Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. August 1, 1911. Artura stamp box. Price: $15.00 “Taken Aug. 1st at Redondo.” The scene behind Kate is, of course, a photographer’s backdrop, and a nice one at that, with its breaking waves, rocks,…Read More…
Category: Beaches and Seaside
The Dock At Patchogue, Long Island
Héliogravure or Photogravure. Postmarked July 23, 1914, Patchogue, New York. Publisher: H. O. Korten. Panel Card No. 174. Printed in Germany. Price: $8.00 Size: About 6 and 1/8 x 2 and 1/2″ An interesting image, though a big chunk of…Read More…
Young Man And Wooden Fishing Boats
Old photo, circa late 1910s – 1920s. Price: $5.00 Size: 5 and 1/2 x 3 and 1/4″ No writing on the back of this one: a young man posing for the camera perched on the bow (well, maybe stern) of…Read More…
Girl With Boat Oar
Lithograph, printing company unknown. Circa 1870s – 1890s. Price: $6.00 Size: 1 and 3/8 x 2 and 3/4″ Nothing printed on the back but one assumes this small card may have been part of a series, maybe of seaside scenes…Read More…
Stereograph of Portobello Beach, Scotland
Stereograph, Portobello Beach, Scotland, circa 1860s – 1890s. Possibly 1860s. Price: $20.00 Size: About 6 and 3/4 x 3 and 1/4″ including matting Bathing machines at Portobello Beach, Scotland Portobello was a coastal town situated three miles east of Edinburgh’s…Read More…
Lake Michigan Fun, 1938
Photo, white border. Dated July 28, 1938. Price: $4.00 Size: 3 and 9/16 x 2 and 1/2″ We’re still at Lake Michigan from the last post….This time at one of the beaches at South Haven, Michigan on July 28, 1938,…Read More…
Choose The Best Shade
Trade Card. J & P Coats. Circa1880s – 1890s. Price: $15.00 Size: About 4 and 1/8 x 2 and 5/8″ Such a pretty card and with a clever caption! The stripes going through the waves remind me of the zigzag…Read More…
Love At The Beach
Divided back, unused postcard. Publisher: Theodor Eismann, Leipzig, Saxony. Th. E. L., Series 950. Circa 1907. $7.00 Segueing from a valentine (the prior, the only one we had this year) to a couple’s theme. And, by the way, posts are…Read More…
Hotel Delos, Mykonos, Greece, 1950s
Divided back, Real Photo Postcard. Publisher: Leonar. Circa 1950s – 1960s. Price: $10.00 Size: 5 and 7/8 x 4″ Boats and waterfront scene on Mykonos (Horus) Cyclades Islands, Greece The cars in this photo are possibly late 1950s, at least…Read More…
View From The Pier, 1930s
Real Photo Postcard, cropped. ECK stamp box. Circa 1930s. Price: $1.00 Size: About 4 and 5/8 x 3 and 1/2″ This is a mystery spot. Okay, we’re off to drive up and down the West Coast of the U.S….leaving now,…Read More…