Christmas • Trains and Tracks | March 9, 2013 | Leave a Comment
Everyone loves trains at Christmas time. In this vintage train postcard we see passengers dressed in Victorian clothing headed somewhere – to visit family and friends. It strikes the imagination with wonder – Where are they going? Whom will they... View Full Postcard →
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Images of Santa Claus from the 1930′s and beyond show a round, jolly Santa that we have all come to know. But many of the old Victorian Santa Claus cards depict a stern image of Santa in keeping with the... View Full Postcard →
Thanksgiving | November 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment
This vintage Thanksgiving postcard seems a bit harsh to us today, but in the early 1900s it would have represented a very normal aspect of American farm life. It would have been a farm boy’s hope at Thanksgiving that he... View Full Postcard →
Halloween | August 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment
Vintage Halloween postcard showing the silhouette of a witch and black cat flying across an red-orange moon in a vintage airplane on Halloween night. The little cat is very dapper with a bow tie as he gazes down at the... View Full Postcard →
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This vintage Halloween postcard image has a lovely girl in a red dress sitting on a pumpkin on Halloween night. A bat is flying by and a black cat is howling at her feet. But she is not disturbed and... View Full Postcard →
Independence Day • Memorial Day • Patriotic | May 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment
This vintage patriotic postcard shows the Sons of Veterans Emblem and the American Eagle surrounded by the American Flag from Civil War days with red, white, and blue emblazoned on it with roses in bright, vivid colors. The years 1861... View Full Postcard →
Christmas | September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This is not an old postcard, but the picture is great of an old-fashioned steam locomotive train traveling through the White Pass to Skagway, British Columbia with a snow covered mountain in the background. Imagine taking this old-fashioned train home... View Full Postcard →
Halloween • New York • Victorian Buildings and Homes | August 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This vintage postcard, which is rather spooky looking, actually is a view of the New York State Capitol at night time in 1900. This building still stands today and is the capitol building of the State of New York in... View Full Postcard →
Christmas | August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This very bright and colorful vintage Christmas postcard reminds me of my youth. The happy, cheerful children carrying the Christmas tree back to their home, after having cut it down in the forest, brings up one of my favorite memories... View Full Postcard →
Christmas | August 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This vintage Christmas postcard from 1910 shows the nativity scene at the time that the Three Wise Men arrive. The Blessed Mother Mary is tucking the covers around Baby Jesus while cattle watch from the manger, as if to put... View Full Postcard →