1907-1917 Christmas Postcard

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Christmas postcard

Front reads "A Merry Christmas"

In the lower left corner, there is the number "541"

On the back:

Addressed to Mrs Phebe Gibson, Berkeley, Calif., 2320 Hilgard Avenue

with love Jennie Downing

postmark mostly unreadable: ???SANT??? Dec ?3, ????

Some clues on the date:

The postcard has a divided back, which was first used in the U.S. in 1907

The postage is one cent, which was the cost to send a card from 1873 to 1917

The Ben Franklin stamp on the card was printed from 1908 to 1911