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69558Very Good. Light edge wear. Some with correspondence on the reverse. A couple postcards with areas of abrasion to the reverse. Two with minor markings on the front.<br /> <br /> The collection as a whole uses deltiology to explore the first half of the 20th century through a unique cultural eye. Postcards although that name was not established first began circulation during the era of the Civil War when the United States government transitioned from the stampless covers type of mail to letters enclosed in envelopes with revenue stamps sold to mail them. Thus plain penny postcards were created.<br /> <br /> Yet it wasn’t until the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 that the modern “picture†postcard was introduced. Largely called private mailing cards or other names these illustrated postcards grew in popularity during 1893-1906. The pioneer era postcards had black and white and later colorful images on one side and on the verso the name and address of the recipient. No message or other writing was allowed on the back. This explains the cramped handwriting on the fronts of cards.<br /> <br /> In 1906 the US Congress passed a law allowing part of the back of the postcard to include a message with the right side still reserved for the name and address. This created an explosion in popularity of picture postcards postcard collecting groups and pen pals springing up around the world. Subsequently the name postal card post-card or post card started the modern era of pictorial correspondence and only a penny to mail.<br /> <br /> The collection includes printed postcards real photo postcards sepia tones undivided backs divided backs full bleed borders white borders lines and chromes and largely encompasses the full range and style of printing processes used for modern postcards from approximately 1900-1950. It is arranged by subject and constitutes 47 cards. The collection includes women reading books men reading books and advertisements promoting books and magazines. A collection of postcards highlighting the importance of books in homes libraries and the society at large.<br /> <br /> With the following postcards in the collection:<br /> <br /> LIBRARIES<br /> <br /> The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library General Reading Room. Harvard University.<br /> Reference Room- Ryerson Building. Grand Rapids Public Library.<br /> The Chained Books All Saints Church Hereford. RPPC.<br /> Despacho De La Madre Superiora Convento De Sta Monica Puebla Pue. RPPC.<br /> Bookmobile. South Central Nebraska Regional Library. Chrome.<br /> <br /> BOOK CENSORSHIP<br /> <br /> Les Sauvages. 1914.<br /> <br /> BOOK ADVERTISING<br /> <br /> Little Nature Library. Printed Photo.<br /> Biographical Album of Western Gunfighters. Chrome.<br /> Publisher’s Headquarters. The Curtis Publishing Company Building.<br /> “Over the Garden Wall†Given Away with “Princess’ Novels.â€<br /> Wilf Carter Montana Slim Songs of the Plains & Rockies. Music Book Advertisement. RPPC.<br /> <br /> MAGAZINE ADVERTISING<br /> <br /> The Great Home Journal. Printed Color.<br /> The Youth’s Companion. The Old Home Week 1911. Printed Color.<br /> The Children’s Friend. Printed Photo.<br /> The Farm Journal. Printed Color.<br /> Rough Rider Weekly. Ben Tremont. Printed Color. <br /> Rough Rider Weekly. Bean-Pole. Printed Color.<br /> Rough Rider Weekly. Kit Summers. Printed Color.<br /> The Mother’s Magazine. Easter Greeting.<br /> <br /> MISCELLANEOUS CATEGORIES<br /> <br /> Time Flies. Get Busy. Book with Skull.<br /> “I’m a “Daddy.†New Comic Book. Not Postcard Back.<br /> The Romance of a Christmas Card.<br /> When I Was in Europe. U. R. Tiresome. 1909.<br /> Private Library. Advertisement. New Encyclopedia Britannica. Photocard.<br /> <br /> READING AND POSTCARDS<br /> <br /> Child Dressed as a Bird Reading Paper. RPPC.<br /> Old Man Reading Book. RPPC.<br /> Cat Reading Poetry Book. RPPC.<br /> Man at Lectern with Book. RPPC.<br /> Sarah Bernhardt Reading Book. RPPC.<br /> Woman in Rocker Reading. RPPC.<br /> Woman Coming Out of Book. RPPC.<br /> Female Student Studying Books. Printed Color.<br /> Nude Female Reading Book. Printed Color.<br /> Elegant Woman with Book. Printed Color.<br /> Woman Curled Up in Chair Reading.<br /> Japanese Woman Reading Art Card. Printed Color.<br /> Kimono Clad Japanese Woman Reading. Hand Tinted.<br /> Kimono Clad Japanese Woman Reading. Hand Tinted.<br /> Kimono Clad Japanese Woman Reading. Hand Tinted.<br /> Muslims Reading in Library. RPPC Tinted.<br /> Muslim Reading. RPPC. Tinted.<br /> Muslim Reading. RPPC. Tinted.<br /> Muslim Reading. RPPC. Tinted.<br /> Furniture Store Advertisement with Book. Printed Color.<br /> Bible Sales Tent. Bible Readings. Home Circle. Colporteur Tent. Franklin N. H. Aug. 19-29. RPPC.<br /> Harry Piel Reading Book. RPPC.<br /> Maria Holst Reading Book. RPPC. unknown
191258909Detroit:: Detroit Publishing Company 1912. Fine. Detroit Publishing Company, unknown
