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Category: Lakes

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…

Mii-dera Temple, Ōtsu, Japan

Old photo, circa 1900 – 1910s. Price:  $15.00            Size:  5 and 3/8 x 3″ Mii-dera Temple, also called Onjo-ji Temple….. A Buddhist temple that was established in the 7th Century as a, “Uji-dera Temple (temple…Read More…

Bluebirds for F. E. Cadwell

Postcard postmarked September 28, 1917 from Worcester, Massachusetts. Publisher unknown. Series or number 1020. Price:  $7.00 A pretty lake scene done in mostly vertical lines. You might expect to see an artist’s signature at the bottom, but no…..just the sentiments,…Read More…

Mrs. Minnie Perreault

Old photo, circa 1930s, white border. Price:  $10.00        Size:  2 and 3/4 x 4 and 1/2″ Continuing with a very short theme of “woman with oar or paddle” 🙂 here’s a photo circa 1930s, and we’re guessing (though not certain)…Read More…

Fishing From Pier In Lake Michigan

Divided back postcard, postmarked August 18, 1911, Chicago, Illinois. Number or series 575. Price:  $6.00 Imagine today, fishing off a pier attired in a suit coat and bowler hat! Pretty cool. It’s t-shirts and baseball caps now, though. But it’s…Read More…

Forget-me-nots and Seagulls

Divided back, embossed postcard. Postmarked May 11, 1913 from Elwood, Nebraska. Series or number G10. Price:  $5.00 “Only a message sweet and true Saying I think today of you.” Addressed to:   “Miss Lena Davis, Almena Kans.” “May 10       Dear Cousin,…Read More…

Loch Lomond By E. Longstaffe

Postcard, unused. Artist-signed by E. Longstaffe. Publisher unknown. Circa 1904 -1905. Price:  $5.00 Continuing with our short excursion to Scotland….an artist-signed card by English landscape painter, Edgar Longstaffe (1852 – 1933). The few others currently for sale online are dated…Read More…

French Waterman, Goulais Lake, Algoma Co., Ontario

Vintage photos, circa 1940s – 1952, deckled edge border. Price for the set of two:  $15.00 “French and guide at launch place”  or possibly “at lunch place.” That is probably French Waterman on our left and either his unidentified fishing…Read More…

Houseboat Heaven

Vintage photo, circa 1920s – 1930s. Price:  $6.00         Size:  4 and 1/4 x 2 and 5/8″ Three ladies I love houseboats:  There is something so romantic about them (riverboats, too.) So “houseboat heaven” came to mind immediately upon finding the…Read More…

Grand River Dam And Lake, Northeastern Oklahoma

Divided back, unused postcard. Publisher:  Dewey Post Card Co., Dewey, Oklahoma. Printer:  Curt Teich. Genuine Curteich – Chicago. “C. T. American Art.” No. or series:  2B88 – N. Circa 1953. Price:  $5.00 “Length of dam 5680 ft., height 150 ft.,…Read More…