10 Ca. 1900s Real Photo Postcards RPPCs of Men in Couples or Groups
All very good, some with light stains or wear, showing guys in a variety of places and activities. All with lots of character.
Ephemera & Postcards
10 color postcards ca. 1915 of Minnesota scenes
Chicago: V.O. Mammon Publishing Co., Ca. 1915. 10 postcards, all published by Mammon, a company in business in Chicago and Minneapolis, 1904-1923. Includes: Soldier's Home on Minnehaha Creek, Falls of Minnehaha, Phalen Park St. Paul, Mississippi River from Indian Mound Park in St. Paul, Indian mounds at St. Paul, Hotel.....
100 early 1900s comedic, humorous & joke postcards
Group of 100 postcards, most if not all from 1900-1920s, collected for their comedic messages, humorous pictures and jokey commentary. The vast majority are in very good condition, without any messages, stamps or postmarks. Includes many with animals, cupids and children, silly Valentines, some in dialect, but hardly any racist.....
11 Maine RPPCs Real Photo Postcards 1920s-30s: Monhegan, Jackman, Boothbay Harbor, S. Bristol, Moose River, Friendship, York Harbor, Northeast Carry, S. Freeport
11 postcards, very good overall, one with glue residue on verso, 3 with messages, stamps, postmarks, 2 with messages but not postmarked. Black Head, Monhegan (that's the one with glue residue on rear), cabin at Boothbay Harbor (1930), Moore's Rest on Moose River, Hillcroft at York Harbor, 2 from Moosehead.....
12 Ca. 1900s Real Photo Postcards RPPCs of Women Alone
Mainly American, a few from other countries, all with great character or evocativeness, some with inscriptions or messages on the back.
12 ca. 1910s postcards of Warwick, Warwick Castle, Guy's Cliffe, UK
All unused, very good or better, one is of Kenilworth Castle, a few miles away, most are of Warwick Castle and the town.
12 colorized postcards of Alaska scenery ca. 1915 from Ketchikan store
Ketchikan, Alaska: Hubley's Confectionery, Ca. 1915. 12 colorized postcards in fine condition in original old envelope (with some wear) from Hubley's Confectionery, Cigar, Curio and Souvenir Card Store in Ketchikan, Alaska (one of the southernmost coastal towns in Alaska). Cards include: Suspension Bridge and Tunnel at Placer Canyon, Chief Shake's.....
12 humorous postcards from 1905 to 1915, funny scenes, cartoons, etc.
12 postcards, mainly with postmarks and messages, generally very good, dating from 1905 to 1915, one with a goat nursing a baby from Cuba.
13 Ca. 1900s Real Photo Postcards RPPCs of Women and Girls in couples and groups
French, Canadian, American, Scottish, mainly very good, only a few have messages or dates or some kind of identification. Some with soil or stains to versos.
13 color postcards of Hawaii ca. 1910s & "Fishes of Hawaii" & Honolulu & the Hawaiian Islands postcard booklets
Honolulu: Hawaii & South Seas Curio Co.; The Island Curio Company, etc. Ca. 1915. All in excellent condition, unused and unmarked. Fishes booklet of 22 images accordion folded is pre-1919 (when maintenance of the Waikiki Aquarium, which is the subject of the booklet, shifted from the Honolulu Rapid Transit Company.....
14 RPPCs of women and girls 1900s-1930s, Real Photo Postcards
14 photos of women and girls, mainly very good, some only good with soil and light wear, a few identified or with messages on versos but mainly blank.
14 World War II postcards from Army Reception Center, New Cumberland, PA
Richmond: W. R. Thompson, Ca. 192. A series of cards numbered 1-10; we're missing no. 7 but have five duplicates: nos. 2, 3, 5, 8 and 10. Very good, minor occasional soil; unused. In original envelope. Scenes of life in the barracks-like center. New Cumberland is in the Harrisburg metropolitan.....
15 ca. 1900s Irish themed postcards: St. Patrick's Day, Raphael Tuck, Donaghmore, Newry, etc.
