Bedford, Indiana Outsider Artist August Mack Revisited
We blogged last year about two unusual “outsider art,” or folk art, postcards from Bedford, Indiana which showed the dramatic c. 1940s work and religious visions of folk artist August Gustav Mack. His...
View ArticleEaster Bunny Mother and Child, a Fantasy Holiday Postcard
With the Easter holiday fast approaching on April 12, we just had to share this charming new arrival with you. This c. 1907 fanciful Easter holiday postcard, embossed and gilded, depicts a mother...
View ArticleHappy April Fool’s Day from France
Happy April Fool’s Day! During the “golden era” of postcard collecting, from about 1901 to 1915, the French loved to send one another postcards celebrating this improbable holiday. April Fool’s Day...
View ArticleFanciful Fourth of July Postcards with Uncle Sam and Children
Happy Fourth of July to our readers! July Fourth, with its patriotic images of Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty, and the holiday’s association with fireworks, led to fanciful, festive postcards with...
View ArticleA Late Victorian Store in Stony Ridge, Ohio
This simple, yet charming c. 1901-1907 unused advertising postcard shows merchandise which was available in the store of Albert Swartz in Stony Ridge, OH. Baby buggies and “Express” wagons were...
View ArticleBuffalo Bill Cody and the Wild West
A bit of the Wild West lives on in this scarce c. 1918 real-photo postcard of Louisa Cody, widow of Buffalo Bill Cody. Buffalo Bill, one of the most colorful entertainers of the Old West, was famous...
View ArticleSandra Ann Motel in Jacksonville, Florida
One of the most satisfying moments for me as a postcard dealer is hearing the stories of why people buy the old postcards that they buy. A St. Augustine resident named …Sandra Ann bought this vintage...
View ArticleA Grand Rapids, Michigan Vintage Postcard
This antique Grand Rapids, Michigan postcard has found a new home. Very nicely detailed and with deep, rich colors, this vintage postcard shows the Morton House at 55 Ionia Ave., NW in Grand Rapids,...
View ArticleBaseball Postcard from Gresham, Oregon
Meet young Jack Hamlin, whose picture was taken c. 1915. He wears a catcher’s mitt and has what appears to be a hard ball in hand in this scarce unused Azo Tri 1 real-photo postcard (otherwise known...
View ArticleTall Tale, or Exaggeration Postcard from Temagami, Ontario
This fanciful Temagami vintage postcard dates from 1926 and is a good example of a tall tale, or exaggeration, postcard. Tall tale or exaggeration postcards often feature improbably sized crops, or...
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