Wish You Were Here, from Albert Carmichael

 

Here's another card from Carmichael's "Gee, I Wish I Had a Girl" series, less colorfully known as Taylor Pratt series 568. It was issued in 1909. 

I often wonder why someone would send a postcard with this sentiment. Sure, you could send it to someone you secretly admire, but that's a brave act that couldn't account for the untold thousands of these cards they sold. In this case, though, I think I may have an actual secret admirer or even a stalker card -- the unsigned message, in childish block letters, is "ITS TOO BAD ISNT IT". Gulp.