Wild Postcards

Here’s an embossed postcard from Great-Grandpa Phil’s collection. The front of the card has a notice reading “Design Copyright 1908, by M.W. Taggart, N.Y.” Note how this design incorporates a farm that apparently sits directly on a beach, complete with seagulls. The card was mailed to Phil from Dunbar, Pennsylvania on November 22, 1910 (Thanksgiving [...]

This unvarnished card from the Cape Shore Paper Company shows (from the top down) a bluebird, female and male summer tanagers, and a meadowlark. The age is undetermined and, while it’s not that new, it’s not that old either. One day, about three years ago, my boss and I were walking back from lunch when [...]

If this were sent today, it would seem to me to be something in the form of a condolence card, but I don’t think that was the case then; it appears to be just a simple “hello”. There isn’t a lot of ink on the postmark, but after some computer enhancement, I believe that the [...]