AIRCRAFT MECHANIC. "2137 Aeroplane Mechanicians. / WILBUR WRIGHT FIELD, Fairfield, Ohio" black & white, mailed 1918 at Dayton Ohio, toned both sides, long crease, partial cancel on front, as is. The earliest aircraft mechanic postcard we have ever seen. $20.00 aop

ALLIGATOR WRESTLERS. Wanted to buy--alligator wrestlers working in Florida. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros! *c

    APPLE SELLERS. "Walcheren, / Zeeland." showing two women in the Netherlands selling apples at an outdoor fruit stand, ST, unused, trivial toning at one back edge. $5.00 np

    ARTICHOKE VENDOR. "GIBRALTAR / Artichokes & Water Sellers" color postcard from V. B. Cumbo, showing street vendors operating from donkeys, unused, good edges, several tiny spots near one back corner. $18.00 gp

ARTIST. LA PANNE. "La Panne Un peintre au travail" sepia-tone showing a painter rendering a beach scene, from Ern Thill booklet, Série 9 no. 4, very late usage in US, small ink smear on back, good edges. $6.00 bp

    BANK CLERKS. "CRÉDIT LYONNAIS / Paris / CONSERVATION DES TITRES / BOND DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT" unused black & white carte postale, published by E. Le Deley, good edges, slight yellowing of the paper with age. $20.00 f(p)ip. Same, but a slightly darker printing & a few speckles of printing ink on back. $19.00 f(p)ip

    BARBERS. Please see Barber postcards.

BASKET SELLER. "423.  CANASTAS DE IRAPUATO. MEX." showing an outdoor seller of baskets, real photo tarjeta postal in vertical format, well composed with a lot of detail from good focus, very late usage at Rodarte New Mexico, slight oxidation indicates real age. $6.00 m(g)p NEW / NOV / NY

    BASKET SELLER. "CALVIN PLAISTED, THE OLD BASKET MAN" postcard with undivided back postcard from Enterprise Press, unused & fairly fresh. $32.50 (m(k)gp)

BASKET SELLER. "... MERCANDO CANASTAS" showing a basket vendor with customers, real photo postcard with very late usage at Paguate New Mexico, one corner with 2 small bends, small spot of light toning at the top of the back. Beginning of the caption is not clear. $4.00 m(g)p NEW / NOV / NY

BASKET WEAVERS. "562--Weaver of Baskets, Cherokee Indian Reservation, Chrokee, N. C. / PHOTO BY CARLOS CAMPBELL" linen from Harry N. Martin, unused, small corner crease, small corner bend, minor corner wear. $2.00 ip

BASKET WEAVERS. "Basket Weavers wear /  high-crowned straws / Charlotte Amalie, / Virgin Islands" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1961 from Kingshill St. Croix. Nice! $2.50

    BASKET WEAVER. "Fabricante de Canastas / Uruapan, Mich.-193" caption a little hard to read in spots, shows an old man making baskets, unused, pinhole at top center. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (mp)

    BASKET-WEAVERS. "Smyrne -- Ouvriers de Paniers" showing 2 Turkish basket-makers working outside, color postcard, unused, album marks on back, water stain runs along top edge both sides. $12.00 tp%

    BATH ATTENDANT. "K.-427 / TYPICAL BATH HOUSE SCENE / … / Trained attendants help you every step of your / bath…" two scenes--a woman getting a massage & getting a bath (!), both attended, very unusual subject matter. Backside printing is offset, making it look trimmed, but it is a full-size card. $5.00 +

BEE KEEPERS. Please see Apiculture post cards.

BEGGAR. "121 Mendiant arabe" showing a seated beggar man with a long stick, sepia-tone on brownish paper from L. & L., toned back, good edges. $20.00 ap

    BEGGAR. "25.--Mendiante Chinoise. Chinese beggarwoman." shown with child, unused postcard, lightly toned back. $20.00 cp

    BEGGAR. "359 EGYPTE. -- Le mendiant et ses enfants" showing an old beggar with two children in black & white, post card with undivided back, unused, album marks on front, small brown spot on front. $20.00 (ep)

    BEGGAR. "41. TETUAN - Un Mendigo" showing a beggar with passers by in Spanish Morocco, vertical format, paste residue at the back corners, one long edge is not quite straight. $17.00 tp NEW / NOV / NY

