Monthly Archives: January 2017

Money talks — but all it says to me is good-by.  1555. Post marked Columbus, Ohio,  Aug. 14, 1918.  Addressed to Mrs. Lee [Florence Koontz] Weaver, 92 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich. “We will come Sunday on the morning boat.  If … Continue reading →

Now you stop! You’ve had enough.  Copyright 1910 by Walter W Balmer No post mark. No address. Just another of those post cards that apparently appealed to Grandpa Lee’s sense of humor.   The card itself appears to be made … Continue reading →

339 City Hall, Syracuse, N.Y.   2167.  Published by Wm. Jubb Co., Syracuse, N.Y. Made in U.S.A. No post mark. No Address. Post card from when Grandpa was on duty during WW I.    

There was I waiting at the church.   Bamforth & Co.  Holmfirth and New York, Series No  1241. No post mark.  No address. Only marking on the card is Effie written in one corner.

“Has the moom come up, Bill? ”   Bill: Can’t say, but I didn’t swallow that.”    Bamforth & Co., Publishers, Holmfirth and New York.  (Printed in England) No post mark.  No  address. “I thought maybe you looked like then … Continue reading →

Loving tablets are not necessary in Detroit.  The girls don’t require any. No post mark.  Addressed to Mr. Lee Weaver, 94 Tireman, Detroit, Mich. “This is going some” Someone wrote 2¢ where the stamp would go.  Maybe the post card … Continue reading →

This is the Right Move.  ©1905 K&S   Series 780. Another of Grandpa’s unused cards.    

Shay, Old Fel, You’ll, Hic, Shoon Have Company.  ©1911, T.P. & Co. N.Y.  No post mark. No Address. Another of Grandpa’s humor cards.  This seemed to be the right card to use to end Grandpa’s collection of New Year’s cards. … Continue reading →