Three Napoli boys playing the betting game “morra.” In the game of morra, each player shows a number of fingers, while simultaneously shouting out a guess at the sum total of fingers that will end up being displayed. Divided back,…Read More…
Category: People
Hiawatha’s Arrival
Divided back, white border, unused postcard. Circa 1915 – 1930. Published by the Detroit Publishing Company, No. 8022. “Photostint” card. Price: $5.00 It’s not clear which Hiawatha this is supposed to be. There is the Hiawatha, fictional Ojibwe character in…Read More…
Academy of Music Chicago Trade Card
A charming drawing of a rosy-cheeked girl wearing what seems to be a handkerchief for a head-covering. Published by the Sunshine Publishing Company of Philadelphia. The flip side shows that this is sort of a playbill type of trade card…Read More…
Congo Girl
Real Photo Postcard. Black and White. Circa 1957. Photographer: Casimir Zagourski. Price: $45.00 This is a postcard that was sent from Saratoga, California, postmarked October 29, 1957. To protect the receiver’s privacy, the back of the postcard which shows the…Read More…
Detroit Girl
Cabinet Card, circa 1880s. Charles A. Millard photography studio, Detroit, Michigan. Price: $15.00 A beautiful but seemingly sad Detroit girl. Why the sad look? And we wonder what her ethnic background was. Too bad there is no identifying information on…Read More…
What A Hat!
Oval miniature photo on cardboard matting, circa 1880s – 1890s. Price: $5.00 Size including matting: 2 x 3″ Another miniature photo found in Salinas, California (I think.) Woman in feathered hat, possibly ostrich. The size including the cardboard mat is…Read More…
Smiling Woman with Necklace
Miniature oval photo on cardboard matting. Circa 1880s – 1890s. Price: $5.00 Size including frame: 2 x 3″ Miniature photo of unknown young woman, found in Salinas, California (I think.) The size including the cardboard mat is 2 inches wide…Read More…
Somewhere in Time
Oval miniature photo on cardboard matting, circa 1880s – 1900. Price: $5.00 Size including frame: 2 x 3″ Possibly mother and daughter, or sisters, friends, cousins? To me there is a family resemblance. Miniature photo found in Salinas, California (I…Read More…
Hockey Player
Studio portrait with cardboard frame, circa 1920s – 1930s. Price: $15.00 Old studio portrait of an unknown hockey player. At first glance, the name of the photography studio appearing at the bottom right seems to be “Press Studio” but upon…Read More…
New Brunswick, BC Mother and Child
Cabinet Card. Circa 1890s. Photography studio: Harvey, 164 Queen St., Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Price: $20.00 including frame One of my favorite images: This one was found in an antique store in Salinas, California. I fell in love with this…Read More…