    BEGGAR. "Beggar in Dholle" in sedan chair carried by 2 servants! $20.00 (ip)

    BEGGAR. "Darjeeling. Lama Beggar" writing on back, white border. $30.00 ip

    BEGGAR. "'INDIAN SADHU' / HARDED SINGH / PHOTOGRAPHER / CHANDPOLE / JAIPUR" showing a beggar standing in the shade of a nearby building, bowl extended; unused real photo postcard with glossy finish, back is lightly toned & has penciled comment on the scene, slight curl to the paper. $10.00 ipp

BEGGAR. "No. 45 Constantinople. Mendiants devant la porte / de la Mosquée Suleïmanié." Showing Turkish beggars, color postcard on undivided back, numbered 4416 on back, unused, good edges, fresh appearance. $10.00 tp Tiny spot of toning on back edge & small area of toning near one front corner, otherwise fresh. $9.00 tp

    BEGGAR. "Tangier A Beggar" black & white post card with dark red caption, unused, toned back, front toning in 2 small spots. $35.00 (tp) NEW / NOV / NY

    BEGGAR & ASSISTANT. "The Blind Beggar" sepia-tone, a few small toning spots on back, unused. From India. Note the assistant. $15.00 ip

    BELLMAN & CABBY. "'Am Potsdamer Platz' Dienstmann. Droschkenkutscher. / No. 626. D. R. G. M. s. Neuheiten Vertrieb Novitas, Berlin S. 42" showing cabby & bellman outside a hotel, sepia-tone with red caption, undivided back, unused, good edges. $25.00 gtp

BLACKSMITH. "Mountain Park, Okla. has a /  blacksmith - Oscar McGee" unattributed art depicting him at work, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1956 from Roosevelt. Nice! $2.50 op

BLACKSMITH. "Pioneer Arizona, a living-history museum on Interstate / 17, just north of Pheonix. The Blacksmith's trade carries / back over 4000 years" with good action on an unused chrome. $1.25 ap

BLACKSMITH. "112. Tananarive - Forgerons indigènes - MADAGASCAR" showing indigenous blacksmiths working outdoors, sepia-tone with red caption, writing on back, good edges. $30.00 mp

    BORDER GUARDS. "28. Menton. Borne frontière" showing 2 border guards, color postcard from L. V. & Cie. circa 1915, unused, 2 small corner creases, minor corner & edge wear. $7.00 fp

    BREAD SELLERS. "15 TOZEUR. -- Marchands de Pains. - LL." Showing bread sellers in Tunisia, black & white on green back, large album adherences on back. $6.00 tp

    BREAD SELLERS. "21 - Tanger. 'Puerta del Soco (venta del Pan)" showing bread sellers near the market entrance, black & white postcard, unused but pen-line in upper left front corner. $6.00 tp

    BREAD SELLERS. "...EGYPTIAN TYPES AND SCENES. -- Bread Seller. -- LL." showing a young man selling bread in large loops (pretzels?), unused color post card with much corner rounding & edge wear. A number begins the caption but it is hard for us to read it. $10.00 ep

    BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. "Cable Spinning - Golden Gate Bridge" unnumbered postcard with exceptionally interesting work scene & fresh appearance. $15.00 bc(o)p NEW / NOV / NY

    BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. "RAISING UNIT OF STEEL TO BAY BRIDGE CABLE" #1229, postcard with exceptionally interesting work scene, long but not distracting crease. $10.00 bc(o)p NEW / NOV / NY

    BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. "The 'Squeezer' Putting Finishing Touches on Huge Bay Bridge Cable" #1006, exceptionally interesting postcard, fresh appearance. $15.00 bc(o)p NEW / NOV / NY

    BULLFIGHTER. "Rodolfo Gaona" full-length view from the side, with his cape; hand-colored / tinted real photo, unused, mild edge wear except for 1 / 4" tear. His debut was in 1905 in México. He later competed in Spain with figures of great stature such as Joselito and Belmonte. The "gaonera" is named after him. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (202,148) or .tif format. $1.50 bnp%%

    BROOM SALESMAN. "Excobas, petates y tenates / J. G. Hatten, Mexico.  No 3330" showing a seller of brushes & brooms, color targeta postal mailed at Juarez 1911 to Ohio, stamp folded over edge, faint corner crease, corner wear, paper browning with age. $18.00 m(g)p

