More From My Postcard Collection
More scans of old postcards I have collected of places I have lived and liked.

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All images and text Copyright © 2001-2010 Susan White Pieroth

Miscellaneous

Mail Carrier Postcards

Left: also shown on the main page, a New York mail carrier and his wagon. I can not read the town, only RFD and NY. Right: An early mail carrier showing off all he has to deliver (and getting some of it muddy). Behind him is the mail wagon - a typical design. No identification.

These cards were given out by Rural Letter Carriers at Christmas. The exact locations are not known. The left one was from A. J. Morse, and the right from Albert S. Forques. Each has a poem on the back. The left one is titled "IF" and the right one "To My Friends."

These cards are usually called Baby Bonnet Twins by Ullman, copyrighted in 1906. There are many more in the series.
The left one says,"Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home." The right one says, "Should auld acquaintance be forgot."

Embroidered Postcards

This card, published in Madrid, Spain, has no title or date. It's a very nice example of an embroidered postcard. The stitching is through a thin layer and then very firmly glued to the thicker postcard backing.

This is an enlargement of the top of her mantilla. The net stitching has puckered the paper slightly.

Advertising Post Cards

On top, "An Old Fashioned Spoon. Copyright 1909 The Towle Mfg. Co. Silversmiths." On bottom, "Showing the "LaFayette" spoon of theTowle Mfg. Company Colonial Silversmiths. Newburyport, Massachusetts." The back is a plain divided back postcard. The card is dark as shown. For a lighter version that defines some more detail, such as his hand on her shoulder, click here.

	Exaggerations "Potatoes grow big in our State" copyrighted photograph 1908, mailed from Syracuse, NY. This trick real photo postcard is a classic example of this category. Fish were bigger, rabbits were large enough to ride, and one lemon filled a freight car.
	County Fair Corn Contest, copyrighted photograph 1908. The sections used to create the photograph can be clearly seen in this detail.

Puzzle Cards

Puzzle cards were typically four parts. They were designed to be sent on different days. This one is by Franz Huld, New York, and was copyrighted in 1905. The first cards says, "I send you herewith the head of a Gator, Watch for the mail--it will bring some more later." Second, "I promised some more--here is the next part, Save this as well and await the third Card." Third, "Two-thirds I am here, in body and soul, The next is the last and the Gator is whole." Fourth, "This is the last Card, I send you by mail, The end of the Gator and the end of the 'tale'." To see an enlargement of the first two sections, click here, the second two sections, click here.

Postcard Greetings

This embossed Gibson Girl style Christmas card was mailed in 1909. Postcard greetings were common during this period and embossed cards with gold and silver touches, as well as glitter, proliferated.

The all purpose card at the left is so deeply embossed that it is backed with another layer for the address and message in the same manor as the embroidered card. It is dated 1912.

This unusual card, titled "A Busy Line," was patented in 1895. Published by Salisbury MFG. Co., Providence, R. I. for the Bellman Association of Chicago. The edge is galvanized metal. Click here for an enlargement of the bell logo.

The Albertype Company of Brooklyn issued these sample cards with the prices on the back. At the left is the back of a sepia colored card (an Arizona waterfall is on the front) dated 1910. Right: the back of a hand colored unidentified street scene. The front is here.

The Last Card

"Sunset on Long Island" This is actually a generic postcard and could even be meant for a different Long Island from New York, but it seemed to be an appropriate choice for the end of the tour. Come back often for these pages will never be finished.

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