Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked February 3, 1909 from Stockton, California. Price: $12.00 I love these type where the sender has written in their own caption, so to speak….And for me, this should be titled, “Blessed Rain” since we don’t…Read More…
Category: Postcards
A Nice Light Job
A funny postcard from an unknown publisher showing two drawings of a guy: On the left he’s put pen to paper and written, “I struck a nice light job working for the city…” while on the right, in “real life”…Read More…
The PocoLocoFotoFono Company
Divided back, unused Real Photo Postcard, with photographic studio stamp on reverse. Circa 1916. Availability Status: SOLD Here’s another mystery: A Real Photo Postcard from maybe the late 1910s through the 1920s, showing a beautiful family portrait of a mother…Read More…
Birthday Greetings For Maggie Miller
“Dear Sister, we are all vell [well] and hope you are the same we would like to see you. we pretty near for got you Birth days. write sone [soon] from Bessie.” Addressed to: “Miss Maggie Miller, Gentryvill, MO.” There’s…Read More…
The Keystone Craft Shop
This postcard is a double mystery – for the postcard artist and the whereabouts of the shop that was giving out these complimentary cards. J. Leslie Melville’s signature appears at the bottom left of the card – a little difficult…Read More…
A Smiling Couple
Divided back, unused Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1918. Price: $5.00 I’m thinking that this couple are man and wife, and of Swedish descent. I asked my husband and he said he just had the impression…Read More…
Gokee Farm, Bear Creek, Michigan
Divided back, unused with writing, Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1910. Availability Status: SOLD Written in pencil on the back of this Real Photo Postcard is: Gokee Farm, Petoskey Mich.” Actually, it looks more like Gekee,…Read More…
Cookson Brothers Home, Springdale, Iowa
Divided back, unused with writing, Real Photo Postcard. Circa 1900 – 1910. Price: $15.00 “Cousin Wm Cook, we send you a postal of our home in old Iowa. Cookson Bros.” Finding (or not finding) proofs for old photos and postcards…Read More…
Seal And Bear, Garden Of The Gods, Colorado
Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked June 26, 1915 from Long Island, Kansas. Publisher: F. H. Langdon & Co., Denver, Colorado. Series or number 210. Price: $3.00 “Long Island, June 21. Dear Cousin, how are you. am O.K. when the mud…Read More…
Major Domo In Glen Eyrie, Colorado
This postcard shows another example of an expression back in the day, for something or someone, that looks “natural.” See the prior post. The unknown sender wrote: “Passed here March 24, 1910. Saw this it looks very natural.” Addressed simply…Read More…