Vintage Postcards

Vintage original embossed 1910s Christmas Postcard. Features a winter scene inside a paint pallet frame with greenery around the edges.  It also has glitter edging the leaves and building.

Reads, "A Merry Christmas."  Measures 3.5 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall.

Card is used with ink writing on the back.  Addressed to John Schrader from his sister Mary Brandt.

Condition is good with corner wear and small crease lower left corner.

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Vintage original embossed 1910s Christmas Postcard. Features a snowy scene inside an oval icicle frame.  Little birds tucked in the upper left corner and green ivy around the edges.

Reads, "A Merry Christmas."  Measures 3.5 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall.

Card is used with ink writing on the back.  Addressed to Miss Mildred Jorn at Verdon, Nebraska.

Condition is very good with some corner wear.

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Original antique embossed 1910s Postcard. Features a spray of Blue Cornflowers. Reads, "A Hearty Birthday Greeting."

Card number 43. Measures 5.5 inches wide x 3.5 inches tall.

Card is used with pencil writing on back.  1910 cancel and one cent stamp.

Addressed to Miss Selma Nasman at Clay Center, Kansas.

Condition is good with edge and corner wear.

This lovely vintage and original greetings postcard features a grouping of Purple and Yellow Pansies. Card reads "Earl" in gold glitter lettering.

Printed in Germany. Card No. 177.  Measures 5.5 inches wide x 3.5 inches tall.

Card has been written on in pencil, but has not been mailed.  Addressed to Miss Mabel Hazen at Wayne, Kansas.

Condition is very good with small crease lower left corner.

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Original antique embossed 1910s Postcard. Features a green basket full of Purple Pansies. Reads, "Birthday Greetings."

Printed in Germany. Card measures 3.5 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall.

Card is unused.

Condition is good with edge and corner wear and light crease lower right corner.

Vintage original Christmas postcard featuring Santa Claus is filling a stocking, while standing near the fireplace.  There is also a clock on the mantle.

Reads, "A Merry Christmas." Card number 504.

Measures the standard 3.5 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall.

Card is used.  Addressed to Miss Alma Jorn at Verdon, Nebraska.

Condition is good with bleed through near the lower left 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.

Vintage postcard of a little Dutch boy dressed in a red hat and green scarf.  Marked on back "Bergman Quality" published by S. Bergman. 

Card is used with 1915(?) Alexandria, Nebraska postmark.  Mailed to Miss Cora Simmons at Lawrence, Nebraska.

Condition is good with some edge and corner wear, light soiling, and crease upper right and lower left corners.

Vintage Tichnor comic postcard. Features a man riding in a car shaped like a coin purse.  Car has a tire punctured by tack.

Reads: Another Flat!  I'll Need the Jack and Lots of it!

Sign at rear reads: Detour Rough Going

Side of car reads: Vacation Expense

Card is number 770.  Measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches and is used with 1950 Friend, Nebraska postmark. Mailed to Miss Bessie Husa at Peru, Nebraska.

Condition is very good.

Vintage 1930s comic postcard. We Are "Sightseeing" Here.  Features a group of tourist riding in a beer wagon.  Brewery factories in the background.

Card is used with a one cent stamp Chicago Century of Progress stamp and July 12, 1933 Chicago Century of Progress cancel.  Mailed to Miss Alma Jorn at Verdon, Nebraska.

Condition is fair with a crease upper right corner and edge and corner wear.

Vintage circa 1940s linen comic postcard.  I'm Stretchin' to Say Hello! How About You!

Features a giraffe stretching toward a bird in a bird house.

Card is used with a one cent stamp and 1946 Fairbury, Nebraska postmark.  Mailed to Billy Gene Ehrett at Fairbury.

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

Vintage original embossed patriotic postcard showing an arm rising from a map of the USA.  Hand is holding an American flag with 48 stars.  Copyright E.N. Flag Series No. 4.  Made in U.S.A.

Reads: Our flag, the Flag of Liberty, the Flag that flies for you and me; Upheld by right from day to day - The Stars and Stripes are here to stay!

Card measures 3.5 x 5.5 inches and is unused.

Condition is very good with bump to lower left corner.

Vintage 1900s Hanover Kansas Floral Greetings postcard. Features a pot of purple flowers and greenery.  Card is postmarked Hanover, Kansas and addressed to Hanover, Kansas. Card no. 58.

Written in glitter is: Greetings from Hanover Kas.

Condition is good with some soiling and bend upper right corner, also light edge and corner wear.

Vintage Valentine Postcard featuring a little boy, and cupid bundled in a mail bag.  Card is artist signed ____? Royal.

Reads: I simply can't express my love to you

Card is unused. Measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches.  Published by The Gibson Art Co., Cin. O.

Condition is good with age toning along the edges 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.

Vintage original 1910s Romance postcard. Shows a young lady in a boat, holding an umbrella.  Reads: Somebody is waiting for you in Lincoln, Neb. There's a reason.

Published by Bamforth & Co. LTD.  From the series "Local Lovers."

Card is unused.  Condition is good with edge and corner wear and crease lower left corner.