    BUTCHERS. "Beef Cutting Dept., U. S. Y., Chicago" black & white, circa 1908, much writing on back, trivial wear at 2 corners, light toning near the back edges. $20.00 (fpi)

    BUTCHERS. "Greetings from BROOME" showing a work scene at a New South Wales meat works, unused chrome. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (npf)

BUTCHERS. "Vialar -- Boucheries Indigène" showing butchers doing their work in open air, unused postcard, fairly fresh. Wow! $20.00

    BUTTER SELLER. "Middelburg - Botermarkt." showing a butter market in open air, sepia-tone briefkaart with very late usage with very late usage at Ryderwood Washington (one of its cancels has the time upside-down, the other has it corrected). One bottom corner multiply creased, all corners soft with wear, very light toning in the upper front margin. $10.00 npf

CABBAGE SELLER. "96   EGYPTIAN TYPES AND SCENES. -- Cabbage Seller. -- LL." showing a man with his loaded donkey, caption in French on the back is less specific (just indicates vegetables), postcard with tiny corner creases, light speckles of toning on the back, front color is fresh & appealing. $8.50 ep

CABINET MAKERS. "Anthony Hay's Cabinetmaking Shop /  Williamsburg, Virginia" with 3 men working, unused chrome post card, short ink line on front. $0.50 (vp)*

    CAMEL DRIVER. "Brushwood-laden camel and camel drivers" sepia-tone real photo postcard from A. Abassi, unused. $20.00 ap

CAMEL DRIVER. "Camel driver at the site / of the Sphingx(sic) an(sic) the pyra- / mid of Khufru. Egypt" home=made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 from Fillmore Missouri, trivial wear at 2 corners, light spot of toning on back. $1.75 ep

    CANDY VENDER. "7876 Mexican Candy Vender on / Military Plaza, San Antonio, Texas" postcard mailed 1918, very heavily toned back, corner crease, edge wear, unusual subject matter. $3.00 (tp)

CARPET REPAIR. "No. 767 / Carpet repairing, Kshn" unused continental post card, unusual subject matter, near mint. (3 available) $2.00 each ip

CARPET SELLERS. "Afghanistan, Road side carpet sellers / Photo: M. Anderson (T.T) (1990)" with some of their wares draped over the side of a bridge, oversize postcard with 2002 copyright, excellent condition. $2.00 ap

CHARCOAL VENDORS. "Carboneros y sus novias.   I. G. Hatton, Mexico No,3363" showing charcoal sellers with their wares & customers, unused color tarjeta postal, minor corner wear & rounding. $10.00 m(g)p

CHARCOAL VENDORS. "M12 Vendedores de Carbon C Valles S L P  Mexico" showing 2 charcoal vendors with their loaded burros, unused Eke real photo with excellent contrast & focus, fairly fresh. C Valles abbreviates Cuidad de Valles. $6.00 m(s)p

    CHEFS. "HOTEL BURGUNDY / 8, rue Duphot (Madeleine) - PARIS / Cuisine du Restaurant" including 3 chefs at work, unused black & white carte postale from L. Vauclin, tiny corner crease with wear. An interesting scene. $17.50 cf(p)i(r)p

    CITRUS FRUIT VENDOR. "... / Zitronenverkäuferin / Citromấrusnö."  showing a woman's stand at an open-air market, probably in Eastern Europe, unused monochromatic green postcard in vertical format, minor corner & edge wear but otherwise fresh. The characters in the beginning line of the caption cannot be reproduced due to font limitations. $10.00 pf

CLOTH SALESMAN. "East Pakistan. Itinerant salesman / carry(sic) cloth to remote tribesmen" home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1961 from New Market Indiana. $1.75

    COAL CARRIER. "A HAPPY WORKER", COAL WOMAN OF ST. THOMAS, V.I." black & white from Taylor's Book Store, unused & fairly fresh. The best postcard we have ever seen from the US Virgin Islands. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

    COAL CARRIERS. "Coal Carriers / Barbados" showing several women bearing heavy loads on their heads, black-and-white, fresh appearance, good edges. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (177,276 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 bp

    COALMEN. "AUBE -- Charbonniers de la Forêt d'Othe" showing coalmen, unused carte postale, toned spot on back. $37.50 fp

    COBBLER. "JAPANESE COBBLER AT WORK." seated out-of-doors, color carte postale with very late usage at Shoemaker New Mexico, small corner crease, noticeable edge wear especially at the top. $4.50 jp

SMALL ORDERS ARE WELCOME!

