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Category: People

Lillie Findahl, Sheridan, Wyoming

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. AZO stamp box. Circa 1913 – 1917. Price:  $15.00 Lillie May, daughter of John L. Findahl and Nancy A. Hammontree, was born December 8, 1897 in Sheridan, Wyoming. John was a native of Denmark…Read More…

Hats Galore

Old photo, circa 1900s – 1910s. Price:  $5.00          Size:  4 x 2 and 3/8″ Just an old snapshot that has been around for over a hundred years – it had lived most of its life in…Read More…

Postcard To Mabel L. Schultz, Halsey, Oregon

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked June 9, 1910 from Portland, Oregon.  Price:  $15.00 The image on this postcard is of Tressa or Tessa, surname unknown. She writes: “Wish you were here this week enjoying the Rose carnival. Dude is…Read More…

Kate Hang, Redondo Beach, 1911

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…

Japanese Kabuki Performer RPPC

Real Photo Postcard, unused. Date unknown. Publisher unknown. Price:  $15.00 A Kabuki actor wearing an eboshi hat (a type of ceremonial headwear for men). Kabuki theater was invented by a woman but in the 17th Century women were banned from…Read More…

Mii-dera Temple, Ōtsu, Japan

Old photo, circa 1900 – 1910s. Price:  $15.00            Size:  5 and 3/8 x 3″ Mii-dera Temple, also called Onjo-ji Temple….. A Buddhist temple that was established in the 7th Century as a, “Uji-dera Temple (temple…Read More…

Indian Man With Monkeys RPPC

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1918 – 1936. Stamp Box:  K Ltd.  Price:  $12.00 Jumping from Bali over to India, (at least, we presume this to be India), here’s a lovely, Real Photo Postcard of a man in…Read More…

Bicharin

Divided back, unused postcard. Circa 1910s – 1920s. Publisher:  The Cairo Postcard Trust. Price:  $15.00 Here’s a striking portrait of a handsome young man, a member of the Bichari tribe. As per usual, we wish we knew his name and…Read More…

La Crue du Nile Old Postcard

Divided Back postcard. Postmarked June 22, 1912, Alexandria, Egypt. Publisher:  POF or OPF. Stamp:  Postes Egyptiennes, Cinq Milliemes, rose color. Price:  $15.00 La Crue du Nile…..The Flood of the Nile The flooding of the Nile was usually an event each…Read More…

Aqsunqur Mosque (Blue Mosque) Cairo, Egypt, Circa 1910s

Old photo, circa 1910s. Cairo, Egypt. Price:  $30.00             Size:  2 and 1/2 x 3 and 3/8″ A view from Bab al-Wazir street, Cairo We’re taking a trip to Egypt. Here’s a photo found loose in a box at an antique…Read More…