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Vintage Postcards: Old Antique Postcards

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Features old antique vintage postcards for education and enjoyment.

Added on: May 17th, 2007
Country: United States
Language: English

Author: pajamadeen
Listed in: Antiques Shopping
Tags: collectibles ephemera collectables old postcards vintage postcards antique postcards

Recent Posts

Buffalo Bill Cody and the Wild West

Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 00:45 in native american, collectibles, antiques, collecting, postcards, ephemera, south dakota, hobbies, Wyoming, postcard, collectables, old postcards

A bit of the Wild West lives on in this scarce c. 1918 real-photo postcard of Louisa Cody, widow of Buffalo Bill Cody....
A Late Victorian Store in Stony Ridge, Ohio

Posted on Monday August 10th, 2009 at 12:17 in ohio, fantasy, collectibles, cycling, antiques, collecting, postcards, ephemera, hobbies, postcard, collectables, bicycling

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 &lquo;Express” wagons were available, and Swartz carried a variety of b...
Fanciful Fourth of July Postcards with Uncle Sam and Children

Posted on Friday July 3rd, 2009 at 15:14 in fantasy, holiday, collectibles, antiques, fireworks, collecting, postcards, ephemera, hobbies, postcard, collectables, old postcards

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 splendid graphics at the turn of the 20th century....
Happy April Fool’s Day from France

Posted on Tuesday March 31st, 2009 at 20:25 in aviation, fantasy, france, holiday, collectibles, antiques, collecting, postcards, ephemera, hobbies, postcard, collectables

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....
Easter Bunny Mother and Child, a Fantasy Holiday Postcard

Posted on Sunday March 22nd, 2009 at 19:25 in fantasy, greeting, holiday, collectibles, antiques, easter, collecting, postcards, ephemera, hobbies, postcard, collectables

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 rabbit in a red dress and her child rabbit holding up ...
Bedford, Indiana Outsider Artist August Mack Revisited

Posted on Sunday February 15th, 2009 at 19:48 in folk art, Indiana, Germany, collectibles, antiques, snakes, collecting, postcards, ephemera, hobbies, postcard, collectables

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 folk art display was six miles north of Bedfo...