Category: People

Faithful Friends

Posted on December 26th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. 1908. Price: $3.00 Well, if anybody can decipher the surname for our Ed, (intuition, psychic ability, maybe you’ve seen a similar name?) if so, you are utterly amazing. What do you reckon,…Read More…

Categories: Animals, Children, Dogs, People, Postcards, Postcards Unused With Writing, Real Photo Postcards, Shaped Borders

A Mom and Two Daughters

Posted on December 7th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1918. Price: $7.00 No i.d. for this one. Why did I buy it? I like the contrasting fabrics, the plaid and the stripes – all that cotton. Refreshing…Read More…

Tags: ancient symbols, AZO stamp box postcards all triangles up, India, plaid dresses 1900 and 1910's, swastika as a good luck symbol on old fabrics, The Swastika Set Rudyard Kipling's works, women and girls dresses 1900 to 1910's

Categories: Children, Families, Hats, People, Postcards, Real Photo Postcards, Women

Sophia Jane (McIntosh) Blake, 1892

Posted on December 1st, 2023 by Annieoakley

Cabinet Card, 1892. Photographer: McIntosh & Allen. Gardiner, Maine. Price: $20.00 Size: About 4 and 1/4 x 6 and 1/2″ An adorable expression….. If the date on the back is accurate, Sophia would have…Read More…

Tags: 1890's women's fashion, Cabinet Cards Gardiner Maine, George McIntosh and Hannah Bayer genealogy and ancestry, McIntosh family of Maine and New Hampshire old photos and cabinet cards, photographer George F. McIntosh

Categories: Cabinet Cards, Old Photos, Photos With Names, Women

Julia Ann Johnson Peck – Bindon

Posted on November 28th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Family Photo mounted on cardboard. Circa 1880’s. Price: $20.00 Size including matting: About 7 and 7/8 x 5 and 3/4″ Note: There is some “foxing” (the dark marks most noticeable on the right-hand side…Read More…

Tags: braids, buttons and fashion Victorian Era, hairstyles and fashion circa 1880's, neck wear circa 1880's, photographer backdrops antique photos, Victorian Era family photos

Categories: Children, Families, Men, Mysteries, Old Photos, People, Photos With Names, Women

Round Oak Stove Trade Card

Posted on November 20th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Trade Card. Lithograph by Gies & Company, Buffalo, New York. Circa 1888 – 1895. Price: $12.00 “The Name Tells” A lithograph by Gies & Co. of Buffalo, New York: A pretty brunette in profile, gazes up and off in the…Read More…

Tags: antique stove old advertising

Categories: People, Trade Cards and Advertising

Kristofa and Baby

Posted on October 24th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1910’s. Price: $12.00 The sender wrote: “Mrs. Hanna[?] & Hubby. Dear friends, hope you feel better today. [?] yourself for going home & see your mother before [?]. I vish I had a change, I…Read More…

Tags: front porches, hipped roofs, L-shaped outdoor stairways, old doors and screen doors in postcards, old houses architecture, old houses entrance on second floor, window types on old houses, wooden railings and porch posts

Categories: Children, Houses, Lace and Crochet Work, People, Postcards, Postcards Unused With Writing, Real Photo Postcards, Women

Mary Kottmyer in Chicago

Posted on September 26th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, used. Circa early 1910’s. Price: $15.00 The smartly-dressed Mary in suit and ostrich-plume hat. We’re guessing she’s in her early twenties….. As you’ve noticed, this card was postmarked but the date and location stamp portion…Read More…

Tags: Kottmyer Kottmeyer Kottmeier family photos, photographer's backdrops in Real Photo Postcards, postcards and photos of women's large-brimmed plumed hats, womens fashion and clothing 1910's

Categories: Hats, People, Photos With Names, Postcards, Postcards Used, Real Photo Postcards, Women

Mae at the Iowa River Dam, Iowa City, 1908

Posted on September 19th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked January 15, 1908, Iowa City, Iowa. Price: $15.00 Size: About 5 x 3 and 1/2″. Card is slightly cropped. For old times sake……. Addressed to: “Mr. L….Read More…

Tags: bridges, Iowa City Iowa old photos and postcards, iron archways, women's clothing styles late 1900's, women's hat styles late 1900s

Categories: Hats, People, Postcards, Postcards Used, Real Photo Postcards, Waterfalls, Dams and Locks, Women

Belgrade Boy, Circa 1910’s

Posted on July 14th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Old photo, white border. Circa 1910’s. Belgrade,Yugoslavia. Price: $5.00 Size: About 2 and 1/2 x 3 and 3/8″ Blonde tousled hair, a boy of about ten years old, has a nice smile for the camera on…Read More…

Tags: Belgrade Yugoslavia 1910's street car photos, Belgrade Yugoslavia photos and snapshots circa 1910's, blonde, boys' knickers in old photos, candid street photos

Categories: Children, Old Photos, People, Photos Without Names, Streetcars

Vinita Belle Lowry

Posted on July 10th, 2023 by Annieoakley

Real Photo Postcard, 1919. Unused. ARTURA stamp box. Price: $15.00 Such a cute baby and how excellent that the family member gave us the description on the reverse: “Vinita Belle Lowry at the age of 13 months.” Vinita Belle’s date…Read More…

Tags: ARTURA stamp box RPPCs, blonde, Late 1910's baby clothing images, wooden photographer benches in Real Photo Postcards

Categories: Children, People, Photos With Names, Postcards, Postcards Unused With Writing, Real Photo Postcards, Uncategorized