innocent young man into an art museum or burlesque show or any place where he may feel embarrassment.” Card is X132.

Leap Year Etiquette

Flirting postcard with caption, ”Leap Year Etiquette, the true lady is always ”there” in the protection of sweet Manhood in distress: even tho’ she gets mussed all out of shape in consequence.” Card no. is X134.

Leap Year Etiquette

Flirting postcard with caption ”Leap Year Etiquette, any woman who will chew tobacco in the presence of a gentleman brands herself there-by as a ”roughneck.” Card no. X138.

Leap Year Etiquette

Flirting postcard with caption ”Leap Year Etiquette, it is the height of ill manners for young women to congregate on street corners to rubber and grin at the young gentlemen who are compelled to pass.” Card no. X133.

Leap Year Etiquette

Flirting postcard with caption ”Leap Year Etiquette, no lady should ever enter the presence of any gentleman when under the influence of lemonade, pink teas, or other intoxicating beverages.” Card no. X137

Leap Year Etiquette

Leap Year Courtship

August Hutaf illustrated this postcard using a man seated on a woman's lap on a sofa. Beneath the illustration are the words “Say the word, Leopold and make me the happiest girl in the world?”

Leap Year : "Cornered"

Published by Paul C. Koeber Company of New York, NY, this card depicts a woman on her knees at a man's feet.

Leap Year : "Brute!"

Published by Paul C. Koeber Company of New York, NY, this postcard depicts a man in armor with a flag reading "Bachelors Protective League" extending from his helmet and a woman with outstretched arms.

Leap Year Etiquette, Tho perfect propriety insists that unmarried young men should never trust themselves to female company unchaperoned, there are ways of putting the ”jinx” to this nuisance.

Flirting postcard with caption ”Leap Year Etiquette, Tho perfect propriety insists that unmarried young men should never trust themselves to female company unchaperoned, there are ways of putting the ”jinx” to this nuisance. Card no. X135

Leap Year Etiquette, any woman who smokes in the presence of gentlemen without first having gained permission is an uncultured creature

Flirting postcard with caption ”Leap Year Etiquette, any woman who smokes in the presence of gentlemen without first having gained permission is an uncultured creature.” Card is X136.

It's Leap Year : Cheer up! You'll Catch Him Yet!

Flirting postcard, ”It’s Leap Year. Cheer up! you’ll catch him yet!" by American artist Clare Victor Dwiggins (1873-1958) from the ”Leap Year series no. 401, copyrighted by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company, N. Y.

What A Kiss : Leap Year 1916

Postcard illustrated by man leaning over a rock fence to kiss a woman. Library copy from Hassie to Miss Cloie Dice, Raphine, Va.

Leap Year : Shall I Put This Up To You?

Flirting postcard with caption ”Leap Year, Shall I put this up to you? Library copy postmarked Nov 3 1916, Ripon, Wis.

Leap Year : Will This Be Acceptable To You?

Postcard by S. Bergman that reads: LEAP YEAR : Will this be acceptable to you?” It is illustrated by a seated young woman holding up a scroll on which is written ”Proposal of Marriage from __________.” The card is numbered 886.

Leap Year : The question is...Shall I pop it?

Postcard by S. Bergman that reads: ”LEAP YEAR” The Question is _ Shall I pop it?" It is illustrated with a large pink heart behind the question and seated young woman holding up a question mark in front of a fire, with a popcorn basket...

This is My First Chance!

Leap Year flirting postcard illustrated by Donald McGill reads ”This is my first chance all year!" This card by Taylor, Platt & Co., NY, which was in business from 1906 to 1916, features a woman in bed with her bird cage covered and a...

I Believe There's A Man In The House

Leap Year flirting postcard illustrated by Donald McGill that reads ”I believe there’s a man in the house,” card by Taylor, Platt & Co., NY, which was in business from 1906 to 1916. Taylor, Platt & Company often printed on the back’s upper...

It's Leap Year : Rope Him Now or Never!

Flirting postcard reading ”It’s Leap Year, rope him now or never!" by American artist Clare Victor Dwiggins (1873-1958) from the 1912 Leap Year series, no. 401, copyrighted by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company, N. Y.

It's Leap Year : Come, birdie, come to me!

