Real Photo Postcard, unused. Publisher unknown. Circa 1920s.

Price:  $4.00

This one may be interesting to anyone looking for old photos of cars made by the Oakland Motor Car Company, though we’re looking at it from a distance, so it’s definitely blurred. Said to be a 1920 or ’21 Oakland, according to the answer to my query on Antique Automobile Club of America’s forum. Here’s the insert:

The postcard scene itself – this is one of those – you can’t tell till you get it home and scan it, whether you’ll be able to read the signage (for clues to location). This falls into the category of tantalizingly close – not quite able to read. (I’m looking at the vertical drug store sign or theater sign in the distance, on the left-hand side of the street.) And is that a mountain we see in the hazy distance? Really hard to tell. Darkening the image doesn’t help. Lot of activity on this street – a downtown scene somewhere, for sure.

Source:  Oakland Motor Car Company. n.d. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Motor_Car_Company (accessed April 16, 2025).