“I stopped in and had this taken one day when I was down street ain’t it swell – nit” The back of this Real Photo Postcard has a name in cursive stamped at the top. This could be the photographer’s…Read More…
Category: Postcards
Giddy Up
Divided back, unused, Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1918. Price: $6.00 Here’s a great “photo day” shot of a little girl, about two years old, perched on the back of a donkey. She looks like an…Read More…
That Summertime Smile
Per Playle’s guide for dating stamp boxes on Real Photo Postcards, this NOKO design ranged from about 1907 – 1929; a broad range to be sure! My feeling is it might have been taken in the 1910s or early ’20s….Read More…
This Tin Lizzy Makes Some Feed!
“When a Ford gets sick, Hit her with a brick, And she’ll ramble right along just the same.” Here’s a humorous artist-signed postcard of a drawing of a man tossing a brick at the radiator of a Model T, while…Read More…
Laramie, Wyoming, Circa 1921
Divided back, used Real Photo Postcard. Postmarked May 8, 1921 from Laramie, Wyoming. Series or number a[?] 6. Availability Status: SOLD This commercial type Real Photo Postcard shows the east side of Second Street, looking south, in Laramie, Wyoming. The…Read More…
It Is Certainly Great Around Weitzer, Colorado
Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked August 15, 1917 from Weitzer, Colorado. Publisher initials: A.P.C. Company. Number or series 2106. Price: $20.00 “It is Certainly Great Around Weitzer, Colo. But it Needs You to Make it Heaven” No other postcards are…Read More…
Wishing For You In Augusta, Michigan
Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked December 1919 from Augusta, Michigan. Series or number 2138. Price: $5.00 “I Broke My Wishbone Wishing for You in AUGUSTA, U.S.A. Come and Mend it P. D. Q.” A cute pennant postcard showing a small…Read More…
Sunset Cliffs, Point Loma, CA
Here’s two Real Photo Postcards in the Alice Ellison Collection, from July 1935. If you enlarge the top photo you can see the printing on the right that says, “Sunset Cliffs Point Loma Cal.” This must of been something done…Read More…
Three Generations
Divided back, unused, Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1918. Price: $5.00 A wonderful Real Photo Postcard photo of three generations of beautiful ladies: mother, daughter and granddaughter. Too bad that there is no identifying information for…Read More…
Le Lièvre Et La Tortue
The Hare and the Tortoise…more commonly known in the U.S. as The Tortoise and the Hare…. This is an antique postcard produced from a work by an unknown artist. It appears to have been modeled after an illustration of Le…Read More…