15 vintage postcards with Irish themes, all in very good condition. In no particular order we have "Erin Go Bragh" postmarked Cleveland 1910, Erin Go Bragh with scene of Dalkey with short pencil message from 1911, "Scenes from Irish Life" with young woman on donkey carriage, "Barney O'Hea" with 1904.....
15 color postcards of New Orleans, ca. 1915
15 postcards, all color, very good and clean, sharp corners, unused and with no marks, light occasional surface soil and toning. With a bird's eye view of New Orleans, "The Mastodon," Suicide Oak (2), Old Absinthe House, Jackson Monument and St. Louis Cathedral, entrance to Metarie Cemetery, boat loaded with.....
15 color postcards of Texas ca. 1910s -- El Paso, San Antonio, Houston, etc.
Ca. 1910s. 15 cards, all color, all in very good to fine unused and clean condition, sharp corners, little to no toning or soil, vivid color. Includes the boat pond at Washington Park in El Paso, scene in Alamo Plaza, entrance to the chapel at Mission San Jose in San.....
16 RPPCs of children (and sometimes pets & animals) 1900s-1930s Real Photo Postcards
16 RPPCs mainly very good, some with messages, stamps and postmarks on rear. With light wear, soil, etc., some with residue on rear from having been in albums. Some great images, especially Drew when he was three years old in his Studebaker cart drawn by a billygoat, the girl with.....
1617 indenture agreement for land in Widford, Hertfordshire, England
On parchment, 24.5 x 16 inches, very good, usual folds, minor wear. Large old indenture of land transfer for property in Widford, but we are having a hard time reading the names of the participating parties.
17 RPPCs of landscapes & places, 1900s-1930s, Niagara Falls, Shasta CA etc.
17 real photo postcards, 1900s-30s, mainly in very good condition, some identified and some with messages etc. on versos. Includes "On the Redwood Highway" (1928), Chimney Top (North Carolina?), Castella in Shasta County CA (1907), a garden in West Virginia, Weygadt Mountains on the Delaware River looking north from Marble.....
17 Thanksgiving postcards, 1906-1916
17 postcards celebrating Thanksgiving, with postmarks from 1906-1916. Generally very good.
17 vintage postcards of Maine, 1912-1913: Bangor, Orono, Southwest Harbor, Penobscot, Hampden...
Maine: 1912-1913. All in very good condition, many with messages, postmarks, stamps. Pictured are the Steamer J. T. Morse, the Steamer "Sappho," real photo postcard of a house in Southwest Harbor, view of Seal Harbor, Conduskeag Canoe and Country Club in Hampden, "I'm Waiting for You in Southwest Harbor," Off.....
1860s English imitation pith painting cards of Japanese performers & tradespeople
With embossed gilt borders very similar to Thomas Nelson penny cards of the 1850s-60s, the 8 smaller cards measure 3.75 x 2 inches, the three larger cards measure 6 x 4 inches. All are good with some abrasions to versos from having been in an album. On glossy paper, or.....
1876 Philadelphia indenture deed, 619 N. 25th St. on parchment
Philadelphia: 1876. 14.5 x 9 inches, 5 sheets on actual parchment, for premises at 619 N. 25th St. in Philadelphia, 1876, between Mary B. Canning and James Ruddle. The premises were at Fairmount and N. 25th, very close (currently) to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and a block away from.....
1880s trade card for Laird's Bloom of Youth: Beautifies the Complexion
NP: 1880s. 4.5 x 3.25 inches, very good or better, with chromo front and printed text with illustration on verso, touting the advantages of using the product. Bloom of Youth was subject of an 1869 pamphlet produced by the American Medical Association, warning that the product, had caused lead poisoning.....
1881 receipt from North German Lloyd steamers for Caroline Bruckner in Reuth, Germany to Austin Texas in steerage
Receipt measures 9 x 6.25 inches, with the final destination Austin Texas in 1881 for the passage in steerage of Caroline Bruckner of Reuth in Saxony, including passage in one of the North German Lloyd steamers to NY and train fare from NY to Austin. Very good.
1886 5 Gulden / Florin Budapest Hungary Austro-Hungarian bond note
14 x 7.5 inches, very good, light wear and tanning, some minor pencil notes.