Genealogy Services, Old Photos, Postcards, Trade Cards, Etc.

Category: Trees

Treehouse In The Black Forest

Photo, deckled edge. Circa 1950s. Photo printing paper company:  Leonar. $7.00 “In the Black Forest. Near Wildbad.” Baumhaus is the German word for treehouse. And this one is a narrow wooden structure setting atop numerous tall poles which are criss-crossed…Read More…

Our Dear Deer Friend

Vintage photo, circa 1920s – 1940s. Price:  $5.00           Size:  About 3 and 1/8 x 2 and 3/8″ Outside of a cedar-shingled, hotel, we presume, two women and a deer enjoy a visit while in the background a man and young…Read More…

Branch Brook Park In Winter, Newark NJ

Undivided back postcard. Series or number 1969. Postmarked March 7, 1909. Price:  $5.00 Branch Brook Park is known for its Cherry Blossom Festival and was the first county park in the United States. Though the postmark is dated 1909, this…Read More…

I Hope You’re Happy, Too.

Divided back postcard. Postmarked December 22, 1920, Oakland, California. Series or number 425A. Price:  $8.00 “I Hope You’re Happy Too I feel so fine and Christmassy And generally good, I want to share the feeling As a good friend rightly…Read More…

Jack My Boy, We Are Here

Undivided Back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked September 17, 1905. Price:  $12.00 “Jack – my boy – we are here – Gaff.” Addressed to:   “Schuyler B. Jackson, Esq. Somerset Farm, Peapack, N. J.” A great caption by the sender, and better…Read More…

A New Year Wish

Divided back, unused postcard. Circa 1920s. Publisher unknown. Series 1258 A. Price:  $5.00 A pretty card of a home in the country for 2018: A New Year Wish “I wish you luck, indeed I do, The best of luck for…Read More…

Holiday Wishes For Verna Watkins

Divided back, embossed postcard. Postmarked December 22, 1909, Dayton, Indiana. Printed in Germany. Price:  $12.00 “Dear Verna – I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, Lizzie Goldsberry.” Addressed to:   “Miss Verna Watkins, Lafayette Ind. R.F.D. No…Read More…

A Merry Christmas From J. F. Dodd in 1906

Divided back, unused, embossed postcard, 1906. Publisher unknown. Series 108. Price:  $7.00 A merry Christmas This card, probably printed in Germany, shows an angel in a flowing pink gown carrying a small evergreen through the forest. Accompanying her is a…Read More…

From Our House To Yours, The Sanders, 1960

Christmas card, deckled edge, 1960. Price:  $5.00          Size:  About 4 and 1/4 x 5″ Jumping ahead a couple of centuries from the last post…..Mr. and Mrs. Sanders, a beautiful and happy couple at Christmastime. And they’re decked out, she in…Read More…

Reward Of Merit For Arthur Berryman

Reward of Merit. Circa 1880s – 1890s. Price:  $3.00         Size:  About 4 and 1/2 x 6 and 1/2″ Here’s another card from teacher to student, as a token of recognition for something well-done. No teacher’s name, but the student’s name…Read More…