“My dear Aunt Hetty: – Here I am at the sea-shore, well and happy. I send love to Marie and Aunt Flora your loving, Frederick.” Addressed to: “Mrs. H. L. Demarest, 468 Ellison St., Paterson N. J.” The adorable little…Read More…
Category: Postcards
Busy Persons Correspondence Card
1942 bathing beauties for Mr. J. Matthews from his son Jack, on one of those “check off your responses” type of card. Sometimes they were straight-forward, sometimes wacky, depending both on the card choices and the sender. In this case,…Read More…
Surf Bathing In The Pacific
Here’s a colorful card of a southern California beach scene, with reports about the weather, the tourists, and the 1908 presidential race. “Bryan” was William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic candidate who ended up losing to William Taft. Note that the…Read More…
Three Cheers For The Red White And Blue
Divided back, embossed postcard. Postmarked June 22, 1909 from DeBeque, Colorado. Artist: Cyrus Durand Chapman. Publisher info: “Painting only copyrighted by S. Garre” [Garre or Garret?] Printed in Germany. No. 51668. Price: $2.00 Happy 4th! Who was artist C. Chapman…Read More…
To Tottie From Lucy
“Friendship’s Offering” Here’s the third in a little mini-series in the Ethel Main Collection. This one shows that her nickname was “Tottie” rather than “Lottie” as one might think from the handwriting on some of the others. Since there is…Read More…
Greetings From Occidental, California
The meaning of the word occidental is “Western” as opposed to oriental meaning “Eastern.” (Never knew that.) Occidental is a small town in Sonoma County, California, that was founded in 1876 as a railway stop on the North Pacific Coast…Read More…
1910 Calendar Postcard
This one (from the Ethel Main Collection) may seem a little out of place: It would normally go up in December, per the little calendar at the bottom (with Christmas wreath?) but then again the lovely oval image above it…Read More…
Power Lines Down At H Street
This Real Photo Postcard dates from about 1907 – 1918, due to the divided back and the style of AZO stamp box with all four triangles pointing upward. The location is unknown, presumably somewhere in the United States, and somewhere…Read More…
Main St. South From 12th St., KC MO
To: “Miss Nora Gillmore, Fernwood Okla. Beaver Co.” “From your friend Hazel. Mrs. C. O. Shirley, 4145 Penn St. K.C. Mo.” Fernwood, Oklahoma is one of those here today, gone tomorrow locations (of which there were a number of in…Read More…
Greetings From Waverly, Missouri
Divided back, used “Linen” postcard. Postmarked September 23, 1938 from Waverly, Missouri. Publisher info: “NYCE” Quality Colored Landscape Locals. Made in U.S.A. Series or number 61240. Price: $5.00 “Dear Mrs. Ellison. We are leaving for home next week. Have had…Read More…