Category: Animals

Easter Joys Be Thine

Posted on March 27th, 2016 by Annieoakley

Divided back, embossed, used postcard. Postmarked in Homer, New York on March 27th, year not readable. Publisher unknown. Series or number 155. Circa 1910. Price: $15.00 This is a really cute one. A chick (chicks are ruling this Easter) in…Read More…

Tags: Sears Family genealogy and family history Cortland County NY

Categories: Animals, Birds, Chickens and Roosters, Easter, Flowers, Holidays, Rabbits - Bunnies

Ushering In Easter

Posted on March 26th, 2016 by Annieoakley

Trade card, lithograph for The Fleischmann Co., Form No. 910A. Made in Germany. Circa mid-1880s – 1890s. Price: $10.00 Size: 3 and 1/2 x 5 and 1/2″ There’s the Easter Bunny and one Easter egg behind the young gentleman in…Read More…

Tags: Fleischmann's Yeast Handsome Banner Pictures early trade and advertising cards, top hats in Victorian trade cards, Victorian trade cards bunnies and eggs, Victorian trade cards with lilies of the valley

Categories: Art Nouveau, Flowers, Hats, Rabbits - Bunnies, Trade Cards and Advertising

Killarney, Thro’ The Pass At Gap Of Dunloe

Posted on March 23rd, 2016 by Annieoakley

Addressed to: ” ‘Blue Nurses’ Emerson Hospital, Concord Mass U.S.A.” The term “Blue Nurses” doesn’t show up online, and with the surrounding quotes by the card sender, it must have been just an affectionate term he or she had for…Read More…

Tags: Gap of Dunloe Killarney Ireland vintage postcards, nursing in the 1920s at Emerson Hospital Concord Mass, vintage Irish postcards 1920s, vintage pony ride stories

Categories: Horses, Nurses, Postcards, Postcards Used

Pony And Boy

Posted on January 30th, 2016 by Annieoakley

A happy young man out for a ride on his pony on a winter’s day. We see a house in the far distance, a row of small trees or bushes (maybe fruit trees) and in the foreground what appears to…Read More…

Tags: azo stamp box, early 1900s outdoor wear for children, Real Photo Postcards winter pony children, winter country scenes early 1900s

Categories: Animals, Children, Horses, Photos Without Names, Postcards, Postcards Unused, Real Photo Postcards, Snow

All Good Wishes For Christmas

Posted on December 23rd, 2015 by Annieoakley

“All Good Wishes for Christmas.” Here’s a total charmer: A winter-y woodsy scene of two deer who’ve come visiting for Christmas. The first to arrive at the gated entrance is pulling the chain to ring the bell; the second was…Read More…

Tags: German ancestry Rensselaer County NY, Krueglar family genealogy Troy NY, old and vintage Christmas postcards printed in Germany, old postcards deer ringing bell at wooden gate

Categories: Animals, Christmas, Deer, Holidays, Postcards, Postcards Used

Corey & Stewart, Newark, NJ

Posted on November 20th, 2015 by Annieoakley

“Corey & Stewart, Fashionable Hatters and Furriers. 711 & 713 Broad Street. Newark, N. J.” As of the date of this post, no other trade cards were found online for Corey & Stewart, which is a little surprising because they…Read More…

Tags: old prints and lithographs couple on horseback, old prints and lithographs Roman ruins, tophats, trade cards hatters and furriers, Victorian Era trade cards Newark NJ

Categories: Animals, Bufford, Hats, Horses, Lithograph Companies, Trade Cards and Advertising

Photos From A Family Album

Posted on November 11th, 2015 by Annieoakley

Here are a bunch of old photos from someone’s family album, that have been waiting around to finally get scanned and posted. This is WWI Era (the date from the army barracks photos appears to be 7/20/18) and several show…Read More…

Tags: 1910s and 1920s old photos family albums, antique and vintage wedding snapshots, fashion and clothing styles late 1910s, WWI snapshots

Categories: Animals, Automobiles Buses Trucks, Birds, Cats, Chickens and Roosters, Children, Cows and Cattle, Dogs, Geese, Hats, Horses, Houses, Military, Nurses, Old Photo Albums, Photos Without Names, Weddings

Paris Card Company, Boston, 1881

Posted on November 8th, 2015 by Annieoakley

Trade Card. Circa 1881. Paris Card Co., Boston, MA Price: $25.00 Size: About 2 and 3/4 x 4 and 1/2″ Here’s another in what we call our “Breakthrough” category, and like the last post, it’s a trade card from Boston….Read More…

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Categories: Animals, Breakthroughs, Dogs, Men, People, Trade Cards and Advertising

Misfit Parlors, 4 Hayward Place, Boston

Posted on November 8th, 2015 by Annieoakley

Trade Card. Circa 1892. Price: $15.00 Size: About 5 and 1/8 x 3 and 1/8″ “Misfit Parlors. No. 4 Hayward Place, Boston.” A very similar card for this same establishment (with moon and dog) was…Read More…

Tags: Boston Victorian Trade Cards, clothing trade cards, trade cards moon and dog

Categories: Animals, Dogs, Moon, Trade Cards and Advertising

Scottish Lass Trade Card

Posted on May 23rd, 2015 by Annieoakley

Victorian Era trade card. Washington registered trade mark. Circa 1889 – 1890s. Condition: Poor, regrettably, due to top middle piece having become torn away from the whole; creases in top and bottom left corners; top right corner missing. Size: 4…Read More…

Tags: hats, Rob Roy MacGregor Black tartan, Scottish lassies Victorian trade cards, Scottish plaids, Scottish tartans, Washington trade mark registered Scottish lass and sheep Victorian trade card, womens fashion late 19th century

Categories: Animals, Hats, People, Sheep, Trade Cards and Advertising, Traditional Costumes, Women