1950ABC_487261950. Kept in a clear plastic sleeve. Various sizes. Four postcards and one press photograph. Collection of four postcards and one press photograph all relating to hajj. Every image shows a different aspect of the pilgrimage. The photograph shows a group of Moroccan men awaiting their turn to board the plane to Mecca and the postcards show the covered Kaaba both from further away and from up close and the arrival of the holy carpet in Alexandria. The final postcard depicts the public execution of two men.The postcard of the holy carpet has been used and has a black stamp on the front and a message and an address on the back the left margin has been cut slightly affecting the image and the handwritten text the corners of the photographs are somewhat creased. Otherwise in good condition. unknown
77793Lausanne:: Louis Burgy no date early 20th c. publisher's gilt-lettered cloth album containing 30 color postcards of Swiss costumes. The album is faded and a little stained; cards fine. 12mo. Louis Burgy, hardcover
19067995Seattle: Lowman & Hanford S. & P. Co 1906. Picture postcard. Very Good. 3-1/2 x 5-1/2 undivided back folding panoramic b&w gravure photo postcard. Postmarked Hancock NY May 6 1908. With ink message mentioning the upcoming AYP Exposition. A fine gravure panorama with the cursed SS Oregon of the Northwestern Steamship Co. finally wrecked on its way to Valdez in 1906. Publisher's stock number 2024. Lowman & Hanford S. & P. Co unknown
86859Good. 167 Postcards on a variety of subjects inserted 1-4 to a page in pre-cut slots. Oblong album. Some cover soil and wear. Small illustration of two Dutch girls on cover. Cards in nice shape. Some are postally used; other unused. Several from Pennsylvania. unknown
1905291651905. Very good condition. 11 postcards with colorful images of sights at the Exposition such as: Bridge of All Nations Festival Hall Scene in the Park forestry Building Foreign Exhibits Sacajawea Statue Oriental Building etc. printed with 'Lewis & Clark Exposition Portland OR 1905' on the front. Two series 6 illustrated 5 photo illustrated all undivided backs 3 are franked remaining 8 unused. unknown
193091724n.p. 1930. Very Good. Approx. 14 x 9 cm. Unused and undated. Glossy Sepia-toned. Modest soiling and wear mostly on non-photo side. Decent detail. Indistinct background. Wearing dead birds as hats was apparently popular in the late 19th and early 20th century although this postcard seems later than that. unknown
1922189081922. Very good condition. 12 larger than post card blanks of tourist series of images of New Zealand with blank versos and captions in white. Printed on thick card stock obviously produced on a contact sheet ad cut up for inclusion in a tourist's scrap album.<br /> <br /> Two photographs per sheet each measuring 5 5/8 x 3 5/8". Photographs include: Manawatu Gorge Wairua Falls The Drop Scene Wanganui River Mt. Ngauruhoe Bowen Falls and Peak Milford Sound Mitre Peak Milford Sound Arthur River Milford Sound Mt. Cook and Hooker Glacier Prince of Wales Feather Geyser Wairakei Otira Gorge Stirling Falls Milford Sound and Sutherland Falls Milford Track. Tourist Series 19 20 21 23 37 41 42 43 44 46 & 48. Very good condition. unknown
1977ABC_47947Baghdad: Ministry of Oil 1977. Original sturdy plastic case. Oblong 10 x 23 cm. With photographic illustrations all postcards are printed in colour. Remarkable complete set of 14 postcards published by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil to celebrate the flourishing petroleum industry and probably its nationalisation in 1972. The first 2 postcards show the building of the ministry and the official state portraits of then President of Iraq Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr 1914-1982 and Vice Chairman Saddam Hussein 1937-2003. The remaining 12 postcards are each printed for a different month of the year and show various aspects of the Iraqi petroleum industry including the Al-Bakr deep water terminal renamed in 2003 to Al-Basah oil terminal the Al-Khalida oil products tanker the degassing station at North Rumaila oil field the eternal fire near Kirkuk which was the first oil field found in Iraq and the Haditha-Rumaila pipeline which was newly built at the time.With a small crack in one of the sides of the sturdy plastic case. The first and last card in the set are slightly creased. Otherwise in very good condition. Ministry of Oil, unknown
190529174Syracuse NY: Wesleyan Methodist Publishing Co. 1905. 16 b&w split back post cards of the Methodist mission in Sierra Leone. Featured are: Brother John Ayres Pa Bokari Masumbo Mision House DEnnis Kinney Helen Richey Mr. Clarke Sisters Marie Stephens and Hattie Crosby. Stephens served as a missionary from Nov. 1901 to Feb. 1904.<br /> <br /> Wesleyan Methodist Missions to Sierra Leone Africa began in 1811. 16 post cards unused vgc. Wesleyan Methodist Publishing Co. unknown
1903201061903. Three color postcards the first showing large crowds along an Adelaide boulevard as Japanese troops march by. Many women and children spectators as well as people leaning from second story windows with Macarey Pharmaceutical Chemist shop clearly visible at number 66 postally unused. The two of Valentine's Series are Japanese warships the "Japanese Battleship "Yashima" and the "Japanese Cruiser "Yoshino". The Yashima card posted with a cancellation stamp from Adelaide 1905; the other unused. Very slt rubbed at edges otherwise very good condition. unknown
