Photo, white border, circa 1920s – 1930s. Photo developer: Hirsch & Kaye, San Francisco, California. Velox photo paper. Price: $12.00 The location of this beautiful winter mountain scene is a bit of a mystery. There is, not surprisingly, more than…Read More…
Category: Trees
Old-Fashioned Christmas Happiness
Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked December 18, 1923 from Los Angeles, California. Made in the U.S.A. Series 1016 D. Publisher unknown. Merry Christmas…. “Old-fashioned Christmas happiness Is what I’m wishing you And a host of good and loyal friends To…Read More…
Fortune Bright, Friendship True
Divided back, artist-signed, embossed, used postcard. Postmarked December 22, 1916 from Sacramento, California. Artist: Ellen H. Clapsaddle. Publisher: International Art Publishing Co. Series 104-3. Price: $12.00 Best Christmas Wishes… “Fortune bright and friendship true, Bless this Christmas-time for you.” A…Read More…
The Old Live Oak, Wilmington, NC
“From Lucylle Cale. Camden, N. J.” Lucy/Lucille/Lucylle Cale and Cole was researched, and though there are both Cales and Coles in Camden, only Lucy Cole shows up in a 1943 Camden city directory. I’ve had this postcard for a couple…Read More…
The Tree Spirit
This postcard is signed by artist E. Weaver. Biographical information was not found online but Sherry Arent Cawley, in Berrien County, author of one of the Postcard History Series put out by Arcadia Publishing, describes the artist as “…a very…Read More…
Five Friends
Addressed to: “Ora W. Carrell. 514 W. 8th St., Muscatine, Iowa.” “Dear Ora: – Isn’t this cute! Claude Lewis is the one you don’t know. Taken in the woods the 27th of Dec. I had such a jolly time. Your…Read More…
Greetings From Waverly, Missouri
Divided back, used “Linen” postcard. Postmarked September 23, 1938 from Waverly, Missouri. Publisher info: “NYCE” Quality Colored Landscape Locals. Made in U.S.A. Series or number 61240. Price: $5.00 “Dear Mrs. Ellison. We are leaving for home next week. Have had…Read More…
Yucca Wood
“Yucca Wood (brevifolia) Wood of Moods and Legends, but especially one legend which tells us that whosoever contacts YUCCA will have good luck. May this inspiration of the Ancients be two-fold, bringing you Peace of Mind and Blessings of Divine…Read More…
A Japanese Postcard
Divided back, unused vintage postcard. Price: $5.00 A Japanese art scene in black and grey showing a seaside home, nestled under a stand of trees, with a sailboat just offshore. The Japanese characters appearing on the back of this unused…Read More…
Puerto Armuelles, Panamá
Divided back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked May 11, 1947. Republic of Panamá. Price: $25.00 Here’s a Real Photo Postcard from the Republic of Panamá, 1947. The cancellation mark is too blurred to read the city. The sender wrote: “Hi Sweet: …Read More…