    COFFEE PLANTATION WORKERS. "Pesando el Café Para la Exportación" showing coffee being weighed for export by 3 workers & a supervisor, color tarjeta postal, paper lightly browned with age muting the colors. mild wear at the corners (including 2 small creases not into the image). Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 ep

CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. "Lampert Lumber Co. / Waubay S. D." showing 3 workmen pausing in the fall erection effort for a long 2-story wooden building, mailed Jan 31 1911 by one of the people shown (S. I. Dilley). to another Dilley in Youngstown Ohio; good edges, slight oxidation. Unique & as interesting as they get. $60.00 slpg(s)g(d)& NEW / NOV / NY

COOKWARE VENDOR. "168 Marché" sepia-tone showing a cookware vendor, made in Tunis stamped on back, unused & interesting. $7.00 tp

    COTTON CLEANER. "Cotton Cleaner" undivided back (pre-1908) interesting & unused, unusual subject matter, original price handstamped on back in violet. From The Phototype Company in Bombay. $10.00 (ip)

COWBOYS & COWGIRLS. Please see Cowboy & Cowgirls postcards.

CRACKER PACKERS. "Packing Hanover Crackers, Smith & Son, White River Jc. Vt." showing 2 women & 2 men packing barrels, unused black & white post card made in Germany, minor corner rounding. Circa 1909, though the factory shown dates to 1871. $12.00 v(w)fip NEW / NOV / NY

CUCUMBER VENDOR. "Vendeuse de concombre" showing a cucumber vendor in color postcard with undivided back mailed 1911 at Suez to France, minor corner & edge wear, unusual subject matter. $20.00 (ep)

    CURIOSITY VENDOR. "338 EGYPTE. -- Marchand de curiosités / Comptoir Philatélique d'Egypte. -- Alexandrie" showing a vendor of curiosities (such as a large animal skull), black & white postcard with undivided back, unused, album marks at front corners, wear at one corner shows on back. $27.50 (ep)

DANCERS. Have a separate listing due to their numbers.

    DATE MERCHANT. "Marchand ambulant. / Editeur Max Fuchtermann, Constantinople. 1514  Phot. Sébah à Joaillier" color postcard with undivided back, neat writing both sides, mild corner wear, light album marks on front. The man is a date merchant as shown and specified on the following postcard. $12.00 tp%

    DATE MERCHANT. "Marchand de Dattes.  Constantinople." a heavily-laden vendor weighing some dates with a hand scale, color post card, numbered 12615 on back, unused, corner & edge wear. $20.00 tp

DOCTORS & MEDICAL WORKERS. These are listed separately--just click to visit.

    DOG HANDLER. "At the Judge's Stand, Hollywood Dog Track, / Hollywood, Florida  F39" Unused linen postcard with fresh color, tiny corner bend. $2.00 rdfp

DUST-BIN COLLECTOR. "Ramasseur d'ordures. Constantinople." Showing a dust-bin collector with his shovel & mule, fresh colors, circa 1912, unused, numbered 38 on back, minor corner wear, very unusual subject matter. The only postcard we have ever seen with this necessary occupation. $60.00 tp

    EAR CLEANER. "CHINESE EAR CLEANER / MANILA-881." with a seated client, unused Rexo real photo, lightly toned front, heavily toned back, most unusual subject matter. $40.00 pp

    ETCHING. "TEACHENOR- BARTBERGER ENGRAVING CO., KANSAS CITY" showing work scenes in their zinc etching and halftone etching departments, undivided back, inconspicuous corner crease, name on face, addressed. $12.50

    FARMERS. "Drying of the unhulled rice." Japanese scene in color post card, unused, interesting. $4.25

    FARMERS. "One of our Hay Stacks 45 ft. long contains 16 tons" real photo from Kit Carson Colorado, mailed there 1910, caption from writing on back. Interesting view with 4 men working and the apparatus used to hoist them up. $20.00 (cpa)

FIREMEN. Please see Fires & Firefighting postcards.

