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Category: Men

A Detroiter, Circa 1910s by Photographer Charles J. Merz

Real Photo Postcard, circa 1907 – 1918. Detroit, Michigan. AZO Stamp Box. Price:  $10.00 We’re taking liberties with the title of this post by presuming that the subject above lived in Detroit. In any case, he’s a handsome guy, here…Read More…

Three Women Carrying A Trunk

Real Photo Postcard, Undivided back, unused. Circa 1904. Eastman Kodak Stamp Box. Price:  $25.00 This seems like a photo taken on a tropical island or at least somewhere exotic from our North American viewpoint. A clue to location should be…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…

Smiling Young Man in Shaped Border RPPC

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1920s. AZO stamp box. Price:  $7.00 A happy guy, great pose for the camera, wearing a large-check patterned suitcoat, pencils in the pocket (maybe he was an accountant, an architect, an artist….), tie,…Read More…

Lucille Wickson, Berkeley, California

Old photo, circa 1906 – 1916. Price:  $12.00         Size:  3 and 1/8 x 2 and 1/16″ Availability status:  ORIGINAL IS SOLD. Digital copies only are available. We have a last name this time:  Wickson. And I thought at first that…Read More…

Boy In Tire, California 1929

Old photo, decorative border, 1929. Price:  $5.00          Size:  About 3 and 7/8 x 2 and 7/8″ Well, we know the place and year of this photo from the easily read license plate. (A definite departure from the usual norm of…Read More…

A Beautiful Family

Real Photo Postcard, unused. AZO stamp box. Circa 1910 – 1930. Price:  $2.00 This postcard was found in Salinas, California, in an antique shop, next to the photos from the prior post. It was thought, at the time, that there…Read More…

Alamos, Sonora, Mexico, 1940s

Eleven black and white photos, circa 1940s. Price for the set:  $40.00       Sizes vary, see each photo. Here’s a group of eleven vintage black and white photos taken in Alamos and La Aduana, Sonora, Mexico, circa 1940s. They were found…Read More…

Masons and Tamales in San Jose, California

Old photo, circa 1907. San Jose, California Price:  $12.00           Size:  About 2 and 1/2 x 4 and 1/4″ Striding purposefully, two gentlemen, Freemasons by their attire, maybe on the way to a meeting. That particular headgear was sometimes called a…Read More…