Happy New Year

I am having trouble with inserting pictures (again) so will wish you a
Happy New Year.  Have a fruitful 2011!

Beautiful Vintage Cabinet Card Young Child Bangor PA

I love these small cabinet cards which are usually under 7 inches in size.  They were very popular in the mid and late 1800.s.  They really show the fashion style of that period.  This cabinet card was photographed by Heisler of Bangor PA

On auction at http://cgi.ebay.com/220715941834

How I remember the traffic would come to a stop in Yellowstone just for a bear.

Well this postcard shows a lady approaching that deer.  Does she not know that they can charge and hurt you.  This postcard reminds me of the days when we traveled years ago in Glacier and Yellowstone where people would be in the middle of the road taking pictures or feeding the animals. At least the chevy is parked off the road.  The traffic tie ups were crazy all over the wild animals.  But then we did want to see the deer, bear, moose, elk and buffalo!  This postcard is of GLACIER in Montana.

Old style telephones in this cute postcard of Kewpies

Have you called someone today to wish them a Merry Christmas?  But I bet you might be using your Blackberry or some other cell phone.

RPPC Charming photo postcard children family grouping

This is a standard size postcard that photographers use to take years ago for families and then print them into postcards also known as RPPCs.. Sometimes family members would write the name of the people in the picture, sometimes the photographer would if the person in the portrait was well known or famous. Sometimes mailed cards will help identify the people or from what part of the country them came from.


On this lovely postcard there is no identification but did come from a collection of post cards from the midwest especially Kansas or Missouri'

Girl with Mom and Dad and her Doll taking a swim RPPC

This just struck me funny.  I don't think this little girl was going swimming unless she could take her doll.

swimming doll postcard.

This postcard is available on ebay.  Just click on swimming doll postcard

Kewpie Postcards Original and Reproduction Postcards Postcard Friendship Friday

Rosie O'Neill (1874-1944) was born in Pennsylvania and created and is most famous for her "Kewpie" cards. Her first works were published by the Gibson Art Company in 1915 but are scarce to find as the American Passion for actually collecting picture postcards was being replaced by the folded greeting card with an envelope to hide hidden messages. 


Many of O'neill's "Kewpie" drawings are in private collections and in 1976 were published by the Drays of Savannah Missouri. and The Ashers of Aurora, Missouri. These postcards were reproduced from Rosie O'Neills drawings. I just acquired about 80 of these reproduction postcards and they are charming. I only have 2 of her original postcards. While researching her early postcards most are dressed and do not have wings. The postcards from the 1970's are taken from private collections of O'Neills draws of "Kewpies"and have wings.  The above Christmas postcard is from an original painting owned by School of the Ozarks Point Lookout MO, and published by the Drays in 1976.  Even though newer reproductions these postcards are still 34 years old.

The 2 original postcards do not have the publishers name, are not signed one just has the series number on it.

This is an origina "Kewpie"l Happy Birthday Rosie O'Neill postcard postmarked 1920.

Thanks to Beth for sponsoring Postcard Friendship Friday.  Go to her blog to see more.

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