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Category: Postcards

Bears With Boston Baked Beans

A charming teddy bear postcard which reads “Just here for over night, back home today. From Aunt Lillie” ? The writing is very faint on the signature. Addressed to Master Alden W. Read, 3302 N. Main, Fall River, Mass. Postmarked…Read More…

Woman Posing With Chair

Beautiful young woman posing next to beautiful ornately carved wooden chair. The lace collar of her dress is heavenly. Also, note the knight’s helmet carved in the top of the chair. This postcard was found in St. Joe, Michigan while…Read More…

Hiawatha’s Arrival

Divided back, white border, unused postcard. Circa 1915 – 1930. Published by the Detroit Publishing Company, No. 8022. “Photostint” card. Price:  $5.00 It’s not clear which Hiawatha this is supposed to be. There is the Hiawatha, fictional Ojibwe character in…Read More…

Medicine Lodge, Blackfoot Indians

Divided back, unused. Publisher: A. Y. & Co., copyright 1907. Printed in Germany. No. 158-4. Price:  $5.00 Medicine Lodge, Blackfoot Indians. The Blackfoot were located in the Northern Great Plains, most sources indicate Montana, U.S.A. and Alberta and Saskatchewan, Canada.

Chester, Cheshire, England

The Chester Cross is a junction of streets – Watergate, Eastgate, Bridge and Northgate streets in the center of the town of Chester, in the county of Cheshire, United Kingdom. This is a great example of half-timbered Tudor style architecture….Read More…

Le Palais de Justice et le Nouvel Hôtel de Ville, Tours France

This is one of those postcards that come in a set. You can see the perforated edge. On the back is scrawled, “Got at Tours Nov 9th 1918” which of course is during WWI, so it could have been brought…Read More…

Photo of Anna

A non-studio portrait of a young woman, not smiling, but beautiful, standing in front of a plaid backdrop. Note the curly hair with what may be one large bow, showing on either side of her face. Note the beads, (or…Read More…

Congo Girl

Real Photo Postcard. Black and White. Circa 1957. Photographer:  Casimir Zagourski. Price:  $45.00 This is a postcard that was sent from Saratoga, California, postmarked October 29, 1957. To protect the receiver’s privacy, the back of the postcard which shows the…Read More…

Posing Pioneer Woman

Real Photo Postcard of unknown pioneer-type woman. The pose of this woman reminds me of a character in a play or a book. I thought at first I would turn the card over to the other side and see something…Read More…

Feather and Roses

“Miss Maggie, how are you. We are all well. Hope you are better. It is afful [awful] warm here. By by.” Signed, CEM or LEM? This postcard is postmarked June 5, 1911, Kansas, and addressed to:  Miss Maggie Miller, 805…Read More…