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Accomac Virginia, waterside home of M.W. Elliot, real photo postcard. Sign on
the end of the dock. Postally unused. Early. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Few light
scratches, soiling, edge and corner wear. $12.50 item #5961
Anastasia Light House, St. Augustine, Florida. Linen postcard, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Postally unused. Light soiling, light edge and corner
wear, some color smudges top right. . $5.50 item #5962
Swimming Pool, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, W. Va. This famous hotel
is perhaps infamous for its role as a secret bunker complex for the Legislative
branch during the Cold War. I think this card is from before the bunker was
built. Every president since Ike has stayed at this hotel. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Postally unused. Light soiling, light edge and corner wear.
I have several copies of this card. $5.50 item #5963
The Chrysler building and New York skyscape. Probably taken from the taller
Empire State Building, possibly during construction. At the time the Chrysler
building was the second tallest building in the world. Real Photo
Postcard. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Postally unused. Light soiling, light edge and corner wear.
$7.50 item #5964
Bella Vista Castle Paterson, NJ. Built by the silk and textile money of
Catholina Lambert, and sometimes called Lambert Castle. It is a museum today.
1907 postmark on this postcard. Undivided back postcard, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Postally
used. Light soiling, light edge and corner wear, writing on front, some postmark
ink on the front. $6.50 item #6074
The Rescue of Captain John Smith by Pocahontas, Tucks Postcard. Creases top
right corner. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Postally unused. Light soiling, light edge and corner wear. $5.50 item #6075
"Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue" Postcard, copyright 1908
by Julius Bien & Co. N.Y. Divided back, mailed in 1909Writing on bottom
front, postcard, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Postally used. Light soiling, light edge and corner wear.
$6.50 item #6076
Uncle Sam, Real Photo Postcard. At least some guy in an Uncle Sam Costume. Early
card, CyKo marked in stamp window. RPPC postcard, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Postally unused. Light soiling, light edge and corner wear.
I have two of these. $12.50 each item #6077
Wellington St. Looking North, Sherbrooke, P.Q. City in southern Quebec. Mailed
1907 to Winston Salem, NC. postcard, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Postally used. Light soiling,
edge and corner wear. $8.50 item #6078
Aquatic Sports on North West Arm, Halifax, Nova Scotia. Looks like mostly boat
racing. Sent by someone that was there for the boat race, their message is on
the back. Must have been sent inside an envelope, though, as there is no
address, stamp, or postmark. probably 1905-1909 era. Divided back postcard, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.
. Some soiling, light edge and corner wear. $9.50 item #6079
Mobile, Ala. Post Office. Evans-Trueman Co. Publishers, Mobile, Ala. Printed in
Germany. Divided back, send from Mobile in 1908. Writing on front, some postmark
ink on front. Postcard, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Postally used. Some soiling,
edge and corner wear. $8.50 item #6080
Four
comic postcards. $9.00 item #391
Thirteen different wonderful postcards from Tom Breneman's Restaurant which was a famous gathering place for early Hollywood celebrities and also a location of his radio show. Here are some of the celebrities shown on the
postcards: Frances Scully;
Tom Breneman; Sonja Henie; Uncle Corny; Mischa Auer; Carmen Miranda; Sarah Van Dyke;
Eddie Cantor; John Masterson; Bobby Filipino; Jo Wilcox; Carl Webster Pierce;
Bob Hope; Apparently the radio show was sponsored by Kellogg. Each card has the text shown in the last photograph and "Copr. 1945 by Kellogg Co." on it's back. Minor edge wear, very slight soiling on the back of some cards. All unsent, unwritten. Each 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.
$32.00 item #925
Wonderful Romantic postcard set. Very unusual to find five matching postcards this early. Each different. All mailed to the same person, from the same person. 4 mailed Warsaw, NY in November and December 1907, the last mailed Warsaw March 1908. All sent, all have 1¢ Franklin stamps. Some soiling on back, edge and corner wear. One card, the bottom left one in the top picture, has pretty bad creases in the bottom right corner. Same couple, same loveseat and vase in each postcard. Each card 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.
$26.50 item #926
"Whiteface Inn on lake Placid Whiteface, N.Y." Onthe back it says
Defender, $5 - Photo Co. Photo park, Canton New York. Unsent. Undivided back.
Real Photo Postcard. Light soiling, corner and edge wear 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches.
$6.00 item #gg8
Nine Early cards. Copyright New York Zoological Society, Publishers. Has the
NYZP mark. Each says "Only Official Post Cards of the New York Zoological
park bear this imprint. Here are the nine cards: Monkey House, Concourse
Entrance,Gray Squirrel, Elepahnt House, Elk Bathing, Barbary Wild Sheep Family,
Rocky Mountain Goat and Shelter, Big Horn Mountain Sheep, Approach to Baird
Court. The nine cards have light soiling, corner and edge wear 3 1/2 x 5 1/2
inches. All unsent. If I had to guess at the date, I would guess 1910-1920s.
$19.50 item #gg9
This looks like it is three generations of women in the family. Grandmother,
mother, and daughter. Looking at them, and the house, it looks like they had a
tought life. Nothing indicates location, or age, but it's an early card. AZO.
unsent. Light soiling, corner and edge wear 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. $5.50 item
#gg11
Scheveningen Pier , neat looking pier, in the Netherlands Hague district. Real
photo postcard. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Postally unused. Light soiling, light edge and corner wear. $5.50 item #6149
Kainzenbad (Garmisch-Partenkirchen), swimming area in Germany. The actual
postcard does now show the yellowing seen in the photo of it. 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Postally unused. Light soiling, light edge and corner wear. $5.50 item #6151
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