Old photo, 1919. Availability Status: SOLD Size: 2 and 3/8 x 4 and 1/4″ Probably when I found this one (it was floating loose in a bin), I thought I’d be able to…Read More…
Category: People
A Valentine’s Lament
Divided back, embossed, unused postcard. Circa 1910s. Publisher: Whitney Made, Worcester, Massachusetts. Price: $7.00 “O, Why Isn’t She Always Here” A dejected-looking boy and his dog are missing their Valentine. (Sob!) A cute card, and another in our Alice Ellison…Read More…
Roses For My Valentine
Divided back, embossed, unused postcard. Printed in Germany. Valentine Postcard Series No. 405. Publisher unknown. Circa 1907 – 1914. Price: $1.00 Valentine Greetings….. To Miss Ella Ellison from Mary Strauch. One from our Alice Ellison Collection. (A group of about…Read More…
Vivian Mack’s Friend, Bunnie, Schoolcraft, Michigan
Divided back postcard. Postmarked November 3, 1912 from Schoolcraft, Michigan. Price: $15.00 The very cute, “Bunnie,” squinting a little from the sun, posing in front of a porch trellis that is covered in two different leafy vines. (One is heart-shaped,…Read More…
Amelia Kukiewicz, Chicago
Cabinet Card, circa 1905. Photographer: Zacharias K. Urbanowicz, Chicago, Illinois. Price: $20.00 Size: About 4 and 1/4 x 6 and 1/2″ A pretty young woman in a thoughtful pose, wearing a cotton or linen…Read More…
Clark’s O. N. T. Black Spool Cotton Trade Card
Trade card for Clark’s O.N.T. Spool Cotton. Lithograph, M & K Company. Circa 1880’s – 1890’s. Price: 12.00 Size: About 2 and 3/4 x 4 and 1/4″ “Across the line from pole to…Read More…
Clara Louise McDonough and Her Sister, St. Louis, Missouri
Oval photo, circa 1865, St. Louis, Missouri. Photographer unknown. Price including wooden frame (not shown): $40.00 Size of photo: About 6 and 3/4 x 4 and 3/4″ Two beautiful young girls, Civil War Era….. This photo was an unusual find…Read More…
W. & J. Leonard Trade Card, Salem, Mass.
Trade card for W. & J. Leonard, Salem, Massachusetts. Circa 1885 – 1890. Price: $12.00 Size: 4 and 1/4 x 2 and 3/4″ W. & J. Leonard, Boots, Shoes & Rubbers. Successors to…Read More…
Faithful Friends
Divided back, Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. 1908. Price: $3.00 Well, if anybody can decipher the surname for our Ed, (intuition, psychic ability, maybe you’ve seen a similar name?) if so, you are utterly amazing. What do you reckon,…Read More…
A Mom and Two Daughters
Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1918. Price: $7.00 No i.d. for this one. Why did I buy it? I like the contrasting fabrics, the plaid and the stripes – all that cotton. Refreshing…Read More…