Category Archives: History

110.  Dinner time on the Old Farm (Scenes along the country roads)  A-11215.  E.A. Bishop, Pub., Racine, Wis.  Made in U.S.A. No post mark.  No address. Another in the quirky series of cards in Grandpa Lee’s collection.  Again, based on … Continue reading →

Office Rules – Spit on the floor.  It’s a dirty job to have to clean cuspidors.  And we expect to buy new carpet every week anyhow. 544 No post mark. No address. Another of Grandpa’s unused post cards.  The series … Continue reading →

Office Rules:  Visitors   Always welcome.  We always give up business where it interferes with pleasure.    544. No post mark.  Addressed to Miss F. Oakman, 89 Tireman Ave, Detroit, Mich. No stamp.  Never sent.  Only other words that appear … Continue reading →

U. S. Capital at Night, Washington, D. C.  12089.  The United States Capital, set on a height overlooking the amphitheatre of the Potomac, is on of the largest and stateliest buildings in the world.  It is 751 feet in length … Continue reading →

Petrified tree projecting from side, draped with moss, in “Big Spring”, Manistique, Mich.  Auburn Greeting Card Co., Auburn, Ind. No post mark.  No address. No clue as to the age of this card — the postage required is not even … Continue reading →

574   Pikes Peak and the auto highway from aeroplane.   Colorado Springs, Colo.   5671-29.  The Auto Road circles and loops its way up the bold and craggy east face of Pikes Peak in a most spectacular fashion climbing … Continue reading →

SM-35.  Crowds on the beach at Santa Monica, California.  IA-H360.  Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif. A companion post card to yesterday’s posting.   Also an unused post card from the Weaver 1937 West Coast Trip.    

842. The bright lights of Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California.  Illumination by Otto K. Olesen.  1A-H347.   Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif. Continuing the unused post cards in Grandpa’s collection from the 1937 trip.    

Halloween,  Don’t get nervous spooks don’t bite. No post mark. No address.  Not mailed Another blank card in the collection of Lee Weaver    

565 – Pikes Peak, Altitude 14,109 Feet, Surrounded by clouds.   Famous in frontier history for the slogan “Pikes Peak or Bust”.     Pikes Peak is, perhaps, America’s most famous mountain and also one of its most impressive.  Other … Continue reading →