Postcard #6 in a 7 card series.
This series was to be 7 vintage postcards that did not fit into other categories. As I inspect this card I see that it could have gone into my section of advertising postcards but I didn’t look closely enough.
The unused postcard has a 1909 copyright date. It is an image titled, The Lindsay Girl and it is an advertisement for Lindsay gas lights and gas mantles. The image fits my notion of a Victorian home lit by gas lights.
Postcard #5 in the unclassified series.
This series of vintage postcards are ones that I was unable to categorize easily. Now that I look carefully at this postcard, I see that it could have gone into the Berkeley, CA section of my collection box.
The photo on the postcard is an image of the poet, Joaquin Miller, a well know California poet. Born in 1836 and died in 1913, Joaquin Miller was his pen name. He was born, Cincinnatus Heine. His poem on the reverse of this postcard touts Berkeley as a magnificent intellectual mecca and revels in the Westward expansion of the U.S. This is a real booster item published by the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce.
Postcard #4 in this series.
The postcards in this series are ones that I have been unable to put into my regular classifications. This is a “real photographic postcard” that is, one that is a photograph printed onto postcard stock – an actual photograph.
Photographic studios made real photo postcards but this one looks homemade so probably is a one of a kind. The circle display of the image is unique – I have not seen any other postcards like this.
Number 3 in the unclassified series.
Another mysterious unclassified postcard. This is a ‘real photographic postcard’ of a house somewhere. The note on the back says: ” This is our House before the leaves was all out. Maggie Hyde”. I know there were Hydes somewhere in may family tree but I don’t even know which side of my family they were on.
This is the second in a series of vintage postcards that defy categorization.
This is a real photographic postcard, unused and undated. The cards in this series do not fit into any of my categories and I have grouped them together as curiosities.
The title of this postcard is Walking from Muskogee to California and the names of the two individuals are Mrs. F. Seary and Mrs. B. Jenkins. There is another name, Greene, probably the photographer. Note the guns the two ladies are toting.
I googled the two names to see if this might have been a famous walk but found no results. If any reader of this post has any idea about this picture, please use the comments section below to let us all know.
The first postcard in a new series.
This is a “real photographic postcard” and it is labled City Hall – But where? A real photo postcard is an actual photograph printed onto postcard stock. You can actually see the word, Velox printed in the stamp area. Velox is a type of Kodak photo paper.
The real question about this postcard is, Where is it? I don’t have a clue. The words, City Hall are on the front of the building with the tower. The card is labeled City Hall also. The sign on the left side is about mens suits but no store name is legible. There appears to be a bay or a lake in the background. Note the horse and wagon by City Hall.
Does anyone know (or think they know) the name of this town ? Use the comment section below to let me know.
This seven card series is about vintage postcards I have been unable to categorize. Help me if you can!
This card is a rerun from last year – I’ve previously posted all of my Halloween cards.
Use the sidebar to go back to October, 2008 to see a grand collection of Halloween postcards. I’m recycling this one to celebrate the day.
Postmarked 1914 it is addressed to my Uncle Ted (Edmond Englehart). The text of the message has faded over the years. It reads: “Dear Ted Hope your enjoying yourself Halloween evening. I know I would be if I was in Frisco When are you coming up?” No signature.
I think the spelling of Hallowe’en is interesting. We don’t see it spelled with the apostrophe now-a-days. The card is published by the Fairman Co. and there is a series number, C 920.
This is the final postcard in the Wyoming series.
This unused postcard has a copyright date of 1929 the same year that Congress created Grand Teton National Park. This image of Grand Teton, the centerpiece of the range is printed on a linen finish, white border postcard.
The postcard was published by Haynes. There is a card number, 5A-H514.
Did you know that the publishers of poscards started using the white border style because it used less ink and therefore cost less to print.
Postcard #4 in the Wyoming series.
This postcard view of Jackson Lake and the Teton Range is unused and undated. Published by the Union Pacific Railroad these postcards were distributed by the Railroad to spread the word of the wonders of the West. (In other words, an advertising postcard).
It is a “linen finish” postcard. Linen finish postcards have a range of from 1930 through 1944.
There is a card number in the stamp area, 81896.
Postcard #3 in the Wyoming series
This postcard was written by me to my Grandmother in 1959. I was 22 years old, a college student, on a road trip with two of my friends. We had driven from California to Colorado and Wyoming and were seeing the sights. My message to my Grandmother sounds a bit like my teen-age years extended into my 20s.
The message I wrote is: “Hi The cold weather of the Rockies go to us and we are staying in this lodge. We are coming home a week early so have a cake for me (please) Jon”
The image is of the Great Room at Jackson Lake Lodge. You enter this lodge at a lower level, walk up a massive staircase and suddenly this panorama of the Tetons appears before you.
This postcard was published by Intermountain Tourist Supply, there was no card number.