Flirting postcard reading ”It’s Leap Year. Come, birdie, come to me" by American artist Clare Victor Dwiggins (1873-1958) from the 1912 Leap Year series, no. 401, copyrighted by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company, N. Y. Illustration of a man...

It's Leap Year : Don't Go Round and Round -- Leap Over and Grab Him

Flirting postcard, ”It’s Leap Year. Don't Go Round and Round -- Leap Over An Grab Him!" by American artist Clare Victor Dwiggins (1873-1958) from the ”Leap-Year" series no. 401, copyrighted by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company, N. Y.

It's Leap Year : Start In The Spring and Keep Leaping Till You Get Him

Flirting postcard, ”It’s Leap Year. Start in the spring and keep leaping till you get him" by American artist Clare Victor Dwiggins (1873-1958) from the ”Leap-Year” series no. 401, copyrighted by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company, N. Y. ...

It's Leap Year : But When You Leap Don't Leap Up A Tree.

Flirting postcard, ”It’s Leap Year. Cheer up! you’ll catch him yet!" by American artist Clare Victor Dwiggins (1873-1958) from the ”Leap-Year” series no. 401, copyrighted by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company, N. Y. Illustration of a man on a...

Help Wanted : Young Man To Handle A Large Proposition

Flirting postcard by American artist Clare Victor Dwiggins (1873-1958) from the ”Help Wanted” series no. 500, copyrighted by A. Blue. Illustration of a large woman seated on a man's lap and a newspaper clipping that reads: "Help Wanted. ...

It's Leap Year : Help! They're After Me!

Flirting postcard, ”It’s Leap Year : Help! They’re after me!” signed ”Dwig” (Clarence Victor Dwiggins). ”Leap-Year” Series - Postcard No. 401 published by Samuel Gabriel Sons & Company, N. Y. Library copy postmarked April 5, 1912 Horse...

What's The Matter With The Girls Anyway

LEAP YEAR at top of the card with a sign reading "MARRIAGES PERFORMED HERE - U. SPLICEM J. P. " The card is part of series 824-5 by artist Donald McGill and is copyrighted 1912 by Taylor, Platt and Company, N. Y.

Ring Up The Man You Want

From the 1912 series "Our Motto : Now or Never," this card features a carnival game of ring toss with men’s heads sticking out of the holes, a female vendor, and two women playing the ring toss game while cupid is on floor with a circle...

Leap Year : The Old Guard Dies But Never Surrenders!

Published by Taylor, Platt and Company as part of Series 824-7, this card features two men back to back with a flag reading United Bachelorss Assn. In the background are women with other signs.

Oh! This Is So Sudden!

One of the 1912 Anchor series cards illustrated by American Percy Crosby and numbered 024 on its back.

Leap Year : I've Come To Ask For Your Son

By British artist Lance Thackery, this card is part of "Leap Year" Series No. 955 and printed in England by the Raphael Tuck Company. It depicts a woman addressing an elderly man while a young man with clasped hands waits behind a wall.

Leap Year Greetings : It's Your Fault, Now, If You Die An Old Maid

Published by Roth & Langley, Brooklyn, NY, the card has a pretty border with words LEAP YEAR GREETINGS within that border. Library copy written to Miss Edith Whithouse, Wellington, Maine, from Cousin, refers to front and quotes the front...

Leap Year

The postcard is illustrated by a Dutch girl with wooden shoes, three windmills, and four men fleeing the scene.

This Is Leap Year

Flirting postcard, ”This is leap year, it’s our turn now at ”billing,” it’s our turn now to ”coo,” we’ll give the men the heartache, and cure them of it, too. Dear Leap Year, Happy Season, that brings the girls their due!” copyright 1911...

Cause and effect of the Leap Year engagement ring

Postcard which shows four stages of an engagement ring with the labels "ring, rung, sting, stung." The ring evolves from the image of a diamond solitaire engagement ring to a screaming man's face. Library copy was postmarked June 18, 1909.

A Bunch of Survivors . . . : After Leap Year

From the Cupid Kick "After Leap Year" series no. 1 published by John O. Winsch Company, Stapleton, New York, this card reads: "A bunch of survivors cheering up an unfortunate victim of Leap Year. Library copy was postmarked June 14, 1911.

Leap Year : You can't lose the "dear girls"!

