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 →
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 →
Beaches and Coasts • Massachusetts | October 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This is a beautiful vintage postcard from 1906 (with undivided back) showing the surf at Marblehead Neck point in Marblehead, Massachusetts. You can see the spray of the surf rising from the rocky shoreline, with 1906 visitors down at the... View Full Postcard →
Lakes and Rivers • Wisconsin | October 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This vintage Wisconsin postcard shows the Chetek River which runs due south, south west from Chetek Lake which is part of the six lakes in the area of Chetek, Wisconsin. It is a beautiful view of the river, the river... View Full Postcard →
Pennsylvania • Universities and Colleges | October 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This vintage postcard shows Duquesne University in 1933 along the bluff above the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. The main building in the foreground is known as “Old Main.” Duquesne University is run by the Spiritan order of priests who were... View Full Postcard →
Florida • National Parks | October 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This beautiful vintage Florida postcard shows a boating trip through waters surrounded by towering Cypress Trees and vivid flowers in a surrealistic scene. Cypress Trees, the age old monarchs of the Florida forests grow far out in the waters of... View Full Postcard →
Lake Tahoe • Lakes and Rivers | October 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This vintage postcard shows Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe in vivid, beautiful colors. Emerald Bay is a state park on the southwest side of Lake Tahoe in California, located twenty-two miles south of Tahoe City. It contains the only island... View Full Postcard →
American Railroad Scenes | September 10, 2010 | 2 Comments
This lithograph called, “The Night Express: The Start” originally by the famous firm of Currier & Ives, shows railroad drama at its height. With the Night Express train just leaving the station, we see fire and smoke bursting from the... View Full Postcard →