http://vintagepostcards.stumbleupon.com/ vintagepostcards's recent URL reviews on StumbleUpon en-us Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:46:59 -0800 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:46:43 -0700 http://vintagepostcards.stumbleupon.com/ http://cdn.stumble-upon.com/images/logo_su_36x36.png Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:46:43 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/8LhqJP/www.pajamadeen.com/americana/try-some-treats-from-california-chef/t:4af90c63c1ffa;src:reviews http://vintagepostcards.stumbleupon.com/review/36425466/ This stuff is sooooooooooooooo good!

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.pajamadeen.com/americana/try-some-treats-from-california-chef Sun, 18 May 2008 09:27:15 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/1mP3Qj/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/bluebird-cafe/t:4af90c63c1ffa;src:reviews http://vintagepostcards.stumbleupon.com/review/21438609/ We've long been attracted to classic American roadside post cards, and thought we'd share this dramatic nighttime example. The Bluebird Cafe, with its classic neon signs, is seen in Logan, Utah in a circa 1950s or 1960s chrome postcard. The historic restaurant, with its marble soda fountain, is still in business on Main St.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/bluebird-cafe Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:08:39 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/8aWfcI/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/trade-cards/marysville-ohio/t:4af90c63c1ffa;src:reviews http://vintagepostcards.stumbleupon.com/review/20075616/ We've always been fond of this charming c. 1880s trade card advertising George P. Robinson's City Restaurant and Lunch Room in Marysville, Ohio. Mr. Robinson's restaurant was opposite the post office and offered "oysters and ice cream in season." What street was the restaurant on and is the building still there?

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/trade-cards/marysville-ohio Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:17:08 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/3jflKm/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/easter-rabbits/t:4af90c63c1ffa;src:reviews http://vintagepostcards.stumbleupon.com/review/19029457/ Happy Easter from two handsome Victorian-era rabbits! This vivid antique postcard shows them checking out some colored Easter eggs for the Easter holiday. Did you color Easter eggs with your mother? We did.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/easter-rabbits Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:20:26 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/1m8M82/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/outsider-art/t:4af90c63c1ffa;src:reviews http://vintagepostcards.stumbleupon.com/review/18656864/ We recently sold two unusual "outsider art," or folk art, postcards from Bedford, Indiana. These dramatic c. 1940s postcards show the work and religious visions of folk artist August Mack. Little is known about him, other than that his display was six miles north of Bedford, on State Road 37 in Lawrence County, IN. See Mack's outsider art.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/outsider-art Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:06:55 -0700 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/2t4Pic/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/fred-hoertz/t:4af90c63c1ffa;src:reviews http://vintagepostcards.stumbleupon.com/review/18578663/ A previously unknown postcard artist, Fred Hoertz (1899-1977), has been documented. Frederick J. Hoertz, who had an affinity for nautical artwork, worked from a studio at the Battery in New York City for many years but, with the advent of World War II and a prevailing anti-German sentiment, he was asked to move because of his German name. Learn more about this nautical postcard artist.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/fred-hoertz Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:01:33 -0800 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/2K0hDv/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/leap-year/t:4af90c63c1ffa;src:reviews http://vintagepostcards.stumbleupon.com/review/18149533/ Leap Year only occurs once every four years, so we thought we'd show you an amusing old postcard from this unusual holiday, when role reversal was the norm for the day, Victorian behavioral constraints were set aside, and women were allowed to propose to the man of their choice. This particular postcard was printed for Leap Year 1908, 100 years ago today.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/leap-year Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:11:00 -0800 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/2ogyv3/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/stolen-postcards/t:4af90c63c1ffa;src:reviews http://vintagepostcards.stumbleupon.com/review/17797857/ We were asked this week to appraise an interesting lot of old postcards. They had been stolen from an insurance company's client, and then discarded by the thief along a busy road in rainy conditions. While many of the antique postcards were unremarkable, there were two notable exceptions. Learn more about which postcards were valuable and why.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/stolen-postcards Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:34:40 -0800 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/2sFumt/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/tall-tale-postcards/t:4af90c63c1ffa;src:reviews http://vintagepostcards.stumbleupon.com/review/17688199/ Tall tale, or exaggeration, postcards were popular in the early 1900s. Their fanciful subject matter was limited only by the imagination of the photographer, and often included an element of local pride/bragging regarding the size of crops grown. This seldom-seen grasshopper exaggeration is a real-photo postcard (RPPC) by F. D. Conard of Garden City, Kansas.

]]> http://www.stumbleupon.com/url/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/tall-tale-postcards Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:01:05 -0800 http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/28xtah/www.vintagepostcards.org/blog/postcards/valentine-postcard-raphael-tuck/t:4af90c63c1ffa;src:reviews http://vintagepostcards.stumbleupon.com/review/17433314/ Happy Valentine's Day! We hope Cupid has been helpful, and that you're with your heart's desire. Here's a charming c. 1907 Valentine's Day postcard.

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