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Originally Posted by ProphetM
One way to date postcards such as these is to use the stamp box. The patterns changed over the years and there is some information online about various manufacturers.
https://www.playle.com/realphoto/index.php
It's not complete but it can often give you a decently specific time period. This site has an example PMC stamp box from 1907 that matches your postcard - diamonds in each of the 4 corners of the stamp box.
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I ran a search for info on the addressee, Andy Bartko, but only found that he had been born in Austria Hungary in 1879, came to US in 1909 and lived in the same place in Toledo, Ohio up until he registered for the WWII draft in 1942. I had hoped maybe he had moved around so we could track the date of the card, but he was a very stable fellow. He was married, had five children, and lived in the same house the whole time. .