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Category: Boats and Ships

S.S. Cacique At Panama

Old snapshot, sepia-toned, white border. Circa 1922.    Size:  5 and 1/2 x 3 and 1/2″ Condition:  Good though “wavy” overall (does not lay flat). This photo was taken from someone’s photo album or scrapbook. Small crease in top left corner…Read More…

Charlotte Amalie Waterfront, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

Divided back, deckled edge, unused postcard. Photographer:  Larry Witt. Publisher:  Marion J. Head, 4 Norre Gade, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. 00801. Copyright 1964 Dexter Press, West Nyack, New York. Printed in the United States. Availability status:  SOLD           Size:  About 5 and…Read More…

Hondarribia, Basque Country, Spain 1959

This vintage color sea coast photo is labeled on the back as “Fuonterrabia Spain ’59.”  This would be the town of Fuenterrabía, Spain, located in Gipuzcoa, Basque Country, on the west shore of the Bidasoa River’s mouth, across from France….Read More…

Steamer Northumberland

Undivided back, used postcard. Postmarked September 20, 1905, Chicago, Illinois. Publisher unknown. Availability Status:  SOLD Here’s the third postcard in the Dr. Oswald Henning Collection. We may come across more, you never know! The caption for this one is:   Steamer…Read More…

Bon Voyage

Photo, circa early 1900s. Size:  About 3 and 1/8 x 2 and 1/8″ Price:  $10.00 Sepia-toned old photograph from approximately the early 1900s, showing a group photo of six persons who appear to be about ready to board a steamer….Read More…

Boat And Roses Birthday Greetings

Divided back, unused, embossed postcard. Printed in Germany. Circa 1907 – 1914. Price:  $10.00 Gorgeous postcard printed in Germany primarily in pink and green, showing a scene of a person in a small skiff or rowboat with a couple of…Read More…

Reuben E. Lee Riverboat Restaurant

Divided back, deckled edge, unused postcard. Published by Photo Art, 200 Neptune Ave., Encinitas, California 92024. Series or number 54226-C. Circa early 1970s. Availability status:  SOLD “Reuben E. Lee. Riverboat Restaurant. Harbor Island, San Diego. Overall Length 204′ – 8”    …Read More…

A Rowboat

Just an old snapshot of a wooden rowboat in the water. The cans in the boat were probably for bait. I love the sturdy look of the boat, and the way the light reflects off the water. Funny that the…Read More…

Morgan Club House & Simmons Mfg. Co. Kenosha WI

Harbor, Morgan Club House & Simmons Mfg. Co., Kenosha, Wis. Pre-divided back postcard with  “Thank you come again   Otto Sorensen”  written under the above description. Check out the misspelling of Milwaukee in the publisher’s info on the front, and the…Read More…

Picnicking On The St. Joe River, Idaho

“Ustick Ida. Feb 25 ’12. Dear Ms Baker we are well and like our home all o.k. We are having beautiful[?] weather jist like [?] With love to all from us. M F Rice” [?] (or with love to all…Read More…