Black and White • Christmas | August 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This vintage Christmas postcard is a black and white sketch of a Victorian village with the only color being that of the street lamp and Christmas decorations. The sketch is well done with many details not only of the charming... View Full Postcard →
Black and White • Nevada • Sports | July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This vintage postcard is a black and white photograph from the early 1900s showing a Nevada baseball team posing for the team picture with words, “H.B. Baseball Team – 1904 -05.” It is a great look back into the days... View Full Postcard →
Black and White • New York • Trains and Tracks | July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This vintage black and white photograph, dated April 1901, shows a Baldwin Locomotive with the Engineer posing in the cab window. This train is called the Long island No. 1 at Morris Park, Long Island, N.Y. It is one of... View Full Postcard →
Black and White • Currier and Ives | June 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment
The Currier and Ives Shop Front vintage postcard shows the store front at 115 Nassau St. in New York City around 1875, and the people in the doorway are believed to be the lead print operator Daniel Logan, and his... View Full Postcard →
Black and White • Nevada • Trains and Tracks | June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This vintage postcard shows a train wreck in the 1800s in the snow of Nevada. Here we see men digging the train out of the snow, while stopping to pose for the picture. The card says “V. & T.R.R. Wrecked... View Full Postcard →
Black and White • Frontier Days • Independence Day • Nevada • Patriotic | Leave a Comment
This great black and white vintage postcard shows a parade down the main street of Virginia City, Nevada circa 1902 – 1907. It is a wonderful glimpse into life in those days in a Western town like Virginia City. At... View Full Postcard →
Black and White • Bridges • Maryland • Mountains | Leave a Comment
This black and white vintage postcard shows “The Narrows” in Cumberland, Maryland. The Narrows is the name for a beautiful and picturesque valley that passes through a gap in the mountains with high cliffs on either side at one point.... View Full Postcard →
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This vintage postcard is dated 1909 and shows The Narrows Park in Cumberland Maryland. I lived there for some years, but am not sure where this park is. This may be an old marker from the Braddock Road in the... View Full Postcard →