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Category: Buildings

Russian Photography House of V. T. Koksharova

  Real Photo Postcard. Russia, postal stamps removed. Date unknown. Price:  $20.00 A rare find….. We don’t come across many old postcards of photographers’ business locations in North America, and I’m guessing it’s probably the same situation for Russian cards….Read More…

Three Guys In A Window

  Old photo, white border, circa 1920s – 1930s.  Price:  $5.00            Size:  About 5 x 7″ There’s something about people appearing in doorways and window frames….the frame within a frame thing, maybe. And these rustic old…Read More…

Hornitos, California Masonic Lodge No. 98

Old photo, Masonic Lodge, Hornitos, California. Circa 1910s – 1920s. Price:  $12.00            Size:  4 and 1/2 x 2 and 3/4″ Located in the “almost ghost town” of Hornitos, Mariposa County, California….. This building is on…Read More…

Aqsunqur Mosque (Blue Mosque) Cairo, Egypt, Circa 1910s

Old photo, circa 1910s. Cairo, Egypt. Price:  $30.00             Size:  2 and 1/2 x 3 and 3/8″ A view from Bab al-Wazir street, Cairo We’re taking a trip to Egypt. Here’s a photo found loose in a box at an antique…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…

Avenida Juárez, Guanajuato, México

Vintage Mexican postcard, unused. Publisher info:  Ediciones Guanajuato – Jardin Union No. 5, Teléfono 2.87.- Guanajuato, Gto. Series G-202. Circa 1950s. Price:  $10.00 Avenida Juárez, circa 1950s A beauty of a card with all those colors. The central Mexican city…Read More…

La Grande Roue, Paris, Circa 1900

Black and white view of La Grande Roue. Paris, circa 1900. Price:  $3.00 There are a number of postcard views of this, La Grande Roue, though this is not one of them. It’s actually a printed card, postcard size, with…Read More…

Café de Flore, Paris

Divided back, unused postcard. Circa 1920s. Publisher/printer:  Patras, 9 av. Marguerite, A Boulogne-Sèine, France. Price:  $7.00 ….un chocolat chaud et un croissant, s’il vous plaît. We’re taking a mini-virtual vacation to the Café Flore (Flora Café), 172 boulevard St-Germain, for…Read More…

Félix Potin Calissons Box Top

Cardboard box top for Calissons from Félix Potin, Paris, France. Circa 1880 to 1910. Price:  $17.00           Size:  About 8 and 1/2 x 3 and 3/4″ For the collector of antique items from the French company Félix Potin or for the…Read More…

Albert Mayer And Tobias Branger Storefronts, Davos, Switzerland

Carte-de-visite. Circa 1890s. Davos, Switzerland Availability Status:  SOLD          Size:  4 and 1/16 x 2 and 7/16″ Circa 1890’s, Davos, Switzerland…. Here’s a carte-de-visite found at an antique shop on the Central Coast of California. And, it’s always a thrill…Read More…