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Category: Houses

The 1891 House

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked October 1909. Location unknown. Price:  $12.00 A proud date? You won’t notice the “1891” on this house unless you click on the image. And often the details of a photo are not found until…Read More…

Roy Morrow And Family, Circa 1910s

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, circa 1907 – 1910s. CYKO stamp box. Price:  $8.00 “With respect from Roy Morrow.  To James Gilmore, South Heights Pa.” A nice family photo, we assume, of the Morrow Family, location unknown, maybe Pennsylvania or…Read More…

At Play On The Doorstep

Card, lithograph with initials G.R. for artist, publisher or lithography company. Circa 1880s – 1890s. Price:  $5.00        Size:  4and 3/4 x 3 and 1/4″ Here’s some gorgeous color in the midst of a series of mostly black and white photos….A…Read More…

Grandpa By The Fence

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1918. Price:  $4.00 Well, somebody’s Grandpa most likely. No identifying information for this gentleman. I think of him of having German ancestry, but maybe that’s because I’ve been…Read More…

Papa’s Old Home

Old photo, circa late 1890s – early 1910s. Price:  $5.00       Size:  3 and 1/16 x 5 and 3/16″ God bless this home and the previous one….the land and the people, past, present and future “Papa’s old home where he lived…Read More…

A Very Unusual Front Porch Entrance

Old photo, white border. Circa 1910s – 1920s. Price:  $15.00          Size:  5 and 1/2 x 3 and 1/2″ What was the inspiration for the front porch entryway on this wooden shingle-sided house or cottage? Some gingerbread porches have similarly shaped…Read More…

Willie Moshier’s Postcard To Leone Olson

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked July 12, 1912, Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. Price:  $12.00 “Sauk Rapids. Dear Leon I have no Leon to play with we had a marry go round I had lots of rides wish Leon wood ben…Read More…

Chebeague Island, Maine, 1923

Divided back postcard. Postmarked 1923, Chebeague Island, Maine. Price:  $15.00 “Dear Louise: – Received your letter. I printed this on this Post Card and I think it came out well. I sprained my wrist and put a couple of bones…Read More…

Mildred Simpson’s Home, Beverly, Mass.

Old photo, white border, circa 1910s – 1920s. Beverly, Massachusetts. Price:  $10.00 On the back is written,  “This is the Front of her house.”  And by a relative, most likely from a younger generation,  “cousin Mildred Simpsons Home Beverly, Mass.”…Read More…

The Taylor Family At Home, Endicott WA

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked July 20, 1908, Endicott, Washington. Photographer:  Hutchison, Endicott, Washington. Price:  $15.00 “The old Lady is Mrs. Taylor. the Babe belongs to Fannie. I hope you are feeling better. Lovingly, Orpha.” Addressed to:   “Mrs. A….Read More…