1930BB.23.021<p><em><strong>Photo-lithographs 10; Each 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches; With original decorative envelope.</strong></em></p><p>Uncommon group of postcards showing artifacts held in the Museum of the American Indian Heye Foundation New York City now part of the National Museum of the American Indian. Included is the original envelope with the design taken from an Arapahoe packing case or Parfléche.</p><p> A number of the images are credited to photographer William C. Orchard. </p>
86228Very Good. Binding worn on one of the albums. unknown
KC15864Vienna. Ephemera. Fine. Printed in Wien Austria. Both designs are made from Wiener Werkstätte textiles and presented as background images superimposed with a white circle and rectangle. Each with Hebrew and German text Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum neuen Jahre! Fabric designers names are given: L. Fochler Lotte Frömel-Fochler 18841972 and E. Wimmer Eduard Josef WimmerWisgrill 18821961. From a set of twelve published in 19101911. Both unique colorful designs beautifully produced should be seen. Fine. <br /> <br/><br/> unknown
1910ABC_487091910. All postcards ca. 9 x 14 cm. In a 20th-century ring binder with the title "Postzegelmapje van Nederland" lettered in gold on the spine and the front underneath a gold embossed coat-of-arms of the Netherlands. The postcards are loosely inserted in 21 translucent plastic covers. With 81 hand-coloured or black-and-white photographic picture postcards including 9 duplicates. Three remarkable sets of early 20th-century French picture postcards which form a large image of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte 1769-1821 when laid side-by-side. This type of photographic collage is known as "instalment puzzle postcards". The three sets consist of 12 10 and 12 postcards respectively and are partly coloured by hand. They show Napoleon Bonaparte in a classic pose with bicorne hat and one hand in his waistcoat surrounded by various scenes from his domestic and military life. Also included are nearly 40 postcards composed of scenes with actors and montaged reproductions of historical engravings relating to Napoleon.Two of the puzzle postcard sets are published in the series "Croissant" referring to the address "Rue du Croissant" in Paris where the publisher Charles Fontane was located at the beginning of the 20th century. Fontane is also known as director of the French magazine "Le Cartophile" and president of the "Cartophile-Club".Two sets with "carte postale" printed on the verso the third set with "made in France" printed on the verso. A fourth set of Napoleon puzzle postcards is incomplete missing one postcard. All postcards are unused with only signs of minor wear. Overall in very good condition. unknown
2003214690Indonesia. Circa2003. Four postcards one in duplicate depicting three scenes of people within the Islamic world each with an accompanying quotation in Indonesian from the Qur'an or Hadith. The duplicate card has a small pinhole. All cards in very good condition. Each postcard measures 10 x 15cm. Originally sourced from an Indonesian stallholder after Friday prayers sometime in the early 2000s - most likely post-9/11 - these postcards appear to be the product of the growth of Indonesian interest in Shi'a Islam at that time. <br> <br>The scenes depicted appear to be from the Iranian Islamic Revolution given the presence of American weaponry and the use of child soldiers. The juxtaposition of the provocative images and the religious passages seems to indicate a brooding radical Islamist sentiment. . unknown
196259507Chicago - San Jose; Seattle WA: Standard Oil Company of California The H.M. Gousha Co. 1962. Four pieces. 1st - 12mo. 4 x 9 in. which opens to 18 x 37.75 in. colour map of Seattle on verso inset view maps of downtown on recto. Self-printed softcovers futuristic concept art of Space Needle towering over the Science Center with ALWEG monorail and pre-Fair concept of the Skyride before it’s construction featuring colourful open gondolas minor edgewear small tear lower corner front cover light toning 1 small closed tear still VG- copy; 2nd - Three colour-photo postcards sized 3.5 x 5.5 in. split-back all detailing trip to Seattle and the World’s Fair from the library of Archibald Angus MacDonald 1892-1977 stepson of famed southern California oil man William F. Byrne as well as oil company and drilling equipment company owner and manager of MacDonald & Burns Oil Producers to whom they are addressed. First edition thus of this nicely illustrated Seattle street map for the Century 21 Seattle World’s Fair in 1962 from Standard Oil of California. The three postcards from “Ada†describe the trip beginning with “May get out to see the Fair Next Week;†followed by Aug. 26 1962 describing “We expect to go to the Fair tomorrow.†Next postcard she writes that she “certainly have enjoyed my trip here and stay too short.†Very nice juxtaposition on one of the cards with early 1950’s Buick featuring the tooth grille below the futuristic ALWEG monorail cruising past and Space Needle in the distance. Standard Oil Company of California, The H.M. Gousha Co. paperback
7069Early 20th century A set of 10 old postcards on Singapore, in good condition.
