“This is me don’t it look like me” is the sender’s caption at the top of the card. Wonder if there was a striking resemblance or this was said jokingly, but in either case knowing what the postcard sender thought…Read More…
Category: Holidays
St. Patrick’s Day Souvenir
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Here’s a beautifully done postcard celebrating the day, though not in the best of shape, with a crease down the middle and a tear at the top toward the left. Oh well, but the composition is…Read More…
How About This One?
The addressee, Charlotte R. Mount, was found on the 1910 Federal Census for Southampton, Long Island, New York. Bridgehampton is located in the town of Southampton. (Ahhh, The Hamptons – never got that till just now, duhh!) But, this is…Read More…
For Lousia From Lucreta And Edia
It’s funny that this postcard with the trademark below, comes right after the prior post. Same theme – a child standing on a flat-surfaced rock reaching to put a postcard in the mailbox. Different mailbox style, and this one shows…Read More…
All A-Tiptoe
Undivided back, artist-signed, used postcard. Postmarked February 13, 1905 from Santa Barbara, California. Artist: Elizabeth Curtis. Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons Co., Ltd., New York. Copyright 1903. Price: $15.00 “All a-tiptoe I will be Until my Valentine I see.” Here’s…Read More…
For Ever And Aye
For My Valentine… “A little bird told me ‘Twas Valentine’s Day, And gave me this feather To send you, and say: ‘I’ll love you, my sweetheart, For ever and aye’ “ A lovely verse for Valentine’s Day – I like…Read More…
I Love You True
Divided back, unused with writing. Publisher information: Raphael Tuck & Sons “Young Love” Series of Valentine Post Cards No. 27. Art Publishers to their Majesties the King and Queen. Printed in Saxony. Circa 1914. Price: $10.00 “I love you true,…Read More…
This Tender Task
Divided back, used postcard. Unsigned, attributed to Ellen H. Clapsaddle. Publisher: Wolf & Co., New York. Series or number 452. Postmarked February 11, 1924, from Los Angeles, California, Arcade Station. Price: $10.00 With Love’s Greeting…. “I have to join two…Read More…
Herzliche Neujahrsgrüße!
Here’s a 1920 postcard whose caption translates as “Warm New Year Greetings!” It shows an illustration of two adorable little girls, dressed for winter; the older girl carries a basket of holly on one arm. We see part of a…Read More…
New Year Moon
Divided back, embossed, used postcard. Outgoing postmark January 5, 1908 from Red Bluff, California. Incoming postmark January 6, 1908 in Stockton, California. Publisher: The International Postal Card Company, Chicago. Price: $10.00 Running a little behind with getting posts up, so…Read More…