FISHMONGER. "Fishmonger" also captioned in Japanese, color postcard, unused, undivided back, made in Japan, mild corner wear, back has several small scratches. $4.75 jp

    FISH VENDOR. "99.-SIDEWALK FISH VENDERS AND SEA FOOD RESTAURANTS, / FISHERMAN'S WHARF, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA" unused linen from Nature Tone Views. $3.50

    FISH WIFE. "NEWHAVEN / FISH WIFE" bearing a large basket on her back, unused postcard from Valentine's Artotype series, trivial corner wear, tiny spot of light toning on back. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ecpw

FISH WIFE. "NEWHAVEN / FISH WIFE." holding hands with her child, color Valentine's Artotype postcard, unused, long crease, corner wear & rounding. $2.75 ep

    FLOWER SELLERS. "Flower Sellers, Adderley Street, Cape Town" showing several black vendors with baskets of flowers against a backdrop of much traffic, color postcard view published by Valentine & Sons; small piece of one corner gone, serrated edge from booklet. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 cfp

    FLOWER SELLERS & FRUIT VENDORS. "Market street / Market street : many women's selling of fruits and / flowers on the back street" in the Ryukyus, also captioned in Japanese; unused continental postcard with fresh appearance. $1.75 rp

FOOD INSPECTORS. "INSPECTING FRUIT BEFORE BEING EXPORTED. / Fruit exported form Victoria is subjected to a rigid inspection. / Buyers oversea may rely on receiving the best quality." including several crates, some open, with legible labeling (e.g., GJ & Co, 1 bushel sorted apples, Alfred E. Eagle ...); elaborate back advertising settlement allotments available for mixed farming in Victoria Australia, under the Closer Settlement Acts; black & white postcard issued by direction of the Honorable J. E. Mackey (Commissioner of Crown Lands); a lot of edge wear at the lower right front corner, other edge wear is minor, lightly toned back. $6.00 vfpa NEW / NOV / NY

    FORTUNE-TELLER. "…SCÈNES et TYPES - ALGER Une cartomancienne locale" caption very hard to read, showing a local fortune-teller, one uneven edge (from booklet separation), tiny tear at top from booklet separation, very late usage in the US. A beautiful card. $18.00

    FRUIT VENDOR. "2955.  A Fruit Vendor, Mexico." showing an elderly lady tempting train passengers, color, mailed to Ohio, minor corner & edge wear, light toning on back. $6.00 mp

    FRUIT VENDOR. "Fruitvender(sic), / HAVANA, / Cuba" with his elaborate cart in color, postcard with name written on the undivided back, published by The Diamond News Company, mild corner wear & rounding, lightly toned both sides. $9.00 cp

    FRUIT VENDOR. "ROADSIDE FRUIT VENDORS / Near Pusan, Korea / 218" real photo post card, free mail to Ohio from APO 301. $10.00 (kp). Same, but toned back, a few spots of toning on front & date of 1953 written on back. Shown. $8.00 kp

    GAME WARDENS. "8 - Flagrant délit de Braconnage // Nulle équivoque ! pris en fraude / Le délit est certain, flagrant, // C'est le rapport de la maraude, - / Tel qui croit attraper se prend !" showing French game wardens seizing a rabbit from poachers; unused carte postale with 4-line poem referring to the flagrant violation, back & front caption areas toned. Unusual subject matter. $8.50 hppl

GARBAGEMEN. "74 -- Alger. - Transport des immondices" showing a large garbage wagon, black & white on brownish paper, unused, very unusual subject matter, minor corner wear, ding at one edge that is hard to see from the front. $35.00

    GARLIC VENDOR. "Costumes Portuguezes. 'Venedeira d'alhos'." showing a Portuguese garlic vendor, unused, album paste on back. $7.50

GINGER PEELERS. "Greetings from Jamaica, B. W. I. / Ginger Peelers" showing 5 women & 4 baskets full of their work, unused color postcard numbered 225 & 65650 on the back, faint small bend at one upper corner, otherwise good edges. $5.00 jp NEW / NOV / NY

GLASS FACTORY WORKERS. "When in El Paso or Juarez visit CRISTALES de / CHIHUAHUA, GLASS FACTORY…" unused chrome multiview including 2 work scenes & example products, rounded corners as issued. $2.00

