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Category: Real Photo Postcards

Boy Eating Watermelon

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1918. Price:  $7.00 I was in mind to post this one in July for summertime and here it is almost October. So, before summer slips completely away this…Read More…

Thelen, Kenkel, Goergen, Burdick, Wolf, Relatives & Friends, Iowa, Circa 1910

Divided Back, unused, cropped postcard. KRUXO Stamp Box. Circa 1910. Price:  $20.00 What a great find for the families named above and the one unnamed young woman! (Someone knows, I’m sure.) The Thelen siblings appearing in this postcard are Josephine,…Read More…

Stacking Lumber

Cropped, Divided Back, unused postcard. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1918. Price:  $12.00           Size:  About 5 and 3/8 x 3″ Wow, this is the first old lumberyard photo I’ve seen. Googling similar images brings up…Read More…

The Peter Odenbrett Homestead

Cropped, Divided Back Postcard, unused. Printer:  KRUXO. Circa 1908 – 1920s. Price:  $15.00           Size:  About 4 and 1/2 x 3 and 7/8″ This farm was possibly located in Belfast Township, Murray County, Minnesota. That is, if…Read More…

Lillie Findahl, Sheridan, Wyoming

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. AZO stamp box. Circa 1913 – 1917. Price:  $15.00 Lillie May, daughter of John L. Findahl and Nancy A. Hammontree, was born December 8, 1897 in Sheridan, Wyoming. John was a native of Denmark…Read More…

Postcard To Mabel L. Schultz, Halsey, Oregon

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked June 9, 1910 from Portland, Oregon.  Price:  $15.00 The image on this postcard is of Tressa or Tessa, surname unknown. She writes: “Wish you were here this week enjoying the Rose carnival. Dude is…Read More…

Kate Hang, Redondo Beach, 1911

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. August 1, 1911. Artura stamp box. Price:  $15.00 “Taken Aug. 1st at Redondo.” The scene behind Kate is, of course, a photographer’s backdrop, and a nice one at that, with its breaking waves, rocks,…Read More…

Japanese Kabuki Performer RPPC

Real Photo Postcard, unused. Date unknown. Publisher unknown. Price:  $15.00 A Kabuki actor wearing an eboshi hat (a type of ceremonial headwear for men). Kabuki theater was invented by a woman but in the 17th Century women were banned from…Read More…

Temple Guardians, Bali, Indonesia

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1910s – 1930s. Publisher:  Gevaert. Price:  $75.00 This seems to be a rare card – we’re not finding any duplicates online – and the subject matter is great! It was after a couple…Read More…

Sphinx And Pyramids, Gevaert RPPC

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Publisher:  Grevaert. Circa late 1930s – early 1940s. Price:  $8.00 This one is in okay shape, good except that the card is curling, rather than laying flat. And it’s not necessarily rare; there seem…Read More…