Vintage Ephemera

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 original 1950s USED New Baby Congratulations greeting card lot.

Graphics include:

1. Baby in basket
2. Baby swaddled in brown glittered blanket
3. Baby sitting on an open book
4. Baby in diaper held up by a pink safety pin
5. White rattle with ribbon
6. Baby bib featuring a rabbit

Smallest card measures about 4 1/8 x 4 1/2.  Largest card measures 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches.

Cards are used and all have a signature or writing inside.

Publishers include: Rust Craft, Hallmark, and Quality Cards.

No envelopes.

Great for scrapbooking, journaling and altered art projects.

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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Vintage original 1940s and 1950s USED Congratulations on New Baby greeting card lot.

Graphics include:

1. Baby on play mat
2. Embossed card of baby in a blanket with pink bow
3. Baby in frilly cradle
4. Baby in diaper held up by a silver toned embossed safety pin
5. baby in cradle
6. Baby with head lying on frilly pillow

Smallest card measures about 4 1/8 x 4 1/2.  Largest card measures 4 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches.

Cards all have a signature or writing inside, except for the safety pin card. It is unused.  Condition for all is good.

Publishers include: Grinnell, Harry Doehia Co., Gibson, Rust Craft, and Quality Cards.

No envelopes.

Great for scrapbooking, journaling and other paper projects.

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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Vintage original The New England Calendar for Engagements, 1946 Week by Week, by Samuel Chamberlain.

This calendar is in book form with plastic comb binding.  Comes in original box. 

Book measures 6 5/8 inches wide x 8 1/2 inches tall.

Left side of each 2 page spread has a weeks worth of days, on which to write notes.  Right side of the page shows a New England view.

Book is unused.

Condition is very good with previous owners name written inside front cover.  And there is a small tear at the bottom of the front page, near the spine.

Box also shows wear.

Nice piece of New England memorabilia!

Vintage original 1940s USED Congratulations New Baby Greeting Card. Features scenes of the new parents in the baby nursery, with the mother running about.

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Front reads: Congratulations. Bet you both are plenty proud - Busy, too -- and how!

Card opens to a verse.

Inside reads: And bet there's sure no doubt who wears the pants at your house now!

Marked on the back: A Hallmark Card. 10 G 102-1. Copyright 1943. Hall Brothers Inc.

Card measures 3 7/8 inches wide x 4 3/4 inches tall. Condition is very good with ink signature ink inscription on the back. 

Darling graphics!

No envelope.

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Vintage original 1940s USED New Baby Greeting Card. Card is die cut in the shape of a bassinet.  Pink spray of Roses at the side, and pink bow at the end of the bassinet.  There is a small pink plastic rattle and small blue plastic teething ring attached to the side with a real blue ribbon bow.  Card front is embossed.

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Front has a peek a boo window, that shows the baby from the inside.

Front reads: Congratulations Mother and Dad.

Card opens to a verse.

Inside reads: A precious little bundle tucked in a tiny bed, A world of happy plans around a baby's nestling head; Sincere congratulations and best of wishes, too, May the world by very good to baby and to you!

Marked on the back: 811. Made in U.S.A.

Card measures 5 3/4 inches wide x 4 1/2 inches tall. Condition is very good with ink signatures, and inscription inside.  And brown age toned area on the back of the card.

No envelope.

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Vintage original 1940s USED "So It's a Boy" New Baby Greeting Card. Features a little boy dressed in blue overalls, getting into all sorts of mischief around the house.

Front reads: So It's a Boy. He'll tear up the House. And he'll scar up the Floors.

Card opens to more scenes of the little boy.

Inside reads: He'll scratch all the Tables. And slam all the Doors. He'll get into anything you leave around -- But he'll make you the happiest people in town. Congratulations!

Published by Hallmark Cards. Copyright 1945. Hall Brothers Inc. Card number 10 G579-3.

Card measures 4 1/2 inches wide x 4 1/2 inches tall. Condition is very good with ink signatures inside.

No envelope.

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Vintage circa 1950s Dog Themed Playing Cards. Adorable gray and white Terrier wearing a yellow bow.

Cards measure the standard 2.25 x 3.5 inches. Cards are in very good condition with some wear along the edges.

You will receive three random cards, suit and number may differ from the ones shown.

Adorable Graphics!

Use in:
Scrapbooks
Journals
Smash Books
Altered Art Projects
Gift Tags
Embellishments

Boxed set of August 1975 Ford N.F.P.E.D.A. Convention, Honolulu, Hawaii playing cards. Two complete decks.  One is blue with the Ford logo in black, and one is  yellow with the Ford logo in white.

Set comes in a cardboard box with blue velvet like top and shiny gold colored bottom.

Box measures 5 inches wide x 3 7/8 inches tall.

Both sets of cards are unopened and in original cellophane wrap. Blue box lid shows wear/velvet loss at the corners.  And inside of lid has some soiling.

You will receive the box and both decks of cards.

Vintage and original 1950s used Easter Greetings Card.  Features a bouquet of Purple Violets and Pussy Willow branches.

Front reads: Easter!

Opens to a verse inside.

Reads: An Easter wish that's most sincere: May the days be glad ones through the year! Happy Easter!