August Hutaf illustrated this postcard published by Paul C. Koeber Company of New York, NY. Hutaf depicts two women diving off a pier in pursuit of a man in top hat who, as he swims, says "This is the limit - I guess it's all up now." ...

Leap Year : "Ah! A Man"

Published by Paul C. Koeber Company of New York, NY, this postcard depicts two women crossing a field having discovered a scarecrow by a fence.

Leap Year : All Yours

August Hutaf illustrated this postcard with a beautiful woman dressed in black and holding in front of her legs a large red heart which reads: "ALL YOURS." Published by the Paul C. Koebler Company, New York, NY. Library copy postcarded...

Leap Year on the 'Rialto'

Copyrighted by P. Sander Company, New York, in 1908, this postcard is from the series "Leap-Year Kids." Library copy addressed to Miss Ida Rowe of Knox, Pennsylvania from a friend Marge and postmarked April 21, 1908.

Leap Year Resolution

Copyrighted by the P. Gordon in 1908, this postcard depicts a woman holding up a card with the verse: Resolved, that I must wed some man By hook or crook the best I can. Should he say nay when I propose, That he share all my joy and woes...

It's Leap Year : Don't be afraid

Copyrighted by American illustrator D. P. Crane, the postcard depicted a man with his back turned to a woman. In the background is a huge red heart.

Will you be mine? It's Leap Year

Illustrated by August Hutaf and published by Paul C. Koeber Company of New York, NY, this postcard depicts a woman on one knee holding up a large bag with a "$" imprinted on it while a man in tuxedo turns back to look.

Leap Year : can you take a hint?

Part of the P. Sander, New York, beautiful women series which features well dressed women on dark green postcards, this card shows a woman pointing at a large red heart in the background and includes the number 217-1. Library copy...

Leap Year : Will you accept this?

Illustrated by August Hutaf and published by P. Sander Company of New York, this card belongs to the Beautiful Women series as it is a green card with a well dressed woman. This woman is holding up a large paper reading: "PROPOSAL...

Leap Year : I lay them at your feet!

Illustrated by August Hutaf and published by P. Sander Company of New York, this beautiful woman series card features a well dressed woman carrying a red heart in her right hand and a bag marked "$" in her left hand. Card is numbered...

Leap Year is Come

Published by the Rose Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this postcard depicts a woman serenading a man who is hanging from a tree limb. The verse reads: Leap year is come, oh joy; there's no escape, my boy, come off your perch ...

Cheer up my boy

Published by the Rose Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this postcard depicts a man in a fireplace with a dog looking on The verse reads: Cheer up my boy don't fear, Leap Year once more is here, and some nice girlie no one knows, may...

Leap Year Greetings : It's Up To You

Flirting postcard from the Leap Year Acrostics series with each of the six cards titled ”LEAP YEAR GREETINGS,” is signed by Bishop, and published by the company T. S. & Co. in 1908. This one reads: "It’s said that Marriages are made UP in...

Leap Year : No Wedding Bells For Me!

Postcard manufactured by A. Q. Southwick, New York, NY, as number 16 in the ”Leap Year” ”No wedding bells for me!” series. Man is dangling outside a window many stories high, but is saying ”let loose please.”

Leap Year : Between The Devil and The Deep Sea

Flirting postcard with the words ”Leap Year” at the top and ”between the Devil and the deep sea” below the illustration of a man in water with six women on the shore. Postcard manufactured by Paul C. Koeber of New York, NY and Kirchheim...

Leap Year : Unsafe For A Poor Lone Bachelor!

Flirting postcard manufactured by Paul C. Koeber Company, New York, NY. Illustration of a gentleman with top hat and walking stick traveling down a path that has women behind four trees. Library copy addressed to Mr. Frank Klontz...

Leap-Year 1908 : Ah, Take Me For Your Own

Flirting postcard with caption ”Ah, take me for your own, and I Will be your cook, for love’s sweet sake: I'll make you glad with cake and pie The kind your mother used to make.” The card contains a black and white photograph of a man...

Leap Year : Which One Shall It Be

Flirting postcard with caption in red ink ”Which one shall it be Tom or Dick or Harry? Dick I choose, since he Is inclined to marry.” The card contains a black and white photograph of a woman at a table admiring photographs of young men. ...

Leap Year : I Press You To My Heart At Last

Flirting postcard with caption ”I press you to my hear at last, Your look is glad, your eyes divine; Here I will gently hold you fast; Be mine, oh, lovely boy, be mine!” The card contains a black and white photograph of a man sitting on...

