Topographical Views

Child, with U. S. flag, straddles the two North Poles of Cook and Peary. Advertisement for clothiers Brownstein, Newmark & Louis, Los Angeles, California. Used 1910 L. A. Cancel mark on front. Learn More

"Long May They Reign. "Bus dressed up patriotically, with flags of the nations of the British Empire. Written on back "1935 Silver Jubilee of Reign of King George V & Queen Mary. Illuminated & decorated bus of Rawtenstall Corporation Motors,Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England. " Learn More

Laborers in parade with banner for "I. B. of B. M. I. S. B. & H. of A. , Panama Lodge 463. "Titled, "Labor Day Parade, Empire, C. Z. 1908. " Photo by Fishbaugh #A128. Back stain, doesn't affect front. Learn More

Hawaii Bathing Beauties Real Photo Learn More

"H-167. Hula Dancers, Hawaii." Circa 1935. Learn More

"Hula Girl - Hawaii 273." Circa 1945. Light corner crease. Learn More

"Battlecreek
[Michigan] Y. M. C. A. Basketball Team 1910. "Great, close-up team portrait. Learn More

All players identified. Photo by the Philco Publishing Co. , London, England. Used 1907 Whittlesea, Queenstown, Cape Colony, South Africa to Belgium. Learn More

Champs with their trophies, England. Learn More

This is from the Trade Card era, but with address lines and mailed, with tied-on 1 cent Washington blue stamp. Advert for Cassebeer Iron Manganese Peptonate, for Anemia, Chlorosis, Rickets, etc. By the Cassebeer Co. of New York City and Long Island. Locations specified on the back, along with a cute illustration of a child finishing off bottles of the medicine. Learn More

"663. Carreta de Bueyes." Bull-drawn cart and horse-drawn wagon. Learn More

"A Quaint Character of Old Hawaii. " Real photo of a native Hawaiian woman smoking a pipe. Learn More

Real photo of a native dancer and musician. May be by photographer R. J. Baker as it is his usual quality composition, contrast, etc. Corner crease. Learn More

"And lots of lovely views from Broadstairs." Lift the flap to see the town views fold-out. Artist signed Louis Wain. Valentine series. Used 1929 Great Britain. Learn More

"Wreck of Str. Spokane in Seymour narrows. June 30th, 1911." Photo by Winter @ Pond Co., Juneau, Alaska. Learn More

The horse -drawn wagon by the store. Corner crease. Learn More

Posed for the picture. Slight crease. Learn More

"Clearwater Beach, Clearwater, Florida." Glue residue on back. Learn More

"Princess Mary Caravan." The Girl's Friendly Society. British. Learn More

The Emperor of China. Used 1908 Indo-China. Published by Victor Fievet, Hanoi (Vietnam). Learn More

"The Wrecked Aeroplane in Whick Captain Lorraine & Staff Sergeant Wilson Were Both Killed Near Stonehenge July 3th 1912 Salisbury Plain." Learn More

Tokyo Blood Bank. Learn More

Wreck of the steamers Primus and Hanza. Used 1902 Germany. Learn More

"Berlin types." Street vendor. Learn More

The punishment for stealing. Learn More

"Beheaded for Stealing." Learn More

"Indian Chief Johnson - Head of the Once Mighty Tribe - The Tlingits." Real photo. Learn More

The Emperor of Annam in the city costume. Learn More

"The Palace Akasaka Rikyu." Embossed. Learn More

"Good Luck from Bognor." Lift the flap to see the town views fold-out. Louis Wain cat. Valentine's Series. Learn More

"Palace of Justice, Chihuahua, Mexico." Real photo by Brehme. Tiny album residue on front. Learn More

"Wings for Mexico." Bound set of eight postcards, plus cover. Learn More

"Airship Count Zeppelin
[LZ 21], World Flight 1929." Map shows route Friedrichshafen-Tokyo-Los Angeles-Lakehurst-Rio de Janeiro-Pernambuco-Havana. (two pinholes, bottom center) Learn More

"Pacific Fleet." Views of the battleships - USS Rathburn, Georgia, New Jersey, Nebraska, Rhode Island, Arkansas, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, New York, Wyoming - plus 5 more views of the fleet. Published by Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco, California. Learn More

"Mr. & Mrs. Wong Sun Yue Clemens. Mrs. Howard Gould's Sister." California, Chinese. Learn More

"This Man Has Three Daughters, Can You Find Them? All kinds of produce wanted. Bodwell, McCann & Co., Wholesale Commission Merchants, Denver, Colorado." Used 1892, on governmet postal card, #UX10. Learn More

"First N. S. W. Baby Week, 1920. Help." Photo by Ashby. New South Wales, Australia. Learn More

Posed for picture, including three black soldiers. Maple leaf insignia on the hats and neck lapels. Learn More

"Chinese Restaurant, New York City." Photo by Sanders, 1910. Learn More

"China Sampans in the Shanghai River, Shanghai." Published by Karl Lewis, Yokahama, Japan. Learn More

"Kilauea Volcano House." Used 1901 Honokaa, Hawaiian Islands. Learn More

Signs for Grow & Fitzgerald, Men's Furnishings, Hardware & Farming Implements; This Building Built by Chastain & Ingram, Contractors & Builders.. Real photo. Used 1912 Los Molinos, California. Dwarf at left. Learn More

"Those horrible Nazis!" Nude woman complains of the beach pollution ruining her bathing suit from the oil released by Nazi submarine bombardment of U.S. shipping lanes, as the Jewish man looks on. Published in Switzerland. Learn More

General Doolittle and Nagoya Occupation . 1. Real photo of General Doolittle, ".. .on April 18th, 1942 bombed and heavily damaged military objectives in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya and Kobe. Used 1943 Glendale, California. 2,3,4. Japanese postcards with overprint, "Army Occupation Landing, Oct 28, 1945, The Bomber Plant City of Nagoya, Target of Doolittle's Raid." With U.S. Navy cancellation on U.S. stamp, and cancellation on back of the battleship U.S.S. Marvin H. McIntyre Br., New York City. Learn More

"Nordseebad Borkum." Used 1886 Borkum. Learn More

"Fort Myers' Centennial Combined with The Edison Pageant of Light 1850-1950, Fort Myers, Florida." Learn More

"Duke Kwesi Kuntu and his tribesmen welcome Prince Adeliayo Glawumi and his tribesmen upon their arrival by airplane to take part in the ceremonials in Darkest Africa at A Century of Progress." Chicago World's Fair. Learn More

Printed on back "Spear Fisherman." Artwork by Sam Macleod. Learn More

"A Flipino Prisoner who escaped from Filipino prison after having killed seven Filipino guards." Photo by Nicholas Studio, Delaware City, Delaware. Learn More