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Le Lièvre Et La Tortue

The Hare and the Tortoise…more commonly known in the U.S. as The Tortoise and the Hare…. This is an antique postcard produced from a work by an unknown artist. It appears to have been modeled after an illustration of Le…Read More…

Horse-Drawn Fire Engine

On the back of this card was written very lightly in pencil  “Fire. ca. 1880”  but this was likely done by a prior seller, rather than the original owner of the card. This would be some type of print, a…Read More…

How The Fashions Came

Divided back, unused postcard. Circa 1907. Publisher:  A.T.F. Company, Chicago, Illinois. Price:  $10.00 Heee heee. A great one, eh? Is that a horse or mule on the left? I don’t know. To me the image looks a little moose-like. This…Read More…

Landseer Cards By Shober & Carqueville

Trade cards, set of five. Circa 1885 – 1894. Shober & Carqueville Lithograph Co., Chicago Illinois. Price for the set:  $15.00     Size:  About 2 and 3/4 x 4 and 1/4″ A set of five advertising cards put out by the…Read More…

Autumn Time

“The cheerful joyous season The Autumn time is come With song and shout we welcome The golden harvest home.” In keeping with the season, here’s a nice one showing the above verse and a couple of adorable squirrels in an…Read More…

Teddy B.

“Hello Little Bessie. I just happened to think that this was your birthday. So I am going to send you Teddie picture. He was very tired when he had it took he had been climbing the Mts that day. from…Read More…

For Thee I Pine

Here’s a great postcard with the lovely play-on-words:  “For thee I pine, For thee I bal-sam.” On the front of the card the sender wrote:  “But more so for the old white horse, Em.”  (Awww!) The card is addressed to: …Read More…

Calle Angamos, Antofagasta, Chile

This is a tinted postcard that was produced from a photo. The exact same photo of this street in Antofagasta, Chile was found on a black and white postcard on Flickr. (See first listing in sources below.) The image here…Read More…

As You Like It Horse Radish

 Old advertisement, circa 1907.  Size including cardboard back:  2 and 3/4 x 4 and 1/2″ Price:  $6.00 This is an old advertisement that someone had pasted on to a piece of cardboard, not in pristine shape due to the crease…Read More…

The William S. Cox Family, Otselic NY

Set of six Real Photo Postcards, unused with writing. 1904 – 1910. Availability status:  SOLD Here’s a wonderful set of six Real Photo Postcards, taken from 1904 to 1910, showing William S. Cox, his son Frank E. Cox, Frank’s daughter…Read More…