Where did you catch him, Mag?

Flirting postcard with ”Leap Year Series” on card’s back. In lower left corner is the number 1071. Posted sign reads: HUNTING SEASON FROM JAN 1, 1908 TO DEC. 31, 1908 GAME can be hunted with any old weapon -- Trapped shot or stabbed. Any...

Try This On Your Piano : It Will Catch Him in 1908

Flirting postcard also titled The Piano Proposal or the Message of the Music. It reads ”Try This On Your Piano. It will catch him in 1908.” Illustration of a man at a piano with the following song titles visible ”Dreaming,” ”Way down in my...

One Way of Catching Him -- in 1908 "The Trap"

Flirting postcard for Leap Year 1908, with caption, ”One Way of Catching Him -- in 1908. ’The Trap’” Illustration of a hobo from a train headed for a table with cheese, cookies, and a large mug of beer, with a jaw-like trap below the table...

The End of the Chase In 1908

Postcard illustrated with a large man’s gun reads ”PA” Tiny male says ”I surrender” when Ma has her shotgun pointed at his nose and daughter has a knife and a hatchet. Lower left corner has the number 1070. Illustrated by E. Nash. Has the...

Leap Year In The West

Flirting postcard for Leap Year 1908, with title ”Leap Year in the West” followed by the wording ”The western method, while rough and uncouth, still brings practical results in 1908.” Leap Year Series printed on card’s back. Illustration...

You're Not Safe Unless You Have Your (Marriage) License

Flirting postcard for Leap Year 1908, with caption, ”You’re not safe unless you have your (Marriage) license,” Leap Year Series printed on card’s back. Illustration of four men running while Ma is driving the Dog Wagon and Pa is riding on...

How To Catch Them -- In 1908

Flirting postcard for Leap Year 1908, entitled ”How to catch them -- in 1908.” Followed by the wording ”Build a large Mouse Trap. Disguise the front entrance as a palatial mansion: take an empty flour sack, fill with rubbish and print a...

Maidens Are Eagerly Waiting . . . In 1908

Flirting postcard for Leap Year 1908, with caption, ”Maidens are eagerly waiting / Their traps enticingly bating / For the year Nineteen naught eight / By the old laws of leap year / They can propose without fear / And pick their own...

Help Wanted : I'm Afraid To Go In Alone.

Postcard by American artist Clare Victor Dwiggins (1873-1958) from the ”Help Wanted” series no. 500, copyrighted by A. Blue. Illustration of a girl at the water's edge with a news clipping which reads: HELP WANTED I'm afraid to go in...

I'm Safe For Another Four Years : After Leap Year

From the Cupid Kick "After Leap Year Series 1" published by the John O. Winsch Company, Stapleton, New York, this postcard is illustrated by a man emerging from a cave. Library copy postmarked April 10, 1909.

No Wedding Bells For Me

From Song Series No. 2, this postcard is illustrated by two bachelors with a hand up; man with disgruntled-looking wife and two squalling babies. A staff with music is printed in the upper left corner. Library copy was sent to Mr. Oscar...

The Man Hunt -- in 1908

Flirting postcard with ”Leap Year Series” on card’s back. E. Nash illustrated this card with a bloodhound dog, followed by four women with rifles and a man in hiding. In lower left corner is the number 1067. This series has the yellow...

Here We Are! Take Your Pick Girls!

Leap Year postcard; ”Here we are! Take your pick girls! 1908 Leap Year” manufactured by Siegmund Hildesheimer & Co., London & Manchester, 1908.

Leap Year Seri(ous)es

Postcard No. 6 with an illegible artist's signature and copyrighted by Minneapolis Selling Company, 1908, this card shows a small man sitting on a woman's lap while the person on the staircase says "Come Milton Dear Send that Miss Stay...

No Leap Year Wedding Bells For Him

This postcard was copyrighted by The Rosenthal Co., N.Y. in 1908, is numbered 247, and protrays an alcoholic male saying ”The Pledge for Mine” with a bottle in one hand and an umbrella used like a sword in the other hand. On the extreme...

