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…
Category: Women
Kristofa and Baby
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…
Mary Kottmyer in Chicago
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…
Mae at the Iowa River Dam, Iowa City, 1908
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…
Comic Donkey and Couple Circa 1940’s
Old photo, circa 1940’s. Price: $6.00 Size: About 2 and 1/2 x 3 and 1/2″ These type seem to be generally referred to as “face-in-the-hole-board.” Other names include photo cutouts, Aunt Sallys, peep boards,…Read More…
Mother and Son
Old photo, white border, circa 1930s. Price: $2.00 Size: 3 and 3/8 x 5″ Another poor quality shot (but the peering into the past effect is cool) and also, like the prior post, no identifying names. I…Read More…
The Old Houseboat
Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1907 – 1915. Price: $4.00 What confirms this structure’s status as a boat is the name at the stern – though very faint and indiscernible. And since the postcard’s image is so washed out, here’s…Read More…
A Hidden Doorway
Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Deckled edge. Circa 1910’s. Photographer: E. Hunter, Schlettstadt. Pt. 773/II. Price: $15.00 An unusual photographic pose if we ever saw one! The whimsical Augustine, wife of Julien Duller, pauses at a “doorway,” her left…Read More…
Miss Lila Sears, Portland, Oregon
. Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. AZO stamp box. Photographer: Bicknell. Circa 1916 – 1918. Price: $15.00 Embossed on the front lower right is the photographer info: “Bicknell. 326 1/2 Washington St. Portland Ore.” Miss Lila, very…Read More…
Martha Reifschneider
Divided Back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. KRUXO stamp box, circa 1908 – 1910. Price: $15.00 Portrait of a beautiful young woman, in satin dress with tucks and a ruffled high lace collar….. This particular KRUXO stamp box, with four-leaf clovers…Read More…