This is postcard #4 in this series of vintage postcards from Italy.
This monument: ‘The Peasant‘ is found in Genoa, Italy. According to the notes on the back of the card, the monument was erected in 1881.
The postcard was published by F. Cieloari.
COMPOSATO MONUMENT – GENOA, ITALY
November 11th, 2009CHRISTOPHER COLOUMBUS – HIS HOME IN GENOA
November 10th, 2009This vintage postcard is #3 in the series of postcards from Italy.
This postcard image is of Christopher Coloumbus’ home in Genoa, Italy. The postcard is unused and probably dates to the early years of the 20th century. The title is Ricordo Di Genova – Casa Di Colombo
The postcard is marked, “Artist Atelies N. Suggenheim”. I suspect artist means publisher in this instance. There is a card number, 11105.
Capuchin Cemetery – ROME
November 9th, 2009This is the second in a series of vintage postcards from Italy!
This is a real photographic postcard, a view of the crypt of the Capuchin Friars. The bones of the friars were moved from the fiary and arranged along the walls under the church, Santa Maria Della Concezione in Rome. There are over 4000 bodies at this site.
There is no date on this unused postcard nor is there any indication of the publisher. There is a card number, N 697.
A VINTAGE POSTCARD FROM ITALY
November 8th, 2009This is the first in a series of postcards from Italy.
The text on this vintage postcard is all in Italian. I was able to translate the title, (with the help of Google Translator) as Market of Rags, Napoli. The photograph is signed (The name of the photographer on a postcard makes it a signed card), his name is Esposito.
There is the name, L. Walker written in pencil on the postcard. This is probably Laura Walker, one of the frequent correspondents in this postcard collection.
The date of publication is probably the very early 1900s and the publisher is E. Ragazino. There is a card number, 2803. The long line of text on the left side says, This side for address only.
POSSUM – OPOSSUM
November 7th, 2009Postcard #7 in this series of unclassified (and mostly unclassifiable) vintage postcards.
This postcard view of a possum is one of the Tuck’s postcard animal series. If you carefully read the descriptive material, you will find that the meat of a possum tastes like pork ! So There!
No date of publication is apparent on the postcard.
THE LINDSAY GIRL – A VINTAGE POSTCARD
November 6th, 2009Postcard #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.
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA – A JOAQUIN MILLER POEM
November 5th, 2009Postcard #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.
A FOREST CRITTER – A VINTAGE POSTCARD
November 4th, 2009Postcard #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.
WHERE IS THIS HOUSE LOCATED ?
November 3rd, 2009Number 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.
WALKING FROM MUSKOGEE ???
November 2nd, 2009This 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.