Leap Year Greetings : It's Your Next Move

This postcard is from the Leap Year ACROSTIC series with each of the cards titled ”LEAP YEAR GREETINGS,” signed by Bishop, and published by the company T. S. & Co. in 1908. This card reads: It’s plain to me, that I must be Your heart’s own...

Leap Year Greetings : This Is Leap Year

Flirting postcard from the Leap Year ACROSTIC series with each of the cards titled ”LEAP YEAR GREETINGS,” signed by Bishop, and published by the company T. S. & Co. in 1908. This postcard reads: "This message, which to you I send Is laden...

Leap Year Greetings : Waiting At The Church

Flirting postcard from the Leap Year ACROSTIC series with each of the cards titled ”LEAP YEAR GREETINGS,” signed by Bishop, and published by the company T. S. & Co. in 1908. This card reads: "Waiting I’ll be, your answer to hear At this...

My Mother Told Me To Take This One, It's Leap Year : Who's It!

Copyrighted by A. S. Meeker in 1908, this card features a tall skinny woman with exaggerated head and red dress pointing at eight men of varying sizes and dress. It was manufactured by Julius Bien & Company, New York, NY. Library copy...

Leap Year Greetings : Why Don't You Try

Flirting postcard from the Leap Year Acrostics series with each of the six cards titled ”LEAP YEAR GREETINGS,” is signed by Bishop, and published by the company T. S. & Co. in 1908. This one reads: "Why travel life’s highway alone, Don’t...

Leap Year : Oh Darling Let Me Fly With Thee!

Manufactured by Paul C. Koeber Company, this card features a woman who appears to be flying down from the sky with her arms locked around a running man's shoulders.

Cheer up Old Man

Flirting postcard, ”CHEER UP OLD MAN, BE GAME, ’TIS ”LEAP YEAR” AND PERHAPS SOME DAME MIGHT’ ’POP’’ AND MAKE YOU CHANGE HER NAME.” card by Crosby Bean, Souvenir good, 12 State St., Bangor, ME. Illustration is man looking into his fireplace...

Oh! Maiden Fair

Flirting postcard, ”OH! MAIDEN FAIR WHY DO YOU TARRY, ’TIS ”LEAP YEAR’ ITS A CHANCE TO MARRY; HUSTLE AROUND, THERE’S ONE MORE CHANCE, CATCH A MAN AND WEAR THE PANTS..” copyrighted 1907 by Tower M. & N. Co., N. Y., numbered, 105 S...

To My Valentine

American artist Elizabeth Curtis illustrated this car with a young girl painting at an easel while a man runs away. It reads: "To My Valentine : Your picture dear, I’ll paint from life, If you will make the artist - wife!" It is part...

Leap Year Dance card, Bowling Green, Ky.

Dance card belonging to Phineas Hampton Coombs of Bowling Green, Ky., for a Leap Year Party at the residence of Mr. D. M. Lawson, Bowling Green, Ky., Friday evening, December 28, 1888 at 8 pm. Manuscript invitation for the event is housed...

Leap Year dance card, Bowling Green, KY

Dance card belonging to Miss Lattie Robertson of Bowling Green, Ky., for a Leap Year Party at the residence of Mr. D. M. Lawson, Bowling Green, Ky., Friday evening, December 28, 1888 at 8 pm. Manuscript invitation for the event is housed...

Leap Year Dance card, Bowling Green, Ky.

Dance card for a Leap Year Party given by W. L. Y. C. at Armory Hall on Thursday, January 5, 1888. 12.2 x 9 cm. (folded)

Leap Year Party invitation, Bowling Green, Ky.

Invitation to a Leap Year Party given by the Young Ladies at the residence of Mr. John M. Wilkins on Friday evening, January 20, 1888, from eight to twelve o’ clock in Bowling Green, KY. Manuscript invitation for the event is housed in the...

Old Bachelor's Protective Union 1888 calling card

Calling card for bachelors reading: A Successful Leap year to You. This Chase Must Stop Immediately. BY ORDER OF THE OLD BACHELOR’S PROTECTIVE UNION. JNO. M. CONNOR, Walking Delegate. H. COMBS, Supreme Grand Cyclops. JANUARY 1, 1888.

Leap Year Candy Pulling invitation, 1872

Invitation which reads: Compliments for Leap Year Candy Pulling @ Morehead House 8 o’Clock P. M. Feby 7th 1872. The Morehead House was located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. 15.2 x 9.8 cm.