Postcard

Vintage and original 1900s Grand Island, Nebraska postcard.  Driveway to Stanley Park. Greetings from Grand Island, Nebraska. Card is used with 1907 Grand Island postmark.

Card measures 3.5 x 5.5 inches.  Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear and two very small soiled spots near bottom of card.

Antique postcard showing the Mines & Metallurgy Palace at the Jamestown Exposition 1907. Card is highly embossed in a bas relief design.

Card is used with a Washington state cancellation, one cent stamp and writing on the back. Addressed to Miss Helena Milius at Helvey, Nebraska.

Condition is good with some edge and corner wear and soiling, foxing and age toning (Please view enlarged photos).

Original antique Romance Postcard. Features a young couple kissing.  The man has just presented a box full of Roses to the lady. 

Reads: Roses come high, I am getting my moneys worth.

Card is copyright 1909 by Taylor Art Company.  Series 470.

Divided back postcard.

Card is used with pencil writing on the back, one cent stamp, and 1911 Hanover, Kansas postmark.  Addressed to Miss Sophie Bartels at Bremen, Kansas.

Card has a crease to the upper right corner, small tear center bottom, some soiling, edge and corner wear, and impressions at each corner from being in a postcard album.

Vintage circa 1910s "Black & White" postcard showing the Administration Building on Campus, State Normal, Peru, Nebraska. Card no. 23932.

Card measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches and  is unused.

Condition is very good.

Antique Real Photo postcard showing a parade float.  This antique car i s hauling 5 men, one holding a pick, the others holding shovels.  Sign on the side of the car reads: Fairbury Re-Enforced Concrete Co.  U.S. flags are visible in the background. 

Bottom of the card reads: Labor Day, Fairbury Nebr. 9-4-11.

Card is unused.  AZO stamp box with all arrows pointing up.

Condition is very good with age toning on the back.

Great one of a kind early view of Fairbury!

Vintage original paper postcard showing the New Hotel Commercial at Tijuana, Mexico. Card number 165A. Shows old cars, store fronts, and pedestrians.

Published by M. Kashower of Los Angeles, California.

Card is unused. Condition is good with edge and corner wear, and a yellowed strip down the center of the back, from where it was adhered to a scrapbook page.

Vintage and original 1940s 1st birthday postcard featuring a baby in a crib with sliding beads.

Card reads: His First Birthday.  Sing a song of birthdays, count them one by one. May each one be happy.  'Specially this one.  Blessed be thou of the Lord. Ruth 3:10.

Marked on the back: Form. S.P.  Co. Printed in U.S.A.

Measures 5.5  wide x 3.5 inches tall.

Card is used with pencil writing on back, one cent stamp, and 1947 Minneapolis, Minn. cancel.

Condition is good with edge and corner wear, glue and residue at the four back corners, and a stained area along the right front edge.

Original embossed antique Valentine's Day postcard. Card features a boy and girl seated on a fence, a large red and metallic gold heart, and blue flowers.

Reads: A Little Tale of Love

Card number 264.

Divided back card dating to circa 1910.

Measures 5 1/2 inches wide x 3 1/2 inches long.

Card is used with pencil writing on the back but was never mailed.  Addressed to Miss Sadie Eden.

Card has a crease lower right and upper left corner, some soiling, and edge and corner wear.

Cute Valentine post card!

Vintage Album of Views Rocky Mountain National Park and Circle Trip. 1940s Colorado Souvenir Postcard Folder. 20 postcards inside showing various views of the park area.  Perforated along the edge so they could be removed and mailed.

Published by C.T. & Co., Chicago.

Folder is used with 1940s cancellation and 3 cent Roosevelt stamp.

Mailed to Miss Bessie & Wilma Husa at Gilead, Nebraska.

Album measures about 6 x 3 1/2 inches.

Condition is very good with some wear along the edges and corners of the outside.  Postcards inside are in excellent condition.

Vintage Album of The Garden of the Gods. 1940s Colorado Souvenir Postcard Folder. 20 postcards inside showing various views of the park area.  Perforated along the edge so they could be removed and mailed.

Published by Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colorado

Folder is unused.

Album measures about 6 x just over 3 1/2 inches.

Condition is very good with some wear along the edges and corners of the outside.  Postcards inside are in excellent condition.  There are a few names and addresses written inside the back cover in ink.

