Vintage Postcards

Vintage 1910s political postcard.  Arthur Capper Our Next Governor of Kansas.

Capper was governor of Kansas from 1915 to 1919.

Card is embossed with a picture of Capper surrounded by a U.S. flag, and pink roses.

Card measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches and is unused.

Condition is very good.

Antique 1912 Postcard Guide and History View Book of Old St. Augustine Florida.

Published in 1912 by H.J. Usina of St. Augustine.

(Fifteenth Thousand)

Softcover book measuring about 5 3/4" wide x 7" long.

38 pages of history and black and white photos, along with 10 postcards included in the back. Postcards are perforated so they can be removed from the book and mailed.

Book shows wear, soiling, and some creases to the upper corner, on the last couple pages and lower right corner of each lower postcard (2 postcards per page at the rear).

Overall fair to good used condition.

Antique Real Photo postcard showing a decorated float identified as Fairbury Greenhouses Artistic Decorators. Float is being pulled by a horse.  Children are visible inside.  1911 Labor Day parade photo.

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!

Antique Real Photo postcard showing two train cars decorated for a 1911 Labor Day parade.  Three men and a boy are visible in front of the cars.  The Journal building is 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!

Antique Real Photo postcard showing three men dressed as creepy clowns on donkeys or mules. 1911 Labor Day parade photo.

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!

Antique Real Photo postcard showing a parade float and a man in costume on a horse.  The antique car has a man, two women and a child.  Sign on the side of the car reads: A Few of the Good Things at McDonnells But not For Sale. 

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!

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 1950 Boys Town Nebraska Souvenir Postcard Folder. Folder is unused. Published by Curt Teich & Co. Inc., Chicago. Copyright 1950.

Includes 18 color views (9 postcards with a scene on each side) all intact. Folder measures about 6 1/8 inches wide x 4 1/4 inches long.

Condition is very good with some light wear along the outside edges of the folder.

Vintage Columbia River Highway 1937 Souvenir Postcard Folder. Folder is unused. Published by Curt Teich & Co., Chicago.

Front cover shows Multnomah Falls Lodge and the back shows the Vista House at Crown Point.

Includes 18 color views (9 postcards with a scene on each side) all intact. Folder measures about 6 1/8 inches wide x 4 1/4 inches long.

Condition is very good.

Nice vintage postcard showing the Methodist church at Julesburg, Colorado.

Card is used with 1916 Julesburg, Colorado Postmark and one cent stamp. Correspondence is addressed to Miss Emeline From at David City, Nebraska

Condition is good with some edge and corner wear and a crease at the upper right corner.

Vintage original color postcard showing the Administration Building, United Spanish War Veterans Colonization Project, Wilburton, Oklahoma.

Published by Towry Bros. 5 & 10, Wilburton, Oklahoma. Genuine Curteich Chicago.

Card is unused.  Condition is very good with slight edge and corner wear.

Vintage original color postcard showing Scenic Highway U.S. 70, Southern Oklahoma.

Published by Lacik News Agency, Ardmore, Oklahoma. Genuine Curteich Chicago.

Card is unused.  Condition is very good with slight edge and corner wear.

Vintage original color postcard showing the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma.

Published by Albin McGhee News Co., Ada, Oklahoma. Genuine Curteich Chicago.

Card is unused.  Condition is very good with slight edge and corner wear.

Vintage original color linen postcard showing the M.K. & T. Employees Hospital at Denison, Texas.

Published by E.C. Kropp Co. Milwaukee, Wis.

Card is unused.  Condition is very good with slight edge and corner wear.

Vintage original color postcard showing an Aerial View of Denison Dam and Lake Texoma at Denison, Texas.

Back reads: Constructed at a cost of $60,000,000, the huge dam is located between Denison, Texas and Durant, Oklahoma.  Length of main dam 14,000 feet; dike extension 7,800 feet; maximum height 165 feet. Reservoir will inundate 127,600 acres in Texas and Oklahoma.

Card is unused.  Condition is very good.

Vintage original color postcard showing The New Asbury Casino at Asbury Park, New Jersey. Published by the Illustrated Postal Card Co. of New York and Leipzig.

Card measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches and is used with a one cent stamp and 1906 Asbury, New Jersey postmark.  Addressed to Mr. Robert Schafer at Vermillion, Kansas.

Condition is good with edge and corner wear, cancellation bleed through in sky area, and soiling along bottom edges.

Vintage original chrome postcard showing the Laurelwood Motel at Gatlinburg, Tennessee.  Shows the outdoor pool and vintage cars in the lot.

Back reads: Enjoy your stay, swim and play at the Laurelwood motel with 17 modrn air conditioned units, some kitchens, Free T.V. Quiet location.  Private heated pool for adults and children.  Playground with Badminton, Shuffleboard Courts, Archery and Horse shoes.  Out door grill and open picnic tables. Telephones in every room.  Restaurant next door.  Turn off 441 at Mt. View Hotel, go two blocks on Route 73 to Laurelwood Motel.  AAA recommended. Phone 555, Gatlinburg, Tennessee Box 452.  The Woody Luthers, Owners, Managers.

Published by Thompsons Commercial Photographers of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Card measures 3.5 x 5.5 inches and is used with 1964 Oblong, Illinois postmark. Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Witt at Norwalk, Calif.

Condition is very good with some edge and corner wear.

Vintage original postcard showing a railroad trestle bridge at Spearfish Canyon, South Dakota from Trestle Work, 7 Mile Bend to Gain 800 Feet. Card number 8259. Marked on the bottom right corner "Copyright 1909 R.A. Hummel."

Card measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches and is unused.

Condition is good with album mount impression at upper and lower left corners and some age toning and light soiling to the back.

This vintage postcard dates to the 1900s and shows the Chautaqua (sp) Grounds , Beatrice, Nebraska.  Card is black and white with a yellowish wood look border.

Published by Suhling Company, Chicago.

Card is used with September 28, 1909 Beatrice, Nebraska postmark.  Mailed to Mr. William Kanpper at Plymouth, Nebraska. 

Measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches.

Condition is good with edge and corner wear, crease upper left corner and soiling to the back and front sky area.

This vintage C.T. Photochrom color postcard dates to circa 1920s and shows the "C. I. 19. Glass Bottom Boat and Submarine Gardens, Catalina, California"  Card no. A-91800. Published by Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Cal.

Card is unused. Measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches.

Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear.

This vintage postcard dates to circa 1910s and shows the "Palm Walk, South Park, Los Angeles, California"  Card no. 8875. Published by the M. Kashower Co. Los Angeles, Cal.

Card is unused.  Measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches.

Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear.

Vintage original 1910s  postcard showing the Post Office and Harbine Bank at Fairbury, Nebraska. Card is unused. Measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches.

Condition is excellent with slight edge and corner wear.

Fantastic historic view of downtown Fairbury.

Vintage circa 1920s Fairbury, Nebraska Real Photo Postcard showing the South Side of the Square.  Store fronts, parked cars, and shoppers visible in the photo.  The Atlantic & Pacific grocery store and Weisel Drug Store are clearly shown here.

Card measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches and was published by the L.L. Cook Co. of Milwaukee.  Card is unused. Condition is good with some crease upper and lower right corner, and edge and corner wear.

Great look at historic downtown Fairbury!