Divided back, Real Photo Postcard. Unused. KRUXO stamp box. Circa 1908 – 1910. Price: $10.00 Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe this house style is Folk Victorian. Two such features are the lace-like decorative spandrels (side-brackets) that…Read More…
Category: Children
Hilton Graham, Rydene Johnson and Ronald Walling
Divided back, unused Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. Circa 1913. Price: $15.00 Pals and neighbors…. From the 1910 Federal Census for Durand, Winnebago County, Illinois: Hilton Graham, son of John H. and Nellie Graham, was born in Illinois, about…Read More…
George Paden, Sardis OH
Old photograph, white border, circa 1920 – 1921. Price: $8.00 Size: 2 and 1/2 x 3 and 3/8″ We’re estimating George was four or five years old here, so cute in his double-breasted checked coat and white hat. The house…Read More…
Mrs. Monika Urbanski and Grandaughter Mary Ann Ferguson, 1942
Vintage photograph, white border dated November 8, 1942 Price: $10.00 Size: About 3 and 1/4 x 4 and 1/2″ “11-8-42 Mrs. Monika Urbanske granddaughter Mary Ann Ferguson. Now Mrs. K. Shiflett.” I thought I had a Thanksgiving card waiting to…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…
G. W. Jenks, Boots and Shoes, Shelburne Falls, Mass
Trade card, circa 1870 – 1900. Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Price: $10.00 Size: 5 and 7/8 x 2 and 3/4″ Was looking thru boxes this morning for anything 4th of July related, and nothing. So, taking a break from the offerings…Read More…
Treehouse In The Black Forest
Photo, deckled edge. Circa 1950s. Photo printing paper company: Leonar. $7.00 “In the Black Forest. Near Wildbad.” Baumhaus is the German word for treehouse. And this one is a narrow wooden structure setting atop numerous tall poles which are criss-crossed…Read More…
Zola I. Proudfit, April 1916
Real Photo Postcard, unused with writing. April 1916. AZO stamp box. Price: $12.00 “Miss Zola Proudfit, 8 years 4 months, Taking in April 23, 1916.” A cute moment: Zola posing on her front porch step, (assuming she was at home)…Read More…
Log Cabin Home, 1934
Photo, white border. October 2, 1934. Price: $7.00 Size: 3 and 1/2 x 1 and 7/8″ A child in overalls, standing outside their log cabin home, location unknown. This is a beautiful photo, for content and composition: There’s the path,…Read More…
Close Hauled
Divided back, artist-signed postcard. Postmarked August 8, 1910 from San Francisco, California. Artist: D. P. Crane. Publisher: H. G. Zimmerman & Co., Chicago, IL. Price: $8.00 Addressed to: “Mrs. A. Schweitzer, Napa, Calif. Box 253” The sender wrote: S. F. …Read More…