My wife got this card for me at some point. It does indeed include organ pipes along with lilies and a chorister. It is a novelty card, not depicting a specific instrument, but is intended rather to "celebrate the Easter season." The overall color scheme is gold/brown. Very small lettering on the front is a copyright notice: "Copyright (c) 19xx M M Huse (?) perhaps. The adequately rendered pipes include some intricate stenciling. On the reverse it seems that it was produced by the TR Co. It is also apparent on the reverse that the front is actually embossed. On the reverse we learn that my used card was sent from Fleeton, VA to Reedville, VA in 1909. A common Franklin 1c stamp was used for postage. The card went to a Mr Taliafero in Reedville, Taliafero being a rather prominent surname in Virginia. The two towns are located in Northumberland County, a region of the state I never explored while living in Richmond. Both towns are located on the Chesapeake Bay probably less than 20 miles from each other. "Bernard" seems to be penned in the LL of the reverse but absent anything to clarify we can only suppose this refers to the sender.
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