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Category: Real Photo Postcards

A Detroiter, Circa 1910s by Photographer Charles J. Merz

Real Photo Postcard, circa 1907 – 1918. Detroit, Michigan. AZO Stamp Box. Price:  $10.00 We’re taking liberties with the title of this post by presuming that the subject above lived in Detroit. In any case, he’s a handsome guy, here…Read More…

Three Women Carrying A Trunk

Real Photo Postcard, Undivided back, unused. Circa 1904. Eastman Kodak Stamp Box. Price:  $25.00 This seems like a photo taken on a tropical island or at least somewhere exotic from our North American viewpoint. A clue to location should be…Read More…

Two Swedish Women

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, circa 1907 – 1910. Photographer:  Fred A. Grinolds. CYKO stamp box. Price:  $15.00 “These two girls came 3 miles last Sunday to have me take their picture they are both Swedes and are engaged to…Read More…

Understated Elegance

Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1930 – 1950. EKC stamp box. Price:  $3.00 A courtyard (maybe). We can’t see whether this fits the definition of an enclosed or semi-enclosed space. The card was found in California, and there’s a good…Read More…

Calle de Montes de Oca, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico

Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1941. EKC stamp box. Price:  $6.00 These types of cards are always intriguing at purchase (and beyond). You’re dying to enlarge the image so you can see more detail…..but just in general, any photo or…Read More…

Ruth Brown, Ida Corbett and Nellie Bond Bagley

Real Photo Postcard, cropped. July, 1913, Santa Paula, California Price:  $12.00        Size:  About 2 and 1/8 x 3″ “Ruth Brown, Ida Corbett and Nellie Bond Bagley – on her wedding day. Santa Paula, Calif.” Three beautiful ladies decked in lace,…Read More…

Three Gents

Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1908 – 1918. AZO stamp box. Price:  $5.00 I believe these guys, or at least the two on our left, may be brothers, due to their resemblance to each other, though admittedly, there is a…Read More…

A Folk Victorian Home, About 1910

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard. Unused. KRUXO stamp box. Circa 1908 – 1910. Price:  $10.00 Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe this house style is Folk Victorian. Two such features are the lace-like decorative spandrels (side-brackets) that…Read More…

Fannie and Walter’s House

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked August 4th from Seattle Washington. Year not readable. Circa 1910s – 1926. Price:  $7.00 Addressed to:   “Leo H. Ouellette. 113 North Norah St. Fort William Ont. Canada.” “Leo – This is the little house…Read More…