Category: Animals

RPPC of Pier 7, Alakea Wharf, Honolulu, Hawaii

Posted on August 19th, 2024 by Annieoakley

Real Photo Postcard, unused. AKO stamp box. Circa 1924 – 1930. Photo image circa late 1910s. Price: $15.00 (As is – note the pieces of the postcard missing from the left corner and bottom border.) Two steamers (names unknown) flank…Read More…

Categories: Animals, Automobiles Buses Trucks, Boats and Ships, Buggies Carts Carriages Wagons and Stagecoaches, Horses, Mules, People, Postcards, Postcards Unused, Real Photo Postcards

Bronze Lion’s Head

Posted on July 12th, 2024 by Annieoakley

Divided back, unused postcard. Photographer: Guido Bernardi, Genzano di Roma, Italy. Circa 1920s – 1930s. Price: $15.00 A nice lion! Look at those eyes, they look human. Genzano di Roma is a town and commune in the city of Rome, Italy –…Read More…

Tags: fotografo Guido Bernardi, old postcards of lion's head sculptures, vecchie cartoline di sculture di teste di leone

Categories: Animals, Lions, Postcards, Postcards Unused

Going A’ Milking in Corning, California

Posted on June 4th, 2024 by Annieoakley

Divided back postcard. Postmarked August 17, 1909 from Corning, California. United Art Publishing Co., New York, New York. Printed in Germany. Price: $12.00 A happy couple, the man carrying his wife on his shoulder, crossing a stream to get to…Read More…

Tags: antique and vintage postcards from Corning CA, Chittenden and Schammell families in California, old postcards with cows

Categories: Animals, Couples, Cows and Cattle, Men, People, Postcards, Women

A Valentine’s Lament

Posted on February 15th, 2024 by Annieoakley

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…

Tags: boy in overalls old illustration, boy on bench, chrysanthemums, hearts and lace borders, Whitney Made old Valentine postcards

Categories: Animals, Children, Dogs, Flowers, Holidays, People, Postcards, Postcards Unused With Writing, Valentine's Day

Faithful Friends

Posted on December 26th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. 1908. Price: $3.00 Well, if anybody can decipher the surname for our Ed, (intuition, psychic ability, maybe you’ve seen a similar name?) if so, you are utterly amazing. What do you reckon,…Read More…

Tags: clothing and hairstyles for boys early 1900's, early 1900's boys haircuts and hairstyles, early 1900's boys sailor suit styles, Real Photo Postcards with dogs, RPPCS AZO stamp box all four triangles pointing up

Categories: Animals, Children, Dogs, People, Postcards, Postcards Unused With Writing, Real Photo Postcards, Shaped Borders

Jolly Jumping Jack

Posted on December 24th, 2023 by Annieoakley

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…

Tags: black fur-trimmed Santa coat drawing, Christmas postcards from the 1910's, old drawings of Christmas trees with candles, old Santa Claus drawings, Santa Claus in beard and handlebar mustache

Categories: Animals, Christmas, Clowns, Holidays, Monkeys, Postcards, Postcards Used, The Alice Ellison Collection

Comic Donkey and Couple Circa 1940’s

Posted on June 10th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Old photo, circa 1940’s. Price: $6.00 Size: About 2 and 1/2 x 3 and 1/2″ These type seem to be generally referred to as “face-in-the-hole-board.” Other names include photo cutouts, Aunt Sallys, peep boards,…Read More…

Tags: donkey pulling couple in carriage comic photos, face in hole board comic old photos, funny donkey illustrations vintage, funny transportation, humorous old photos, vintage carnival

Categories: Animals, Buggies Carts Carriages Wagons and Stagecoaches, Couples, Donkeys, Humorous, Men, Old Photos, People, Photos Without Names, Women

The Old Houseboat

Posted on May 25th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1907 – 1915. Price: $4.00 What confirms this structure’s status as a boat is the name at the stern – though very faint and indiscernible. And since the postcard’s image is so washed out, here’s…Read More…

Tags: early 1900's fashion, old photos and postcards of houseboats, old Real Photo Postcards with no stamp box unknown manufacturer, old wooden hand built houseboats

Categories: Animals, Boats and Ships, Dogs, Families, Hats, Men, People, Photos Without Names, Postcards, Postcards Unused, Real Photo Postcards, Women

Domed Building in the Middle East

Posted on April 7th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Old photo, white border. Circa 1910s – 1930s. Price: $5.00 Size: 3 and 1/4 x 2 and 7/16″ Continuing with sort of an archway theme from preceding posts…..In an unknown location, a goat herd directs his charges…Read More…

Tags: architecture, archways, Middle East, Muslim, stone buildings in old photos, stone walls, windows

Categories: Animals, Goats, Men, Old Photos, People

Street Shrine in Moscow, Russia

Posted on April 4th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Old photo, white border. Circa 1910’s. Price: $15.00 Size: 1 and 3/4″ x 3 and 3/4″ Found at an antique store in California….this snapshot has made its way to us from Moscow, Russia. In a high…Read More…

Tags: archways in architecture old photos, crucifixion with skull and crossbones, Jesus Christ, mourners at the cross, old photos and snapshots of street scenes in Moscow Russia, pre-Communism photos and snapshots Moscow Russia, Russian religion artwork old photos, Soviet Union, worship

Categories: Animals, Hats, Horses, Men, Old Photos, People