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Avenida Juárez, Guanajuato, México

Vintage Mexican postcard, unused. Publisher info:  Ediciones Guanajuato – Jardin Union No. 5, Teléfono 2.87.- Guanajuato, Gto. Series G-202. Circa 1950s. Price:  $10.00 Avenida Juárez, circa 1950s A beauty of a card with all those colors. The central Mexican city…Read More…

San Antonio, Texas, Circa 1929

Old photo. San Antonio, Texas, Circa 1929 or early 1930s. Printer:  The Fox Company. Copyright by Carl D. Newton. Price:  $10.00         Size:  3 and 7/16 x 2 and 7/16″ There’s a good story in this moment, for sure. The phrase,…Read More…

Double Exposed Car

Old photo, white border. Circa 1910s – early ’20s. Price:  $10.00 Young man posing in front of….perhaps a Model T (just a guess). Looks like maybe he’s going camping, with the gear strapped in somehow on the running board. Though,…Read More…

Gas Pump – Verdun, France

Photo, white border, deckled edge. Circa mid-1930s, France. Price:  $10.00 Verdun, France, a man refuels his vehicle, a 1934 or 1935 Peugeot 401. Two members of the Antique Automobile Club of America came to the rescue (lightning quick responses, as…Read More…

Thanksgiving Day From Anna Budd

Divided back, embossed postcard. Postmarked November 25, 1907 from Pensacola, Florida. Publisher:  Raphael Tuck & Sons. “Thanksgiving Day Post Cards” Series Number 123. Price:  $12.00 Happy Thanksgiving!  Here’s a charmer from publisher Raphael Tuck & Sons, a turkey couple out…Read More…

Snow-covered Oldsmobile

Old photograph, 1949 – 1950s. Price:  $3.00         Size:  3 and 3/16 x 3 and 1/16″ This is definitely an Oldsmobile, maybe a 1949 or ’50 Series 76 or a 1951 Oldsmobile 88. The styles were very similar for those three…Read More…

Truck Drivin’ Men

Old photo, white border. Circa 1918 – early 1920s. Price:  $5.00          Size:  About 3 and 5/16 x 2 and 3/8″ We’re continuing our day-late Father’s Day theme with a nice old photo, which we’re guessing is from the ’20s, but…Read More…

Arms Akimbo, Etc.

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard. Unknown manufacturer. Circa mid-to-late 1910s. Price:  $7.00 This is a late post for Father’s Day (surely there is a dad in this photo). Late since I was out of town for a week, and just…Read More…

DeSoto Firedome 8 Engine

Divided back, unused postcard. Circa 1952. Price:  $4.00 “New! Sensational! 160 Horsepower! DeSoto Firedome 8 Engine. America’s Most Powerful Engine Design.” The reverse starts off,  “More Power To You – Now!” Huh, more power to ya! Wondering how old this…Read More…