Vintage Postcards

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 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 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 color postcard showing The Cordova Hotel at St. Augustine, Florida.  Antique cars visible in the foreground.

Back reads: The Cordova. A Typical specimen of the Spanish and Moorish Architecture prevalent in St. Augustine.

Published by W.J. Harris Company of St. Augustine. Made in U.S.A.

Card measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches and is used with 1914 Jacksonville, Florida postmark.  Addressed to Miss Selma Nasman at Clay Center, Kansas.

Condition is good with album mount impressions at all corners, light crease near upper right corner, cancellation bleed through in the sky area, and 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.

Vintage 1940s  linen postcard.  Red Feather Trading Post Red Feather Lake, Colorado. Shows the Red Feather Lake Post Office and Store.

Back reads: Red Feather Trading Post is located in the heart of the Roosevelt National Forest.  Elevation 8363 feet.  In the midst of wonderful lake and stream trout fishing. The forest abounds with wild game.  It's a hunter's and fisherman's paradise.

Card measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches and is unused. 

Condition is fair with creasing to the upper left corner and edge and corner wear.

Vintage 1940s linen postcard. Number 186.  Municipal Owned "Stewart Beach Park", Galveston, Texas.  Shows sun bathers and  shade umbrellas.

Published by the Galveston News Co., Galveston, Texas.

Card is used with 1950 Galveston postmark and two cent stamp.  Addressed to Mrs. A. Grafton at Fairbury, Nebraska.

Condition is very good with some edge and corner wear.

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.

This vintage postcard dates to the 1920s and shows the "Public Library, Paso Robles, Cal."  Card no. 4830. Published by Pacific Novelty Company of San Francisco and Los Angeles, California.

Card is used with ink correspondence and is postmarked Paso Robles, Calif. Aug. 19, 1920. Measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches.

Condition is good with edge and corner wear, crease lower right corner and cancellation visible on the front in the sky area.