Antique original Romance Postcard. Features a young couple in front of a house, family is visible in the background, along with a horse.  Metallic gold border.

Reads: I'll be always true to you.

Divided back postcard dating to circa 1910.

Card is used with pencil writing on the back, one cent stamp, and Herkimer, Kansas postmark.  Addressed to Miss Sophia Bartels at Bremen, Kansas.

Card has a crease lower right corner, some soiling, edge and corner wear, and impressions at each corner from being in a postcard album.

Antique original 1900s embossed Pink Rose Greetings Postcard. 

Reads: Here I am in SARONVILLE Enjoying its Sights and Cheer.  Everything is Great And I'm Feeling First Rate. But Oh, How I Wish You Were Here.

Printed in Germany. Series 1420.

Card is written on and postmarked 1909 Saronville, Neb. Mailed to Theo Dean at Alexandria, Nebraska.

Condition is good with crease upper left and right corners and some light soiling.

Antique New Year embossed Postcard. Features a blue and gold ribbon border, gold shamrock, new year baby and sand hourglass.

Card is used with pencil writing on back. Not postmarked or stamped.

Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear.

Antique original embossed 1910s Christmas Postcard. Features a castle scene inside a round frame near the top.  With gold bells and birds along the right edge.

Reads, "A Merry Christmas to You."

Design copyright 1910 by A Von Beust.  Christmas Series Postcard No. 201.  Printed in Germany. 

Measures 3.5 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall.

Card is written on in pencil.  Addressed to Mr. J.J. Schrader from Emma.  No postmark.

Condition is very good with some edge and corner wear.

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Vintage original 1910s embossed Best Wishes Greetings Embossed Postcard. Shows a church scene and birds with purple flowers. Little gold stars at the corners. Printed in Germany. Card no. 2217.

Card is written on in pencil. Postmarked 1910 Daykin, NE. Mailed to Miss Helena Milius at Helvey, Nebraska. Condition is very good.

Vintage 1910's original color postcard showing Main Street, Boise, Idaho. Published by Sprouse & Son of Tacoma, Washingon. Card number 13.

Card is used with Caldwell, Idaho postmark.

Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear.

Antique original embossed 1910s Christmas Postcard. Features a farm scene, daisies, scroll background, and large red wreath. Reads, "A Christmas Greeting"

Card is unused but does have pencil writing in stamp box.

Condition is very good with soiled area and crease upper right corner.

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Antique original embossed 1910s Christmas Postcard. Shows a scene framed by a gold picture frame with glitter, pine cones, Evergreen branches, and red ribbon. Reads, "A Merry Christmas" Series 246 C.

Card is used with ink writing on back. Addressed to Mr. John Schroeder at Verdon. From Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Rieke Sr.

Condition is very good with a couple of soiled spots, small crease upper right corner and some edge and corner wear.

Antique original embossed 1910s Christmas Postcard. Features a snowy street scene inside a crescent moon shape.  Christmas greenery at the top, bottom and sides. Reads, "A Merry Christmas."

Card is used with 1910 Daykin, Nebraska postmark.  Addressed to Miss Helen Milius at Helvey, Nebraska.

Condition is very good with some edge and corner wear.

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Vintage 1910's original color postcard showing the Bonham Block at Clay Center, Kansas. Published by Kansas Post Card Co. of Salina, Kansas. Card number 959.

Card is used with 1916 Clay Center, KS postmark.

Card has several creases near the upper right corner and a couple of small creases lower right corner. Also cancellation bleed through in the sky area and a small piece missing from upper left corner.

Antique original Best Wishes Greetings postcard showing a boy on snow skies, carrying a basket of flowers.

Card is written on in pencil. Postmarked 1911 Helvey, Nebr. Mailed to Helena Milius at Helvey, Nebraska.

Condition is good with cancellation bleed through onto front and light soiling. Series 222.

Original antique embossed 1910s Postcard. Features a water wheel, stream, ducks, red and blue flowers and lacy border. Reads, "Birthday Greetings".

Printed in Germay. Series 1520.

Card is used with ink writing on back and Bancroft, Kansas cancellation. Mailed to Marshall Shaffer at Vermillion, Kansas.

Condition is very good with edge and corner wear and soiled area bottom right corner.