    GRASS SELLER. "10. Maltese Grass Seller" color post card with undivided back, unused, lightly toned back, unusual subject matter. $18.00 mp

    GRAVE ROBBERS. NATIVES DIGGING ANCIENT INDIAN GRAVES FOR / GOLD ORNAMENTS AND POTTERY, PANAMA" color postcard from Vibert & Dixon, unused, minor corner wear, unusual subject matter. $7.00 pp+

    GRINDER. "3.--Petits Métiers-- Aiguiseur Chinois. Little crafts--Chinese grinder" black & white, circa 1915, unused, minor corner wear & rounding, brownish paper. $35.00 cp

    GUARD. "King's House, Home of Governor, Kingston, Jamaica..." including a guard at the entrance, unused postcard with underinked colors on paper browning with age, circa 1910, small corner crease, toned back edges. $7.00 jp

    HAT MAKERS. "Making Hats in Porto Rico" showing 4 seated women (2 indoors) working the straw; color postcard with 1912 copyright, mailed in Haverhill Massachusetts, considerable corner & edge ear, two long creases in the upper left front corner, as is. Message on back from B. W. Hayes & Company advertises trip to Isles of Shoals on the Maine / New Hampshire border. $4.25 pp

    HAT VENDOR. "© 1909 by Waldrop Photographic Co., San Juan, Porto Rico. / HAT VENDORS IN SAN JUAN." one with a loaded burro, the other carrying the load himself; unused, toning & things in front border corners from album mounting, long corner crease not too conspicuous. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 pp(h)

HAT VENDOR. "189. SOMBREROS, MEX." showing a Mexican street vendor surrounded by hundreds of hats at his feet, sepia-tone real photo post card on linen paper, circa 1935, mailed to Ohio but stamp removed. $4.25 (mmp) NEW / NOV / NY

    HAWKER. "Malay Hawker, Singapore" standing amidst children with his wares on a pole, color postcard, unused, circa 1910, numbered 9 in lower left corner. $19.00 sp

    HELICOPTER PILOT. "'STABLE MABEL' ONE-MAN HELICOPTER / built for the Office of Naval Research and U. S. / Army by Kellett Aircraft Corporation of Horsham, Pa. ..." unused black & white postcard with glossy finish, much pertinent information printed on back, front has several trivial abrasions & light toning. Unusual subject matter. Note pilot's no-hands display. $7.00 a(m)p(h)p(h)

    HOP PICKERS. "PICKERS ARRIVING FOR WORK / IN AN OREGON HOP FIELD" unused black & white from Patton Post Card Company, numbered 44837 on back, mild wear at top edge, minor wear at one corner. An interesting view. $6.00 oap

    HOP PICKERS. "PICKING HOPS IN OREGON" including 4 workers & 2 baskets; black & white postcard with printer's markings on back dating Aug 24 1915 & price charged, paper browning evenly with age, unique & interesting. $12.00 oap*

    IRON FITTERS. "LES USINES DE DION-BOUTON / LES FERREURS EN VOITURE" showing French iron fitters at a carriage works, unused sepia-tone carte postale with undivided back. Dion-Bouton made automobiles from 1883 to 1932; in 1900 they were the largest auto manufacturer in the world. Extraordinary & seldom seen. $35.00 p(i)ia

    JUGGLER. "EXPÉDITION DE CHINE. / 2010.--Acrobate Chinois dans une Rue de Tien-Tsin" showing a Chinese juggler / acrobat standing on his hands, black & white, undivided back postcard, unused, lightly toned back. $35.00 (cp(j))

    LAWYER / ADVOCATE. "14.--La femme avocat. / Les hommes font-ils meilleure besogne en politique? Quel mépris nous vient au cœur pour eux devant let faits. / La France divisée en partis ennemis s'entredechirant, la haine des classes attisée, devenue en moyen de gouverneur, les / déclassés remplissant les villes et les campagnes manquant de bras; ... / … / Je salue l'aurore des temps nouveaux, l'avènement aux affaire de la femme." Image of woman in lawyer robes standing behind a child. French is argumentative & sarcastic-- something to the effect "Why not women lawyers? Men do a lousy job at it! ... I greet the advent of new times when women are in business." Undivided back postcard, mailed in France, small corner crease, minor edge wear, album impressions at the corners. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 splw(s)

