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Category: Christmas

Ruth Welch Siver Christmas Postcard

Divided back, artist-signed, unused postcard. Circa 1922. Artist:  Ruth Welch Siver. Price:  $12.00 “A Merry Christmas And Many More A Happier New Year Than Ever Before.” Here’s another artist-signed card – not very Christmas-y but so charming! The same illustration…Read More…

Bounteous Gifts For Sadie Barbettini

Divided back, artist-signed, embossed, unused postcard. Painting copyright by Frances Brundage. Printed in Germany. Publisher unknown. Series or number 219. Circa 1907 – 1914. Price:  $10.00 A Merry Christmas. Bounteous gifts from heaven’s choicest store May you find Christmas morning,…Read More…

Federal Pure Food Company Of Chicago

Federal Pure Food Company Holiday Card. Circa 1919 – 1920s. Availability Status:  SOLD             Size:  6 and 1/4 x 4 and 7/8″ ‘Tis the season….for shopping! Here’s a beautiful Christmas/New Year’s card, probably from the 1920s, showing a nostalgic 19th-century…Read More…

Glad Jul

Divided back, unused Real Photo Postcard. Circa 1890s – 1910s. Price:  $7.00 This postcard is addressed to:   “Matilda Pettersson”  so the assumption would be that she is not the young woman in the photo, though we can’t know for sure….Read More…

Old-Fashioned Christmas Happiness

Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked December 18, 1923 from Los Angeles, California. Made in the U.S.A. Series 1016 D. Publisher unknown. Merry Christmas…. “Old-fashioned Christmas happiness Is what I’m wishing you And a host of good and loyal friends To…Read More…

Fortune Bright, Friendship True

Divided back, artist-signed, embossed, used postcard. Postmarked December 22, 1916 from Sacramento, California. Artist:  Ellen H. Clapsaddle. Publisher:  International Art Publishing Co. Series 104-3. Price:  $12.00 Best Christmas Wishes… “Fortune bright and friendship true, Bless this Christmas-time for you.” A…Read More…

$1K For Christmas

Divided back, embossed, used postcard. Postmarked from Fresno, California, December 22, 1914. Santa Claus Series No. 2. Publisher unknown. Price:  $10.00 “Christmas Greetings and Joys.” Addressed to:   “Mrs. J M Ellison, Sacramento, California, General Delivery” “Dear Mrs. Elison, have thought…Read More…

Richest Gifts Of Christmas

Divided back, unused, embossed postcard. Series 209. Printed in Germany. Publisher and printer unknown. Circa 1907 – 1914. Price:  $4.00 From our Ethel Main Collection, this card has a trade mark logo of either publisher or printer (or both) that…Read More…

A Coaching Christmas

Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked from Lodi, California, December 22, 1921. Publisher unknown. S02 – 6. Des. (design) Xmas. Price:  $6.00 We’ll start off Christmas this year with a 1921 postcard from the Alice Ellison Collection showing a stagecoach with…Read More…

From Liona And Buddie

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…