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Category: Miscellaneous Cards and Other

Ringing The Bell

Victorian Era card. Circa 1870s – 1890s Price:  $3.00        Size:  3 and 15/16 x 2 and 3/8″ A trade-type card that never got stamped with owner info. Very beautiful design – a sturdy-looking little boy or elf-type guy. What’s he…Read More…

Scheuneman’s Store, Gary, Indiana

The page below had likely been part of a publication on Lake County history or maybe German immigrants to Indiana. Per the writing on the back, it had been saved by a Scheunemann and Raasch descendant, until it later ended…Read More…

Eva Blasdale’s Party, April 3rd 1901

Hand-drawn party place card. April 3, 1901. Price:  $12.00    Size:  About 3 and 1/4 x 2 and 1/4″ Here’s a wonderful hand-drawn, hand-colored place card made for one of Eva Blasdale’s party guests, Russell Doughty. It shows an elf holding…Read More…

L. Prang & Co. Christmas Card

“May Christmas fill thy heart with gladness!” For anyone tired of the cold and snow, here’s a beautiful bouquet of pink roses and a summery nature scene on an artist’s palette. The little moon-shaped tableau shows a woman in the…Read More…

A Saucer Of Milk

Here’s a lithograph from an unknown company of a little lady, perhaps the domestic help, giving the family kitty cat a saucer of milk. I love the expectant pose of the kitty; the lady’s ensemble with mob cap and flounced…Read More…

Fae’s Keepsake

Here’s an Art Nouveau heart-shaped bit of ephemera. The back just has one word, “Fae”  written in pencil. It shows a country path veering off to the right of a cottage in the distance. It is no surprise that the…Read More…

Custom Of Japan

We like to do mini-themes here or try to segue from one topic or place to another, so here is a vintage tourist postcard set cover from the Fukada Card Company. It’s not in good shape but I just picked…Read More…

Two Birthday Cards For Mrs. Barbara A. Hester

“Each year holds special gifts in store You would not want to miss one My wish is  ‘Many Birthdays more. And happiness on this one.’ “ This cute little card of Birthday Wishes used to have a gold ribbon (of…Read More…

Sailboats And Roses

Here’s a gorgeous antique card, from around maybe the 1880s – 1890s, of a scene showing several sailboats; the one in the foreground shows the oars in operation. Semi-surrounding this tableau is an arrangement of roses in a horseshoe shape: …Read More…

Horse-Drawn Fire Engine

On the back of this card was written very lightly in pencil  “Fire. ca. 1880”  but this was likely done by a prior seller, rather than the original owner of the card. This would be some type of print, a…Read More…