    LOBSTER TRAP MAKERS. "Bath, Me., Making Lobster Traps, New Meadows River." unused color post card made in Germany, numbered 6484 on back, tiny corner crease, faint album marks on back. An interesting scene. $9.50 m(b)m(n)p

    LUPINI VENDOR. "VENDITRICE DI LUPINI / (Lupinara)" showing a female vendor of lupini beans, signed art (AV or BV?) in color on an undivided back cartolina postale, browning paper on back, circa 1900 - 1905. Very unusual & specialized subject matter; the beans are very difficult to cook unless you have the know-how & patience. $25.00 ifp+

    MAIL CARRIERS. "HONORING / the / MAIL CARRIER / and / NATIONAL POSTCARD WEEK / May 7-13, 1989" showing a collage of 11 US stamps honoring the postal service, unused, from a limited edition of 1000, near mint. $2.00 pppp

MANGO SELLER. "346 Sud-Vietnam - SAIGON /  Marchande de mangues" hand-colored / tinted real photo showing a woman selling mangoes, production Van-Hen, unused & fairly fresh. $7.00 sp

    MASON. "21. Bassin d'Arachon - Une Pasqueuse" showing a female mason at a French work site, postcard mailed 1901 to England. $72.50 (fpw)

    MASSEUR. "66 / AIX-LES-BAINS.-- Établissement Thermal, Massage" showing two men giving another man a massage, remarkable image, undivided back post card, unusual subject matter. $55.00 (f(a)sp)

    MEAT GRADER. "Sides of beef are 'quartered' before expert / graders determine the quality. / Only the choicest been is branded 'Swift's / Premium'." showing a worker applying that grade to some ribs with a roller, monochromatic blue-green postcard, mailed 1949, minor wear at one corner, cancel ink in left front border. $6.00 fpa

MEDICINE VENDOR. "A Native Medicine Vendor." seated on a street with his wares (many roots & herbs) displayed before him, sepia-tone SAPSCOreal photo postcard with crisp contrast & slight oxidation, mailed at Durban 1924, slight curl to the paper, small bottom corner crease. Sender writes in part: 'He seems to have plenty of remedies but few patients.' $35.00 smpp& NEW / NOV / NY

    See also Mermaid postcards.

    METAL BUFFERS. "Metal Buffers, Sheffield." In Derbyshire, England; exceptionally interesting, unused, album marks on back, lightly toned back. $16.00 ep

    MILK INSPECTOR. "A milk inspection, Brussels, Belgium" with a 3-dog cart, color postcard, unused & fresh appearance. Special policemen are assigned to stop the carts anywhere to inspect for cleanliness. $15.00 dbfpl

    MILK INSPECTOR. "Anvers / Laitière Flamande / H. N. à A. No. 36" showing a milk inspection, undivided back post card in black & white, unused. $25.00 dblp

MILKMAID. "27 -- Laitière Normands.  ND Phot." showing a French milkmaid on the back of a donkey, black & white, very late usage at Old Trap North Carolina, noticeable wear along 2 edges. $5.00 fp

    MILKMAID. "Melkslijters Noord-Brabant." with 3 dogs pulling in the Netherlands, color postcard, P. F. van den Ende No. 292, writing on front, undivided back, unused & fresh appearance. $17.50 dnp

    MILKMAID."Milk Woman" in India, color postcard with undivided back, minor wear at one corner, couple small spots of toning on back. $12.50 ip

    MILKMAID. "Napoli - Venditrice di latte" showing a female milk vendor with her stock. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 ip

    MILKMAN. "2056 Milchkarren" with milk man being helped by 2 dogs, Swiss published by Photoglob Co., unused, writing on back. $15.00 dsp(m)

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MILK MERCHANT. "14. - DJIBOUTI - Marchandes de lait" showing milk merchants, mailed to Belgium but stamps removed from both sides. $8.50

    MILK MERCHANT. "Vendedora de leche, Lima (Perú)" showing a milk vendor on horseback, color postcard, small indentations at upper right corner, unused, light toning on back. $6.00 p(l)p(m)

