This postcard dates from circa 1908 and shows the Mauretania with a swastika above. The swastika was originally a sign of good luck, health, and personal safety. In the late 1900s and 1910s, it was incredibly popular on Western greeting cards, long before its meaning was entirely corrupted by the Nazi party in the 1920s and 1930s. The phrase "Pansies for Thoughts" at the bottom references "floriography," a Victorian and Edwardian tradition where different flowers carried specific meanings (pansies symbolized remembrance, love, and keeping someone in your thoughts).
