Undivided back, used postcard. Postmarked June 6, 1907 from Unnaryd, Sweden. Stamped in Eureka, California post office on July 1, 1907. Price: $10.00 Wow, well this Swedish postcard (the last in our Ida L. Vance Collection unless we come across…Read More…
Category: Undivided Back
Arnold Arboretum Rhododendrons
Undivided back, used postcard. Postmarked March 15, 1909 from Fenway Station, Boston, MA. Publisher: Boston Post-Card Co., 12 Pearl St. No. 770. “Arnold Arboretum. Rhododendrons. Jamaica Plain, Mass.” Price: $5.00 It’s funny, one would not think of this postcard as…Read More…
Me In 1915
Undivided back, used, artist-signed postcard. Postmarked April 6, 1906 from Waltham, Massachusetts. Price: $12.00 This 1906 postcard shows off the 1891 popular watercolor and gouache work, The Music of the Dance, by Philadelphia-born artist Arthur Burdett Frost (1851 – 1928)….Read More…
The Original Water-Wagon
Undivided back, used postcard. Postmarked April 1, 1909, from Santa Rosa, California. Publisher: A.T. F. Co. Price: $8.00 This is the first in a collection from Miss Lily Rea. Her address at this time is Box 23, Gilroy, California. We’ll…Read More…
To My Sweetheart
A Valentine’s Day postcard with Cupid riding up in the clouds in a small golden chariot that is overflowing with forget-me-nots, and being pulled by two doves. This one is signed presumably by the sender on the bottom right of…Read More…
Wilhelm II, Deutscher Kaiser
Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Preußen (Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941). The last German Emperor and King of Prussia. This is a very well-done postcard, circa 1899; the detail and colors are beautiful,…Read More…
Xmas 1912
“Xmas 1912 – Very best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year.” What doesn’t jive with this postcard? This is an Undivided Back card, the era for which ran officially from December 24, 1901 to March 1, 1907, as…Read More…
Brace’s Rock, Cape Ann, Mass.
Initially, four postcards were found that were addressed to Ida L. Vance; since then we ran across a fifth. This is just the third one getting up on the website, and though it was postmarked in May, it reminds me…Read More…
Horse Shoe Falls, Niagara, Canada
“We will try and come up Sunday if it does not storm to hard. So won’t get there to Breakfast – good Bye. G[?] Hall. will drive” Addressed to: “Mrs. Vern Moyer, Baldwinsville, N.Y.” Dating the postcard The postmark on…Read More…