Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked from Merced, California, September 26, 1911. Image copyright 1911 by J. G. Steele. Price: $5.00 Three adorable puppies telling the receiver of this card to “Surprise Us – write.” They look like they might be…Read More…
Category: Postcards
Meadowlark
“San Diego, Cal. 5/25/11. Bill, does this look like my bird? Not as good of course. Suppose your school has let out by now. You are too thick to learn anything anyway. Chet.” Card addressed to: Mr. Richard Edge. Healdsburg,…Read More…
Irises At Heian Shrine
“Blooming Irises in ‘Heian’ Shrine Garden (Kyoto).” Postcard from photo taken in the gardens of the Heian Shrine in Kyoto, Japan, which is a top-ranked Shinto shrine of great cultural importance. This card is obviously not old, but we came…Read More…
Salinas Rodeo Girls
“Showing their Levi’s, California Rodeo, Salinas, July 13 – 16, 1939” Great vintage postcard showing photo of seven beautiful cowgirls lined up and posing in their dungarees, boots, hats, and western shirts. Photo taken at the Salinas, California Rodeo grounds…Read More…
With All Kind Thoughts
“Holbrook Aug 4, 1912. Dear cousen. I ame all right and hope you are felling better then you was or at least not so tired. well I have had some bad luck since I come home friday I lost that…Read More…
Thou Art Dear To Me
Undivided back, used postcard, circa 1901-1907. The cancellation mark shows Abbeville and appears to indicate the month of December, but the year is missing. Price $8.00 Beautiful undivided back era postcard in muted tones (except for the yellow) showing an…Read More…
Best Wishes From J. W. C.
“Holbrook Nebr Aug 8, 1912. Dear Cousen, your card got here all ok. I was glad to here from you did the Dr. put Mark in a cast. I ame glad yous dont have to set up any more. I…Read More…
Song Of The Merchant Kalashnikov
Russian postcard from a painting of a scene about the epic poem by Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов). The full title of the poem in Russian is “Песня про царя Ивана Васильевича, молодого опричника и удалого купца Калашникова” and…Read More…
Greetings From Fenton, Michigan
Beautifully done, non-divided back postcard, printed in Germany, showing purple clematis and a scene perhaps designed to resemble a painting on unfurled canvas of a stone bridge over a river, with mountains in the background. The caption “Greetings from Fenton…Read More…
Basket of Forget-Me-Nots
“Holbrook, Nebr Aug 15, 1912. Dear cousen I received your card today[?] and was glad to here from you. I ame well and all right. I seen ted and minie and harry and sarah to day. They went grape down…Read More…