12696Early 20th century A set of 10 original old postcards on Singapore, in good condition.
1900207382Colombo Ceylon.: Plâté Ltd. Early1900s. Eight pictorial colour postcards all captioned and numbered with the publisher's studio series versos blank in two columns 8.8 x 13.8 cms or portrait in very good condition. Eight Plâté photographic postcards the last four from their "Art series" : <br>No. 13 A Tamil Lady in Rickshaw Ceylon <br>No. 18 Hindu Temple Colombo Ceylon <br>No. 20 Mohammadan Mosque Colombo Ceylon <br>No. 36 Temple Elephants after their bath Kandy Ceylon <br>No. 43 A typical road scene Ceylon <br>No. 54 A Double Bullock Cart Ceylon <br>No. 82 Street Scene in Pettah Colombo Ceylon <br>No. 105 Street Scene in the Pettah showing Native Quarters Colombo Ceylon <br> <br>A. W. Plâté & Co. was a prominent photographic studio in Ceylon now Sri Lanka founded in 1890 by Alfred William Amandus Plâté a German-born apothecary. The Plâté firm was instrumental in popularizing photography on the island and quickly became renowned for its high-quality photographic postcards capturing the island's landscapes people and daily life during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. By 1907 their annual postcard production reached half a million. ".Plâté provides an important testimony to the development of colonial Ceylon during a crucial period of many changes and a substantive repository that provides a visual archive to support further historical research." see Benita Stambler "Maintaining the Photographic Legacy of Ceylon" on the University of Michigan's website . Plâté Ltd. unknown
192014477Sydney: The Rose Stereographs 1920. A collection of 48 real photo postcards Rose Series P - these particularly not found on Trove with 24 street scenes of Sydney 8 of Sydney gardens and 16 cards of the Blue Mountains. Sydney postcards include Pitt St. George St. Macquarie St. Central Railway Station Circular Quay Bridge St. Elizabeth St. Woolcott St. Martin Place Town Hall Corner Government House the Custom House and Railway Square. The nature scenes include the Jenolan Caves National Pass Katoomba and Loddon Falls Centennial Glen Blackheath and Fairy Dell Cascades Leura Blue Mountains. In very good condition overall some with sml marginal faults. The Rose Stereographs unknown
19403817<p>An instant mini-collection of four postcards on the general theme of Texas is big and bad. While two are typical of the brag map genre the third chides Alaska's new position as the largest state. And the fourth which pictures a B-24 bomber in flight with a map of Texas in the background highlights Texas' contribution to the war effort by way of a new bomber production plant in Fort Worth. A tag shown on the postcard reads "Bound for Tokyo."</p><p>Condition: Four color postcards each measuring 3 ½ x 5 ½." One postally used the other three unused. Mounting traces on reverse of one card . Overall very good.</p><p>ICN 7743</p> Various publishers
190546855London: G.D. & D. ca. 1905. 4to. 6 leaves composed of 36 colour-tinted postcards w/ perforated edges. Green softcovers yapp edges gilt lettering on front cover & spine very minor shelfwear rust marks at spine from staples slight sunning to fore-edges still VG copy stapled as issued. Early edition of this very scarce and complete souvenir album of colour-tinted postcards of famed Edwardian actresses. Such actresses as a very young Billie Burke of Wizard of Oz fame in her breakout School Girl role 1905 Pauline Chase before she shot to stardom as Peter Pan from 1906-1913 as well as many others including Julia Neilson Zena Dare Doris Stocker Lettice Fairfax Sybil Arundale Gertie Miller Gaynor Rowlands just before her death in 1905 Evelyn Millard Sara Brooke Winifred Hare and many others. G.D. & D., paperback
194033059N.p. 1940. Very Good. N.p.: ca. 1940s. Original unused pictorial wooden postcard 8.5x14cm. Wood rather bowed some scuffing and shallow scratches small hole at top edge not touching text else Very Good. <br /> <br /> Humorous postcard showing a seated and down-in-the-dumps woman accompanied by the quote "Everything I like is immoral illegal or fattening!" Verso text stamped in brown urging the user to "please use pencil. unknown