Card measures 3 3/8 inches wide x 4 1/8 inches tall.

No publisher mark.

Condition is fair.  It does have a handwritten date of 1950 on the front, and the back has scrapbook paper and glue residue. Used with ink inscription on the inside.  And it appears to have been trimmed along the right edge.

No envelope.

Vintage and original 1950s used Easter Greetings Card.  Features two adorable yellow ducks.  One is holding a large pink flower, the other is holding a large blue flower.

Front reads: At EASTER A Message of Cheer

Opens to a scene of the ducks walking in grass.

Inside reads: Here we come! Bringing You Happy, Snappy, Easter Greetings!

Card measures 4.5 inches wide x 6.25 inches tall.

Published by J.P. T-303. Made in U.S.A.

Condition is fair.  It does have age toning on the front, and the back has scrapbook paper and glue residue. Used with ink signature on the inside.

No envelope.

Vintage and original 1950s used Easter Greetings Card.  Features two adorable bunnies, a basket of colored eggs, and a pink and yellow Tulip.

Front reads: Just For You

Opens to a scene of bunnies playing leap frog.

Inside reads: The gay Easter Bunny has hopped a long way, To bring you this wish for a Bright, Happy Day!

Card measures 4.25 inches wide x 5.25 inches tall.

Published by Gartner and Bender, Inc. In Mirrotone.

Condition is good with age toning, ink signature inside, scrapbook residue and some paper loss on the back.

No envelope.

Vintage original 1950s kid's Birthday Greeting Card. Features a little boy in bed.  Boy is wearing a red and white polka dot night cap.

Front reads: Happy Birthday. The other night I had a dream it really was a pippin---

Card opens to the boy dressed in a top hat and holding a jeweled cane.  Money bags, cash and coins at his feet.

Inside reads: I had a million dollars with diamonds I was drippin!  I wish I knew the recipe to make that old dream true - I'd wrap it up right quickly and send it on to you!  Happy Birthday anyway!

Card measures 4 1/4 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches tall when closed. Condition is good with pencil signature inside, small piece of yellowed tape at upper right corner of the inside, and scrapbook residue on the back.  Missing lower left corner on the back.  Caused by removal from scrapbook.

Published by Wallace / Brown.  Made in U.S.A.

Card is used and does not come with an envelope.

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Antique Victorian religious poetry booklet. Words of Trust by Reverend Peter Stryker, D.D.  Cover features a hand fan with a tranquil house scene.

Booklet measures about 4 1/4 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches tall.  With five single sided pages.  No illustration.

Booklet has two holes through the cover and all pages that at one time were bound with a string or ribbon.  It is no longer bound.  All interior pages are loose from the cover.  Cover front and back is one single piece.

Condition is good with some soiling and wear to the cover.  Interior pages are good with some light soiling and age toning.

Lot of 5 vintage Whitman blue and black bingo cards from the 1950s.

Cards are made of a light weight cardboard and measure 4.5 inches wide x 5 5/8 inches tall.

Published by Whitman Publishing Company.

You will receive five random cards in this purchase though not necessarily the ones pictured.  Color will be the same, but the numbers will differ.

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

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Lot of 5 vintage Whitman blue and white bingo from the 1950s.

Cards are made of a light weight cardboard and measure 4.5 inches wide x 5 5/8 inches tal.

Published by Whitman Publishing Company.

You will receive five random cards in this purchase though not necessarily the ones pictured.  Color will be the same, but numbers will differ.

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

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Vintage original 1940s USED Wallace Brown Welcome New Baby Greeting Card. Features a sweet baby in a pair of pink booties.

Pink booties fold open.

Front of booties read: Welcome

Inside of booties read: Best Wishes to Baby and You

Card opens to a verse.

Inside reads: Someone's come to your house, Someone sweet and new, Someone who will bring you joy and make glad dreams come true, And everyone who knows you is mighty, mighty glad. For the baby wee and precious, For Mother and for Dad.

Published by Wallace / Brown Inc.  Made in U.S.A.

Card measures 4.75 inches wide x 5.75 inches tall. Condition is very good with brown spots inside of the booties and on the inside of the card.  This was caused by the original glue used to attach the booties.  There is also an ink signature inside.

No envelope.

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Vintage and original circa 1930s die cut and embossed heart shaped Valentine Card showing a little girl holding a framed chalkboard.

Reads: Could You Learn to Love Me Dear Valentine

Card measures 4 inches wide  x 4 1/2 inches tall.

Condition is very good with pencil writing and some soiling on the back.

Super cute vintage Valentine!

Vintage original 1960s Sunshine Get Well Greeting Card .  Features a sweet little girl in a pink dress, holding a pink floral parasol.  Girl is also holding a cute little gray kitten

Front reads: May You Soon Be Well

Card opens to show the kitten, along with a verse.

Inside reads: When I heard that you were sick, I didn't stop to write a letter. I rushed right out to mail this card.  To say, "I hope you're feeling better"!

Card measures 4 1/2 inches wide x 6 1/2 inches tall when closed.

Condition is very good to excellent.

Published by A Sunshine Card. 25X101-7. Made in U.S.A.

Card is unused.

Comes with original envelope.