Divided back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked December 24, 1914 from Norwalk, Connecticut. Price: $5.00 “A Merrie Xmass to all from Liona & Buddie. Come up to see our tree.” Addressed to: “Mrs. Raymond & Daughter, Upper Main St., Norwalk, Conn.”…Read More…
Category: Holidays
Christmas Greetings From Mrs. R. Behrle
“Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Mrs. R. Behrle.” Addressed to: “Mrs. Main, 253 14th St, San Francisco, Cal.” Another in the Ethel Main Collection, and a beauty – holly and berries on a background of…Read More…
Christmas Greetings, Period
I find it amusing that the phrase “Christmas Greetings.” was printed with a period at the end – hence the title of this post. This card was printed in Germany and has a coat of arms logo on the back…Read More…
Chase Each Shadow Cold
Christmas card, circa 1890s. Price: $4.00. Size: 5 and 1/2 x 4 and 1/4. “May this joyous Christmas Day Chase each shadow cold away.” A Christmas card on heavier stock, done in brown tones, of a quaint stone church in…Read More…
A Buzza Company Christmas Card
“A Happy Christmas Day I hope you find this Christmas Day The best you ever spent; I hope it dawns with happiness And closes with content.” Signed, “Sis. Margaret.” A beautiful Buzza Company Christmas card of candles and holly done…Read More…
Good Morning Everybody, It’s Christmas
“Good Morning Everybody, Its Christmas – And I Wish You Happiness.” A perfect card for our Christmas morning, 2015. It shows an illustration of an 19th-Century gentleman doffing his top hat to salute all and sundry this Christmas morn. He…Read More…
L. Prang & Co. Christmas Card
“May Christmas fill thy heart with gladness!” For anyone tired of the cold and snow, here’s a beautiful bouquet of pink roses and a summery nature scene on an artist’s palette. The little moon-shaped tableau shows a woman in the…Read More…
All Good Wishes For Christmas
“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…
The Old Live Oak, Wilmington, NC
“From Lucylle Cale. Camden, N. J.” Lucy/Lucille/Lucylle Cale and Cole was researched, and though there are both Cales and Coles in Camden, only Lucy Cole shows up in a 1943 Camden city directory. I’ve had this postcard for a couple…Read More…
Wish I Had A Sleigh Ride
Xmas Greetings…. “Merry Xmas. Wish I had a sleighride. No such snow out here. They don’t know what a bob sled is. Am feeling fine now. Am looking for a letter too. A.W. 1222 N. Cascade Ave.” Was that “Am…Read More…