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Lot of 10 vintage original Whitman Authors cards from circa 1950s.

These are a cardstock thickness and measure 1 1/2 inches wide x 2 3/8 inches tall.

Published by Whitman Publishing Company.

Authors include: Sir Walter Scott, James Fenimore Cooper, Robert Louis Stevenson, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry W. Longfellow, Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, and Charles Dickens.

You will receive the 10 the authors pictured,  though not necessarily the exact cards pictured.  Authors will be the same, but the design in the upper left corner and the order in which the book titles are listed, may be different.

Great for scrap booking, collage, altered art, and journaling.

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Lot of 25 vintage hand written medical prescriptions from the early 1940s. They are aged and have some tattered edges. Each prescription measures 4 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall.

Most are from the office of H.R. Brown, M.D., Beatrice National Bank Bldg., Beatrice, Nebraska.

You will receive 25 random prescriptions in this purchase though not necessarily the ones pictured.

Great for scrap booking, collage, and paper art projects.

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Antique Lot of 3 Victorian Calling Cards.  These are the hidden name cards featuring die cuts. Includes pink  and red roses, hands, and a gold horn.  Cards shown at the center and bottom open like an envelope.

Antique Lot of 3 Victorian Calling Cards.  These are the hidden name cards featuring die cuts. Includes pink  red roses, hands, and a boys face.  

Antique Lot of 4 Victorian Die Cut Scraps featuring ducks and geese.  Scraps are die cut and embossed.

Original 1880's Victorian Chromolithograph print showing two young girls sitting in a chair, reading a book. Younger girl is holding a doll. An open photo album is on the floor.

Measures 5.25 inches x 7.5 inches. Condition is good with crease running horizontally near the bottom. Nice vivid colors!

Original antique advertising bookmark for Merrick's Spool Cotton.  Features a little Victorian girl in a pink dress, reaching up toward a dangling spool of thread.

Front reads: Merrick's Spool Cotton, Book Mark.

Back reads: Merrick's Anti-Monopoly, Anti-Trust, Anti-Combination. Spool Cotton.

Merrick's Spool Cotton is six cord, soft finish, and is made from the finest quality of combed Sea Island Cotton, and, on account of its superior strength, eveness, and smoothness, surpasses all others for hand and machine sewing.  Try one spool and be convinced of its excellence.

Dates to circa 1890s.

Measures just under 2 inches wide x 6 inches wide.

Condition is good with a crease running diagonally through the lower left corner.

Adorable image!

Original antique Chromolithograph 1880's Victorian Parlor Print. Shows two young girls.  One girl is reading a book while the younger girl is teasing her with a stick. Title at the bottom reads, "Cute."

Measures 5.25" x 7.5". Condition is very good with wear to corners. Nice vivid colors.  Would be adorable framed!

Original antique Real Photo Postcard showing little children playing with toy blocks.

Card is used with pencil writing on the back. Dates to circa 1910s. 

Card measures 3 1/2 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches long. Condition is good with edge and corner wear, silvering along the edges, and some soiling on the back.

Please check my store for more vintage Real Photo postcards, children's books and ephemera.

Original antique Real Photo Postcard showing a little girl and her doll.

Card is unused with AZO stamp box, all arrows pointing up. Which dates it to circa 1904-1918. 

Card measures 3 3/8 inches wide x about 5 1/2 inches long. Condition is good with edge and corner wear, small crease near left center edge, and soiling on the back.

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Vintage Lot of 4 religious prayer cards.  These are all original cards. Three are black and white and one is colored.

Lot of 13 Original vintage late 1920s and early 1930s handwritten and typed letters.  

All 13 letters are addressed to Velma Mundis.  Her location varied with some going to Table Rock, Nebraska; Mahaska, Kansas;  and Linn, Kansas.

Postmarks include: Linn, Kansas; Reynolds, Nebraska; Beatrice, Nebraska; and Palmer, Kansas (?);

10 letters are from girl friends
2 are typewritten on letterheads
1 is a love letter from Henry (Hank) Mikulecky to Velma.  This is the pink letter and envelope.  From research I have done she was born in 1913 and he in 1907.  They did end up marrying.

Letters all date to 1929, 1930 and 1931.  

You will receive all 13 letters for the price.

Condition is good for all with some wear and soiling to envelopes.

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Holiday Notes.  Vintage Christmas stationery featuring a candle lit lamp post entwined in Holly, with a couple of red Cardinals perched on the branches. 

Boxed set that includes 20 letter sheets and 20 round gold seals.  No envelopes needed as the stamp and seal are to be placed directly on these sheets, once folded. 

Sheets each measure 5 3/4 inches wide x 9 3/4 inches long.  Once folded they will measure 5 3/4 inches wide x 3 3/4 inches tall. 

Condition is very good unused for the sheets.  Original box shows some wear but would still make an attractive display.

Wonderful Christmas themed stationery for letter writing or scrapbooking!

Vintage 1940s Margaret O'Brien cut paper dolls and clothes.  Clothing includes hats, dresses, and pant suit.  Paper dolls are a card stock weight and measure about 4 inches wide x 13 1/2 inches tall. 

Condition is good with pencil writing on the back of the dolls.  Clothing has some small tears, light creases, and some pieces have been repaired with transparent tape that has yellowed.  Most tabs are present.

Listing is for the 2 large and 1 small paper doll (shown in last photo), along with all the clothing and accessories shown in the photos.

These would be cute for scrapbooks or art projects!

Original antique New Year postcard. Card is embossed and features six gnomes. The gnomes are dancing about, some playing horns, some watching a big gold clock. Reads, "Happy New Year Greetings."

New Year Post Card series no. 47.

Measures 3.5 x 5.5 inches tall. Card is written on but not postmarked. Nice bright colors!

Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear. Some tiny soiled spots, including on clock face. Age toning to the back.

This lovely original 1910s Embossed paper Greeting postcard features a bouquet of purple Violets in a hand cart. Reads, "Best Wishes".

Card is written on, has one cent stamp and faint cancellation. Addressed to Miss Helen Milius at Helvey, Nebraska.

Condition is very good with crease upper right corner.

Vintage 1910s exaggerated postcard showing a farm harvest scene with horse drawn equipment. Reads, "Alfalfa Grows big in Kansas." Card number 12431.

Published by Guy Varney, Manhattan, Kansas.

Measures 5.5 inches wide by 3.5 inches tall. Card is used with one cent stamp and pencil writing on back. Addressed to Miss Mildred Jorn at Verdon, Nebraska. 1913 Council Grove, Kansas cancellation.

Condition is good with edge and corner wear and small crease upper right corner.

Antique original 1920s Christmas Greetings Postcard. Art Deco motif featuring lit candles, ornaments and greenery. Reads, "Continual Christmas Joy. A Christmas full of cheer and gladness, A Year that knows no pang of sadness, A life where always skies are blue, Is my season's wish for you."

Card number 1115 Christmas Series. Card is used with correspondence written in ink. 1927 cancellation and two cent stamp.

Condition is very good with some edge and corner wear and light soiling.