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Category: Restaurants

Masons and Tamales in San Jose, California

Old photo, circa 1907. San Jose, California Price:  $12.00           Size:  About 2 and 1/2 x 4 and 1/4″ Striding purposefully, two gentlemen, Freemasons by their attire, maybe on the way to a meeting. That particular headgear was sometimes called a…Read More…

Café de Flore, Paris

Divided back, unused postcard. Circa 1920s. Publisher/printer:  Patras, 9 av. Marguerite, A Boulogne-Sèine, France. Price:  $7.00 ….un chocolat chaud et un croissant, s’il vous plaît. We’re taking a mini-virtual vacation to the Café Flore (Flora Café), 172 boulevard St-Germain, for…Read More…

Le Vendôme, La Ville de Québec

Divided back, used postcard. Postmarked September 22, 1986 from North Suburban, Illinois. Photographer and publisher:  W. Schermer, 1795 Pierre Lauzon, Pierrefonds, PQ (Montréal). Printed in Canada. Numbers or series:  57999-B and D-1152-R. Price:  $10.00 Wall murals (love them!) This restaurant…Read More…

Crossroads Of The Pacific

Photo, white border. Circa 1938 – December 1948. Availability Status:  SOLD                Size:  2 and 3/4 x 4 and 9/16″ H. P. “Sunny” Sundstrom’s famous neon sign adjacent to his restaurant Kau Kau Korner,…Read More…

6944 Wyoming Street, Dearborn, Michigan

Old photo, 6944 Wyoming Street, Dearborn, MI. January 25, 1967. Price:  $6.00             Size:  5 x 5″ Like the prior post’s two photos, this one might have been taken by or for a real estate company. It shows a small restaurant,…Read More…

Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, Mass.

“New Bedford, Mass. One of New Bedford Quaint Streets. Johney Cake Hill, Corner Union and Bethel Streets.” This is the second of three cards in The Cunha Family Collection. The sender wrote: “My Dear Friend, I drop this post card…Read More…

Stone Bridge Cottage, Tiverton, Rhode Island

Stone Bridge Cottage was a popular hotel and restaurant which later became known as Stone Bridge Inn. The Inn appears to have survived as an establishment at least until August or September of 1976, according to a newspaper ad for…Read More…

Reuben E. Lee Riverboat Restaurant

Divided back, deckled edge, unused postcard. Published by Photo Art, 200 Neptune Ave., Encinitas, California 92024. Series or number 54226-C. Circa early 1970s. Availability status:  SOLD “Reuben E. Lee. Riverboat Restaurant. Harbor Island, San Diego. Overall Length 204′ – 8”    …Read More…