This early postcard dated 1900 shows the Hall Of Records and the County Court House (formerly the state capitol building) of Sacramento, California as it looked in 1895. Sacramento History Online has this same postcard and a nice history of the buildings and the City of Sacramento written with it. This is a great view […]
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Oakland California Vintage Postcard
This 1907 vintage postcard shows Broadway Street in Oakland, California. It’s a great view of the bustling city of Oakland, California in 1907 with mountains in the background and wide open California skyline above. Even this postcard gives the feeling that Oakland is a very modern city for its time. One can see a man […]
Cavalry Troop and Redwood Forest Vintage Postcard
The caption of the original vintage postcard says “Cavalry Troop compared with a fallen California Redwood Tree” showing the immense size of the Redwood trees in the California Redwood Forest. The Postage date is July 5, 1912, Watsonville, CA. As you can see in this postcard, a forest Redwood tree is enormous. Redwoods are evergreen […]
Long Beach Breakers Vintage Postcard
This 1910 card shows a painting of the breakers along the shore and a pier at Long Beach, California. Long Beach is one of the great shipping ports of California, full of ship yards and industry today, but look how beautiful it is at this point in time. The pier shown in this postcard later […]
Funny Arizona Desert Vintage Postcard
This very funny postcard from the 1930’s not only shows the beautiful mauves, purples, and orange colors of the desert, but also shows a tolerant donkey expressing his opinion of life in the desert carrying the mining supplies of his owner. The original card says: Q. Don’t your remember the desert, old pal The desert […]
Petrified Forest Arizona Vintage Postcard
This postcard, circa 1940, shows the Petrified Forest in Arizona, where are found vast deposits of petrified wood from the size of a marble to trees, more than two hundred feet in length. The forest comprises many thousands of acres all accessible from Holbrook, Arizona. Holbrook is located on the main line of the Santa […]
Painted Desert Arizona Vintage Postcard
The original postcard is dated 1949 and says: “Painted Desert. Here Nature wielded a reckless brush, painting the sands of the mountain sides to glorious hues. On Highway 66 (the historic Rte. 66), near Holbrook, Arizona.” The Painted Desert takes its name from the colors of grays, reds, oranges, yellows and pink visible for miles […]
Grand Canyon Vintage Postcard
This postcard shows a view of the sunset over the Grand Canyon. It is taken from the west rim of the drive near Mancopa Point, looking eastward over the Canyon just at the close of day, as recorded by this new color Kodachrome camera! (written in 1946) The glory of sunset at the Grand Canyon […]
Whitewater Rapids Alaska Vintage Postcard
The original vintage postcard was purchased in Canada and is circa 1910, showing beautiful white-water rapids in one of “The Northlands” rushing streams. Such streams and rivers are found throughout Alaska and Canada and dearly sought by fishermen. Many of James Oliver Curwood’s books refer to The Northland as being above a certain latitude in […]
Vintage Alaska Postcard of Wrangell Bay
Wrangell, Alaska is noted for its wonderful evenings and sunsets. This photo for this vintage postcard was taken at 10:15 PM, circa 1930’s. The original postcard is dated July, 1935 and was sold by the Bear Totem Store in Wrangell. Before Alaska was part of the United States, it was Russian territory. The Russians were […]