Trade card in french, circa 1927. Price: $5.00 Size: About 4 and 1/4 x 2 and 3/4″ Les Navires À Voiles À Travers Les Âges – Sailing Ships Through The Ages This was one of…Read More…
Category: Boats and Ships
S.S. Vesterlide, 1917
Old photo, white border. Circa March, 1917, Portland, Oregon. Price: $100.00 Size: 5 and 1/2 x 3 and 3/16″ A short-lived career…. This is a rare photo of the S.S. Vesterlide. At the time of this post, we’re…Read More…
RPPC of Pier 7, Alakea Wharf, Honolulu, Hawaii
Real Photo Postcard, unused. AKO stamp box. Circa 1924 – 1930. Photo image circa late 1910s. Price: $15.00 (As is – note the pieces of the postcard missing from the left corner and bottom border.) Two steamers (names unknown) flank…Read More…
Old Photo of S.S. Northwestern
Old photo, circa 1920s. Price: $25.00 Size: About 5 and 1/2 x 3 and 1/4″ The S.S. Northwestern – a cargo and passenger ship running the Alaskan Coast This one was found in a bin of loose…Read More…
Merry Xmas From the Harms Family
Divided back, embossed postcard. Postmarked December 23, 1921 from Sacramento, California. Publisher unknown. Series C-368. Price: $1.00 Greetings for Christmas “I wish you a bright Christmas: May gladness, like a sail, Carry your ship through happy seas, And joy and…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…
Port Said Entrée au Canal Old Postcard
Divided Back, Used postcard. Postmarked November 11, 1913, Port Said, Egypt. Publisher: The Cairo Postcard Trust. Series 306. Postally used stamp: Postes Egyptiennes, Deux Milliemes, Green. Price: $15.00 Colored scene of Port Said, Egypt, entrance to the Suez Canal. Publisher…Read More…
Old Spanish Bridge, Ocotlán, Jalisco, México
Old photo, circa early 1900s. Printer/publisher stamp on back not readable. Price: $15.00 Size: 4 and 1/2 x 2 and 3/4″ A commercial-type tourist photo, the printer or publisher stamp (upside-down) is blurred but we can see that the first…Read More…
E. K. Reynolds, Norwich CT Trade Card
Trade card, lithograph by Bufford, Boston, Mass. Circa 1878 – 1890. Price: $15.00 “After the race – off City Point, Boston Harbor.” “E. K. Reynolds, French China, Grockery, Glass Ware & House Furnishing Goods. Norwich, Conn.” Yep, that’s a typo…Read More…