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Category: Town Views

Postcard For Fred Rothert of Elmore, Ohio

Divided Back postcard. Postmarked June 26, 1930 from Port Byron, New York. Publisher:  Geo. V. Millar Co., Scranton, PA. Series or number 1814.  Price:  $4.00 Watkins, New York and Seneca Lake Addressed to:  “Fred Rothert, R. D., Elmore, O.”  The R. D.,…Read More…

Firenze – Cattedrale e Panorama

Italian postcard, unused. Circa 1950s. Publisher:  Gino Giusti, Florence, Italy. Artist-signed. Price:  $5.00          Size:  5 and 7/8 x 4 and 1/16″ Florence, Italy – Panoramic view of Florence (Firenze) including the Cathedral of Santa Maria del…Read More…

John B. Hawkins Street Scene RPPC, 1920s – 1930s

Real Photo Postcard, divided back, unused. Circa 1920s – 1930s.  Made by:  John B. Hawkins, Marion, Massachusetts. Price:  $12.00 This is possibly a Marion, Massachusetts, or neighboring town street view – showing a line of parked cars in front of…Read More…

Calle de Montes de Oca, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1941. EKC stamp box. Price:  $6.00 These types of cards are always intriguing at purchase (and beyond). You’re dying to enlarge the image so you can see more detail…..but just in general, any photo or…Read More…

Paris-Plage, La Chapelle Jeanne d’Arc

Divided back postcard. Postmarked July 3, 1917, Army Post Office. Stamped:  Passed Field Censor 2289. Publisher/printer:  Neurdein & Co., Paris. Price:  $10.00 Plage is beach, so….beach in Paris or Paris Beach? Ahhh, so the full name of the town is…Read More…

Braunlage, Germany, January 1928

Old photo taken in Braunlage, Germany, January 1928. Price:  $8.00         Size:  About 3 and 5/8 x 2″ The back of this photo is written in German. Thank you to our informed reader (see comment) for figuring out the name of…Read More…

Scheuneman’s Store, Gary, Indiana

The page below had likely been part of a publication on Lake County history or maybe German immigrants to Indiana. Per the writing on the back, it had been saved by a Scheunemann and Raasch descendant, until it later ended…Read More…

Havana Cuba, Street Scene 1920s

Photo circa 1920s. Street scene, Havana, Cuba. Availability status:  SOLD            Size:  3 and 1/4 x 4 and 3/8″ The street name is unknown, but this is a wonderful glimpse back in time, circa 1920s Havana. Note the cobblestone street,…Read More…

Writing Home From France

I’d been looking for something to put up for Memorial Day and so this and the following post are a little late. It sounds like the author of this little note to his Mom would have made it back home…Read More…