This real photo shows an early Ford Dealership with autos and buggies in the showroom. This photo shows an interesting time when both buggies and automobiles were sharing the roadways.
There is an "Elkhart Indiana County Fair" advertising on the back which helps to ID the location. The card was used in Indiana in 1911, but the town name is not shown on the cancel.
This card is identified in pencil on the back as "Postcard Inventor" on 1897 German Mourning Card with German government postal card back with a printed Signature.
I can't really read the signature except for the "Dr." part.
This is a real photo of a pharmacist in front of a shelf showing his many wares. This real photo postcard is unidentified as to location, but what a beauty!
I haven't had much time to post lately, but I have a really nice group of real photos that I would like to share with you. I have a bit of time today so I'm going to try to share as many as I can and maybe provoke some discussion.
I recently purchased a very peculiar looking "Santa Claus" who made me think of Confucius when I first saw it. He's wearing unusual robe and cap, unusual to me at least.
I wonder if anyone has seen any similar Santas on apostcard? Is it Santa or maybe some other Xmas character , say Knech Rupprecht?
This ad for 1954 Christmas Seals is printed on a postage paid card. It is the only card of this type that I have. Do you have any cards of this type?
I looked for this type of card online. The only similar cards that I could find were on the VintagePostcards.com website (search the site for Christmas Seals). On that site there is a 1954 card with the same basic design, but printed in a single green color. There is also a 1951 card printed in blue that has identical text, but a different layout.
This is the Christmas Edition of "Pipes and beautiful old Postcards" (alte Ansichtskarten mit Pfeiferauchern 2). There is a large variety of postcards, with many pipe-smoking Santas toward the end of the video.