Retro Coca Cola

Inna from Ukraine likes retro Coca-Cola, so I hope she likes this card.

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And she asked for a drawing on the back, so:

it's rough, but it'll do.

Happy 100th Birthday!

Brenda from Colorado:

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"Big Drift Adventures In the early 1920s, before the construction of Trail Ridge Road, Fall River Pass via Fall River Road was the only way for vehicles to travel to the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park. The Big Drift at Fall River Pass was a massive obstacle that required hand-shoveling each summer and after the occasional early autumn snowstorm."

Rocky Mountain Naitonal Park is celebrating 100 years!

Fall River Road

She's Reading:

After the Dance

A Vintage card from geocarrick in California! Received in February 2015

Burnt Their Bras

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Another Wisconsin Vintage

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"A picturesque bridge carries a woodland path over a rippling stream." copyright 1959, The L. L. Cook Co.

Sent to Iddi in Germany

Colorful Fire Point

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Sent to Anastasia in Russia

Really old postcard picked up at a flea market.

Vintage Postcard of the Week #10

#10 - A Joyful Easter

Front:

Back:

A Joyful Easter sent to Miss Mary White in Lushton, Nebraska
(I had to look it up. There might be 10 houses. Seriously, look:)

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"From your cousins Isabelle, Sarah, Sam (?), and Margaret"
Postmarked April 1911 in Peru Nebraska.

On an aside, My paternal great-grandmother's maiden name was White, and she was from Peru. Wouldn't it be neat if I were related to whomever wrote this card? Gives me the chills.

Vintage Postcard of the Week #9

#9 - Norwich

Front:

Back:

Norwich, NY postcard from Ethel to Miss Lilly in Meriden, Connecticut May 17, 1904?

"Dear Lilly,
I thought I would send you a Norwich postal. I hope you are well. Love to all, Ethel"

Vintage Postcard of the Week #8

#8 - Tuck's Happy New Year

Front:

Back:

Raphael Tuck & Sons "New Year Postcards" Series No. 145
Art Publishers to their Majesties the King & Queen
Printed in Saxony (probably why some of it's in german; i.e. "postkarte")
by Appointment

"Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! From Marcella."
Sent to Miss Frances in 1910

***I love the coat of arms in the top left, it was used by the Tuck company for some time. The animal on the right is a Unicorn!
Tuck is one of the most recognized names in postcard publishing.  They produced a wide variety of cards and published an enormous amount of valentines.  The company began sometime in the late 1800s, founded by Raphael Tuck.  Designing was done in their London offices, while the cards were printed in Germany as were many of the cards produced prior to WWII. (source)

 I found many more Tuck cards at this site.
I especially like this one:

Vintage Postcard of the Week #7

#7 - Boating on Shawnigan Lake, Vancouver, B.C.

Front:

Back:

published by T. N. Hibben & Co., Victoria, B.C.
Apparently this company published picture postcards from 1902 - 1914 (source).

sent from Vancouver on April 23, 1910 to Wisconsin.

The torn-up back is why people should never glue postcards into scrapbooks. Grr.

Vintage Postcard of the Week #6

#6 - The Automobilist

Front:

Back:

Artist Katharine Gassaway
Copyright 1906 by the Rotograph Co., N.Y.


Sent to Sam O'Connor in Creston, Iowa
"Sept. 1-1909
your momma and the girls left this morning for Williamsfield.
-Suella"

Postmarked from Chicago Illinois

Vintage Postcard of the Week #5

#5 - Dear Brother

Front:

Back:

Sent to Ralph Maddin in Tecumseh, Nebraska on November 16, 1908, from his brother Harry
I'll try to get it all:
"Dear Brother, will write you a few lines for a change in the weather. how do you like shucking corn for Eisent***. do you have lots of fun. How much do you shuck in day. how do you think you will like it even in this part of the country. I wish I had a good piece of corn to shuck, you may get a chance to work with me a few days in the store Thanksgiving Day. I may see you in a week or so. must close. Harry E Madd."

Vintage Postcard of the Week - #4

#4 - Why do you stay out in the cold?

Sent from Lynn, Mass on Aug 23, 1906
to Passaic, New Jersey

*one of my favorites

Vintage Postcard of the Week - #3 - Windsor

#3 - Souvenir Folder from Windsor, Canada

The front:

The Back:

Inside:

I'm not really a fan of souvenir folders, so this one is up for grabs if anyone wants it.

Vintage Postcard of the Week - #2 - Best Wishes

For as long as my stash lasts, I'll be posting a vintage postcard every Sunday.

Printed in Germany
Before we hated Germany, and before you needed an address to send someone a letter.
I'm guessing Aug 8, 1899 (from the stamp I can barely read)
sent from Stuart, Nebraska to Badger? Nebr (there is no town in Nebraska named Badger, according to google maps)

Vintage Postcard of the Week - Antoines

For as long as my stash lasts, I'll be posting a vintage postcard every Sunday.

Vintage postcard #1:

Antoines: A famous restaurant for over a hundred years
713-725 St. Louis Street
Between Royal and Bourbon Streets
New Orleans 70130
Established 1840

Marlene sent this from Louisiana
to the Friday Night Video Contest in Blair, Nebraska
Her answers were:
#1 - Beat St
#2 - Chuck Berry

I wonder what the questions were?

Vintage Graphic

I love this old postcard, and wish I had a copy.

Found this image on the graphics fairy.

I am Happy, That's All

From Amy Jo
St Paul, MN
19 april 2006

Lumbertown, USA

sent to Paula in Germany

George Carlin

to Helen in Belarus
her friend asked me to send her "happy words"
so I sent her a George Carlin quote:
"Here's all you have to know about men and women: Women are crazy, men are stupid. And the main reason women are crazy is that men are stupid."