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Category: Holidays

A Happy Easter To Maybell Morgan

Divided back, embossed, unused postcard. Publisher:  Whitney Made, Worcester, Massachusetts. Made in U.S.A. Price:  $4.00 Easter, 1927 A Happy Easter “Songs and flowers and skies of blue They all come with Easter and my wish comes too For Easter gladness”…Read More…

Cupid’s Diary

Divided back, embossed postcard. Postmarked February 7, 1914 from Pueblo, Colorado. Copyright 1909, H. or K.[?] Wessler. Publisher:  S. L. & Co.  Price:  $10.00 Publisher, S. L. & Co. is Sigmund Langsdorf & Co. This card, another in our Alice…Read More…

A Valentine’s Lament

Divided back, embossed, unused postcard. Circa 1910s. Publisher:  Whitney Made, Worcester, Massachusetts.  Price:  $7.00 “O, Why Isn’t She Always Here” A dejected-looking boy and his dog are missing their Valentine. (Sob!) A cute card, and another in our Alice Ellison…Read More…

Roses For My Valentine

Divided back, embossed, unused postcard. Printed in Germany. Valentine Postcard Series No. 405. Publisher unknown. Circa 1907 – 1914. Price:  $1.00 Valentine Greetings….. To Miss Ella Ellison from Mary Strauch. One from our Alice Ellison Collection. (A group of about…Read More…

The Whole Year Through

Divided back, embossed postcard. Postmarked December 29, 1922 from Blue Canyon, California. Publisher:  Julius Pollak, New York. Price:  $10.00 For information on the postcard’s publisher, see “Publisher Julius Pollak.” Another from The Alice Ellison Collection, this one with bells ringing under snow-covered…Read More…

The Best of Health – A Share of Wealth

Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked from Galt, California, December 28, year unknown, circa late 1910’s – early 1920’s. Made in United States. Publisher:  J. P., New York (Julius Pollak).  Price:  $5.00 For information on the postcard’s publisher, see “Publisher Julius…Read More…

L. F. Abbott Groceries and Provisions, Boston

Trade cards, set of 4. Louis F. Abbott, Groceries and Provisions, Boston, Massachusetts. Copyrighted 1885 by F. C. Bryon, New York. Series 313. Price for the set:  $40.00           Size for each:  About 5 x 3 and…Read More…

Jolly Jumping Jack

Divided back postcard. Postmarked December [?] 1919 from Sacramento, California. Copyright 1915. Publisher:  P. F. Volland & Company, Chicago, Illinois. Series or number 807. Price:  $2.00 One more for now from The Alice Ellison Collection; our card shows an illustration of a child’s…Read More…

Poinsettia Christmas Wishes

Divided back postcard. Postmarked December 17, 1923. Publisher unknown. Series 1013 B. Made in U.S.A. Price:  $2.00 Christmas Wishes “My wishes for your Christmas hours Are just as bright as these gay flowers.” Yet another card from The Alice Ellison Collection. Poinsettias…Read More…

A Christmas Wish From Wallace Stoebe

Divided back postcard. Postmarked December 20, 1916 from Alta Loma, California. Publisher:  F. A. Owen Company, Dansville, New York. Series or number 444D. Price:  $5.00                               …Read More…