Another winter scene in an unknown location: This Real Photo Postcard shows a house, guessing the style might be Folk Victorian with a four-square layout; note the spindle work or gingerbread trim and the decorative running piece, that we can…Read More…
Category: Postcards
Pony And Boy
A happy young man out for a ride on his pony on a winter’s day. We see a house in the far distance, a row of small trees or bushes (maybe fruit trees) and in the foreground what appears to…Read More…
Sledding In The New Year
Divided back, embossed, used postcard. Postmarked January 2, 1916 from San Diego, California. Design copyright: R. G. Rasquin. Series or number 627 – 11. Price: $15.00 “Every New Year Joy may be yours” Here’s a charmer, just over 100 years…Read More…
Wilhelm II, Deutscher Kaiser
Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albrecht von Preußen (Frederick William Victor Albert of Prussia; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941). The last German Emperor and King of Prussia. This is a very well-done postcard, circa 1899; the detail and colors are beautiful,…Read More…
Bonne Année ’47
Here’s another for the new year, from France this time, and showing a very summery design of pink roses overflowing from a garden urn. The writing is difficult to read in places, and we’ll just translate the first two lines…Read More…
HNY From Sonora, CA
Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked December 31, 1909 from Sonora, California. Publisher: Davidson Bros., London, England and New York, New York. “Davidson Bros.’ Pictorial Post Cards.” Series 3020. Price: $5.00 “A Happy New Year” Yet another in the Ethel Main…Read More…
Fruitcake From Ethel
“A Happy New-Year.” A heavily-embossed postcard of a poinsettia in a bed of holly and some forget-me-nots bordering a clock which is about to mark the new year. This card is from the Ethel Main Collection and kind of personal….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…
Christmas Greetings From Mrs. R. Behrle
“Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Mrs. R. Behrle.” Addressed to: “Mrs. Main, 253 14th St, San Francisco, Cal.” Another in the Ethel Main Collection, and a beauty – holly and berries on a background of…Read More…
Christmas Greetings, Period
I find it amusing that the phrase “Christmas Greetings.” was printed with a period at the end – hence the title of this post. This card was printed in Germany and has a coat of arms logo on the back…Read More…