Genealogy Services, Old Photos, Postcards, Trade Cards, Etc.

Author: Annieoakley

James Earl Neely, Grinnell, Iowa

Cabinet Card, circa 1880s. Photographer:  W. F. Stallings, Grinnell, Iowa Price:  $15.00         Size:  About 4 x 6½” J. E. Neely. Grandfather of Mabel Records abound online so we’ll not get into any heavy searching. James Earl Neely…Read More…

Kate Juniata Bortell Cabinet Card

Cabinet Card. Photographer:  Kester, Grinnell, Iowa. Circa 1890. Price:  $15.00          Size:  4 ¼ x 6 ½” A beautiful young woman in semi-profile with hair pulled back and curled bangs. She wears a high-necked collar that flares out in…Read More…

Frank J. Walsh, Photographer

Trenton, New Jersey photographer, Francis Joseph “Frank” Walsh (1845 – 1919) Christine Ness, Peter Clancy’s Favorite Teacher Another Teacher of Peter Clancy If you’re looking for photos online by F. J. Walsh, you’ll find mostly miniatures, such as the ones…Read More…

Another Teacher of Peter Clancy

Miniature Round Photo on rectangle matting, 1899. Photographer:  F. J. Walsh, Trenton, New Jersey. Price:  $5.00           Size:  1 ½ x 2 ¼” We’ll put up more from the Clancy Family of Minnesota shortly. (And, see the prior…Read More…

Christine Ness, Peter Clancy’s Favorite Teacher

Miniature Photo, oval on rectangle matting. 1902. Photographer:  F. J. Walsh, Trenton, New Jersey. Price:  $10.00         Size:  1 ½ x 2 ¼” A beautiful young woman – she is said to be Christine Ness, and described as,…Read More…

A Main Street Somewhere Circa 1920s

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…Read More…

Postcard For Fred Rothert of Elmore, Ohio

Divided Back postcard. Postmarked June 26, 1930 from Port Byron, New York. Publisher:  Geo. V. Millar Co., Scranton, PA. Series or number 1814.  Price:  $4.00 Watkins, New York and Seneca Lake Addressed to:  “Fred Rothert, R. D., Elmore, O.”  The R. D.,…Read More…

Miss Sophie Nebinger

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard. VELOX stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1914. Price:  $15.00 The beautiful, Sophie, hand on hip – in a white, high-neck lace blouse, dark skirt, a long beaded necklace of some sort and with her dark…Read More…

James Pyle’s Pearline Trade Card

  Trade card, New York. Circa 1880s – 1890s. Price:  $7.00          Size:  3 x 5 and 1/8″ Trade card for the washing powder, Pearline (James Pyle’s Pearline, later James Pyle & Sons). Note:  I’ve said this…Read More…

La Pilule Clérambourg

French postcard, unused. Photographer? Carré. Publisher:  E.L.D. Series or number:  4274. Circa 1910s – 1920s. Price:  $50.00 The first of two “Halloween-ish” offerings….. This one is a French postcard that someone used as a trade card to advertise La Pilule Clérembourg…Read More…