Undivided back postcard. Circa 1906. Publisher or Printer: Stationers Manufacturing Co., Quincy, Ohio. Price: $4.00 I had wanted to get this card up for MLB opening day, but it didn’t make it. No biggie, anyway it’s showing a young ball…Read More…
Category: Postcard Artists
Artist Ruth Welch Siver (1871 – 1933)
Cropped from an earlier post, an illustration by artist Ruth Welch Siver, circa 1922. Signed, Ruth K. Welch, Ruth Welch Siver, Ruth W. Siver and Ruth Siver…. Numerous examples of this artist’s work can be found on old postcards and…Read More…
Soaring
I wonder what Gwen would have named this one. This is, like the back says, from an original block print by Gwen Frostic. Michigan-born Sarah Gwendolyn Frostic (1906 – 2001) was “…one of America’s foremost nature inspired artists.” I hadn’t…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…
Benjamin Sayre Cory Kilvert
BENJAMIN SAYRE CORY KILVERT (1879-1946) Benjamin Sayre Cory Kilvert was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 1879 and was the son of Francis Edwin Kilvert, mayor of Hamilton, Ontario(1877-78), Conservative Member of Parliament(1878-1887) and Collector of His Majesty’s Customs for…Read More…
Artist John Paul Burnham
John Paul Burnham (1882 or 1883 – 1956) See Agua Caliente Villa for our postcard by the artist. According to the very helpful website AskArt, which we’ve accessed before for research, “John Paul Burnham was born in Illinois on August 14, 1883….Read More…
Oldřich Cihelka, Artist
Some of the artwork of Prague-born Oldřich Cihelka was reproduced for the postcard market and a number of postcards can be found for sale online (including our Laurel Cottage site.) Here is a cropped example of the artist’s work. (See…Read More…
Charles Henry Twelvetrees (1872 -1948)
Charles H. Twelvetrees is well-known to vintage postcard, and ephemera collectors in general for his many illustrations, mainly of chubby-cheeked children, which often are shown with funny captions. I put up the two examples that I have from postcards below…Read More…
Benedetto Busetto Bieletto, Artist
At this time, postcards for this artist are often showing up on other sites under “T. Bioletto” so if you are looking for other examples, be sure to try searching with the incorrect first initial or just under the last…Read More…