Category: Postcards Used

The Lake, Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan

Posted on September 13th, 2014 by Annieoakley

Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked July 1, 1908 from Detroit, Michigan, Station F. Publisher: The Rotograph Co., N.Y., City. Printed in Germany. Series D3827a. Availability Status: SOLD Here’s another Belle Isle postcard – the second of two on this site,…Read More…

Categories: Lakes, Military, Postcards, Postcards Used, The Dr. Oswald Henning Collection

Happy Birthday Rosalia Jaycox

Posted on September 10th, 2014 by Annieoakley

Divided back, embossed, used postcard. Postmarked November 20, 1911 from Worcester, New York. Publisher unknown. Printed in Germany, series 1460A. Price: $15.00 Here’s another lilies of the valley postcard – this time the lilies are the main subject, and this…Read More…

Tags: antique and vintage postcards of lilies of the valley, antique and vintage postcards sent to East Worcester NY, Jaycox families in Worcester Otsego County NY genealogy, Samuel Jaycox and Rosalia Ostrom Worcester NY genealogy

Categories: Flowers, Postcards, Postcards Used, Printed in Germany

Here’s A Handshake

Posted on September 9th, 2014 by Annieoakley

Divided back, embossed, used postcard. Postmarked October 22, 1913 from Long Island, Kansas. Publisher: E. Nash, series G40. Price: $6.00 “Here’s A Handshake – And May You Live A Long Time” A lovely thought on a postcard of the same,…Read More…

Tags: antique and vintage postcards sent to Almena KS, antique and vintage postcards with lilies of the valley, antique postcards farming in the 1910s

Categories: Flowers, Postcards, Postcards Used, The Lena Davis Postcard Collection

Near Nashville, Michigan

Posted on September 6th, 2014 by Annieoakley

“Dowling, District RFD No. 2, Kenyon. March 13, 1910…My Dearest Cousins, Frank, Dora; Ella and the dear little baby. How are you all to day. We are here on the farm and like it real well so far. We are…Read More…

Tags: antique and vintage postcards from Dowling Michigan, antique and vintage postcards showing birch bark, antique postcards Michigan lake and rowboat scenes, genealogy for Clark Orla Kenyon and family Thornapple Barry County Michigan, genealogy for Frank and Catherine Dora Simmons and daughter Ella May Simmons of Grand Rapids Michigan, genealogy for George Finney and wife Ella Mae Simmons and son Leroy Finney of Grand Rapids Michigan

Categories: Birch bark motif, Postcards, Postcards Used

You Are The Peach

Posted on September 1st, 2014 by Annieoakley

Beautiful 1907 postcard printed in Germany. The sender wrote, “07/24/07 – You are the peach of my eye – G.S.” which is kind of funny as I think these are apples. Maybe G.S. couldn’t find a postcard with peaches 😉 …Read More…

Tags: 1408 Old Manchester Ave St. Louis MO, antique and vintage postcards of apples, Herman P. Beck and Margaret Maggie Bradley and Laura Leah Beck genealogy St. Louis MO

Categories: Fruit, Postcards, Postcards Used, Printed in Germany

By The Sad Sea Waves

Posted on August 29th, 2014 by Annieoakley

Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked June 2, 1908, Idaho (city unknown.) Publisher unknown. Price: $20.00 A wonderfully unusual postcard showing a drawing of a man in an old-fashioned bathing suit (the card is postmarked 1908) who is bald on top…Read More…

Tags: old catch phrases sayings and slang, old music hall songs, old songs from operas, operas and opera singers in 1800s, paintings songs and films about the seaside, poetry about fishermen, silent movies, time travel

Categories: Animals, Beaches and Seaside, Dogs, Humorous, Men, People, Postcards, Postcards Used, The Alice Ellison Collection

Asilomar, Monterey County, CA

Posted on August 29th, 2014 by Annieoakley

Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked circa 1915, California. Publisher: Cardinell Vincent Co. Mfg. San Francisco, California. Price: $7.00 Y.W.C.A. Conference Grounds, Asilomar, Monterey Co., Calif. The most likely year of this postcard is 1915. The last number in the postmarked…Read More…

Tags: vintage postcards California beach scenes, womens programs in the early 1900s

Categories: People, Postcards, Postcards Used, The Alice Ellison Collection, Women

Two Cats And A Rocking Chair

Posted on August 15th, 2014 by Annieoakley

Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked July 21, 1908, Des Moines, Iowa. “Series 100, Linen Comics. 50 Subjects.” Publisher: possibly R. L. Wells. Price: $7.00 Here’s the second postcard we have for the likely publisher of R. L. Wells. (See prior…Read More…

Tags: antique and old postcards of song lyrics, historical newspapers for Seward Nebraska, Just A Little Rocking Chair And You, old and antique postcards sent to Seward Nebraska, R. L. Wells postcard publisher, William H. Smith and Della Fletcher family history and genealogy Seward NE

Categories: Animals, Cats, Postcards, Postcards Used

T’is The Wise That Visit

Posted on August 12th, 2014 by Annieoakley

Undivided back, used postcard. Postmarked May 22, 1907 in Des Moines, Iowa. Publisher possibly R. L. Wells. Price: $15.00 Owl on tree branch with red moon in the background, with the caption “Tis the wise that visit.” The sender wrote:…Read More…

Tags: antique and vintage postcards showing owls, Friyouf and Bliem families in Cerro Gordo County Iowa, history of Cerro Gordo County Iowa, old and antique linen postcards undivided back, R. L. Wells antique linen postcards, women postmasters

Categories: Birds, Moon, Owls, Postcards, Postcards Used, Undivided Back

From Menaggia, Italy To Honolulu, Hawaii

Posted on July 21st, 2014 by Annieoakley

Photos above from Bishop’s Reminiscences of Old Hawaii Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked Stresa, Piedmont Region, Italy, July 1908. Publisher: Brunner & Co. Como and Zurich. Price: $30.00 Here’s an Italian postcard with a major Hawaii connection: “Lago di Como…Read More…

Tags: Bishop's Rings and volcano, early missionaries to Hawaii, old and antique postcards of Italy, old and antique postcards sent to Hawaii, Ruth Cornelia Shaw University of Hawaii, Sereno Edwards Bishop and Cornelia Ann Sessions

Categories: Lakes, Postcards, Postcards Used