Addressed to: “Ora W. Carrell. 514 W. 8th St., Muscatine, Iowa.” “Dear Ora: – Isn’t this cute! Claude Lewis is the one you don’t know. Taken in the woods the 27th of Dec. I had such a jolly time. Your…Read More…
Category: Real Photo Postcards
Walter Kellington, Coney Island, 1908
Walter, casually reclining for the camera, wrote, “This is my Picture – Walter Kellington. Taking on Sunday Aug. 30/08 at Coney Island. Clear Day.” This is very possibly the Walter E. Kellington that appears on a number of U.S. census…Read More…
Golda’s Old Watermill, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Publisher: The L.L. Cook Co., Milwaukee. Circa 1950s – 1960s. Price: $5.00 In keeping with a short “water theme” here’s a Real Photo Postcard showing a beautiful black and white shot of Golda’s Mill…Read More…
Willard Alton Griswold & Wilma May Pollitt
A well-identified couple of children (nice!) The back of this Real Photo Postcard with ACME (doesn’t that remind you of the Roadrunner and Wyle E. Coyote?) header gives names, birth dates and ages of the two babies, as well as…Read More…
Frederick At The Sea-Shore
“My dear Aunt Hetty: – Here I am at the sea-shore, well and happy. I send love to Marie and Aunt Flora your loving, Frederick.” Addressed to: “Mrs. H. L. Demarest, 468 Ellison St., Paterson N. J.” The adorable little…Read More…
Power Lines Down At H Street
This Real Photo Postcard dates from about 1907 – 1918, due to the divided back and the style of AZO stamp box with all four triangles pointing upward. The location is unknown, presumably somewhere in the United States, and somewhere…Read More…
U.S. Army Drill WWI
Real Photo Postcard showing a WWI United States Army troop in formation in front of their drill sergeants; location unknown. Divided back, unused, Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. Circa 1914 – 1918. Price: $12.00
First Church Of Christ, Scientist, Boston
Well! How nice to be wrong when thinking this might have to go to the mystery category. It’s normally quite painstaking to identify (if we get lucky) unknown buildings. But this one was found in Google images of domed churches…Read More…
Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh
“Dear Family – We were through this old palace today – Happy can tell you its history and the State rooms that we saw are gorgeous. We love Edinbourgh and hate to leave it. Having good weather & a wonderful…Read More…
Out In The Old West
Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1907 – 1915. Price: $18.00 If this one doesn’t look like a publicity photo for an Old Western movie or t.v. show, then I don’t know what does. It’s a great Real Photo…Read More…