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Category: Postcards

Asilomar, Monterey County, CA

Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked circa 1915, California. Publisher:  Cardinell Vincent Co. Mfg. San Francisco, California. Price:  $7.00 Y.W.C.A. Conference Grounds, Asilomar, Monterey Co., Calif. The most likely year of this postcard is 1915. The last number in the postmarked…Read More…

Helma Greiner

Here’s an old Real Photo Postcard of a beautiful German woman that was found at a recent San Francisco Vintage Paper Fair. (You can barely see the dotted lines on the back of the card, noting the stamp box which…Read More…

Agua Caliente Villa By John Paul Burnham

Divided back, artist-signed, unused postcard. Artist:  John Paul Burnham. Publisher information:  Copyright 1929 L.G.S. Price:  $12.00 See the following post for more on the artist. “Agua Caliente villa as seen from across the miniature laguna, under the cooling shade of…Read More…

Ain’t It Hot

This was a new one for me – the publisher logo on the back header of Zeus/Jupiter, but the card is nice, too, showing a couple of dogs commiserating on the fact that it’s hot, especially when one has a…Read More…

Life On The Front Porch

Here’s a Real Photo Postcard of a wonderful photo (though light) of two beautiful young women sitting on their (one assumes) front porch. A vase of flowers is next to the woman on our right, who is holding an open…Read More…

Two Cats And A Rocking Chair

Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked July 21, 1908, Des Moines, Iowa. “Series 100, Linen Comics. 50 Subjects.” Publisher:  possibly R. L. Wells. Price:  $7.00 Here’s the second postcard we have for the likely publisher of R. L. Wells. (See prior…Read More…

T’is The Wise That Visit

Undivided back, used postcard. Postmarked May 22, 1907 in Des Moines, Iowa. Publisher possibly R. L. Wells. Price:  $15.00 Owl on tree branch with red moon in the background, with the caption  “Tis the wise that visit.” The sender wrote:…Read More…

Greyhound Depot, Grants Pass, Oregon

Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa 1941 – 1945. EKC stamp box. Price:  $25.00 Early 1940’s Real Photo Postcard of the Greyhound Depot in Grants Pass, Oregon, showing the depot entrance and café with a small group of several people (a gentleman…Read More…

Mystery Church

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. AZO stamp box, circa 1907 – 1918. Price:  $7.00 Real Photo Postcard showing a side view of a large church in the Gothic Revival style, of stone construction, showing a tall spire, several smaller…Read More…

Woman With Shoulder Yoke

Undivided back, unused postcard. Publisher unknown. Circa 1901 – 1907. Price:  $5.00 This postcard shows an artist’s close-up view of a beautiful dark-haired young woman gazing off into the distance. She wears a lace head covering, a grey blouse or…Read More…