    MINERS. "1151 Machine Drill." with a good look at the equipment, color from Mitchell, brownish paper, corner crease, couple small spots of toning on back. Good work scene. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mpm

MINERS. "Carey Sal Mine, Hutchinson, Kansas" showing a work scene with 5 miners, unused linen postcard from Phillips News, fresh appearance. $4.00

MINERS. "LOADING A CAR IN AN ANTHRACITE COAL MINE / 44831" post card mailed from Fleetville Pennsylvania 1956 (2 different cancels). $2.50

MINERS. "M-17 CUTTING COAL AT FACE OF CHAMBER" linen postcard mailed 1940, corner crease. $3.75

    MINERS. "Miners going down the Shaft of Coal Mine." Close-up in color, mailed 1907, undivided back, minor corner wear & rounding. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (mp)

    MINERS. "Placer Mining, near Steamboat Springs, Colo." showing two miners at work circa 1910, unused sepia-tone post card, edge toning & album remnant on back. $15.00 cmp

    MINT WORKERS. "Silver Rolling Room. The Royal Mint." black & white postcard showing many people working at different jobs, exceptionally interesting, unused, very light but extensive toning both sides. $13.50 np

MODEL. "INTERLOCHEN CENTER FOR THE ARTS, home of / the National Music Camp and Interlochen Arts Academy…" postcard showing a painting class in progress, working with a seated model; addressed & stamped but no cancel, fairly fresh, unusual subject matter. $2.00 m(i)p

MOTHER-OF-PEARL CRAFTSMEN. "Perlmutterarbeiter. /  Ouevriers en nacre / Workers in mother of pearl" showing 4 men at work each doing a different task, color postcard from A. Michel Frères, Turquie printed on back, toned back, mild corner wear & rounding. Exceptionally interesting. $12.50 tp

    MUSELET MAKERS. "Moët et Chandon / Fabrication des Muselets" unused, shows French workers making wire baskets for champagne corks. $30.00 (afp)*

NATURALIST. COLUMBUS (FRANKLIN COUNTY). "BLACKLICK WOODS METROPOLITAN PARK / Columbus… / A naturalist points out interesting birdlife…" unused chrome from N. C. Cohen & Son, rounded corners as issued, fresh appearance. $2.50 op

    NUT VENDOR. "Costumi Napoletani_Il Venditore Di Fragole" showing a boy in Naples selling nuts from a basket. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75. ibp

    OIL WELL WORKERS. "FILLING TORPEDO WITH NITRO GLYCERINE TO SHOOT AN OIL WELL / NEAR BOWLING GREEN, OHIO" unused black & white on undivided back from E. M. Hubbard, mild yellowish paper. Exceptionally interesting. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original area) & enhanced 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 o(b)po

    ONION SELLER. "AN ONION'S SELLER. ST. MICHAEL'S-AZORES" Unused, excellent condition. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ap

OPAL VENDOR. "2601. An Opal Vendor. A Common Mexican Type" color post card with condescending message on the back, published by Miguel Gonzales, unused. $15.00 mp

    ORANGE SELLER. "138 _ Algérie _ Jeune Arabe vendeur d'oranges. L. V. S." action shot of a boy selling an orange, color postcard on brownish paper, Edition Aqua-Photo, unused, corner wear & rounding, toned back. $25.00

    ORANGE SELLER. "AN ORANGE GIRL" signed Oscar Wilson art depicting a girl selling oranges, No. 72, printed & published by Pulman & Sons, unused, copyrighted, much corner wear & rounding, lightly toned back. $4.25 a(w)gp

ORANGE VENDORS. "Les Marchands d'oranges" postcard with good color showing orange vendors on the street, from Lehnert & Landrock, numbered 586 on back, unused & , much corner & edge wear, two small spots of toning on back, interesting. $12.50 tp

    OSTRICH FEEDER. "'Feeding Oranges' / Cawston Ostrich Farms / California" long crease that is hard to see, unused postcard in color. $6.50 (opc)

    OSTRICH PLUCKER. "3116 - Gathering the Plumes, Cawston Ostrich Farm, California" postcard with fresh color from Mitchell, unused, soft corners. Note that the ostrich being plucked is hooded to calm it down. $10.00 (oc(p)pm)

    OSTRICH PLUCKER. "3116 - Gathering the Plumes, Cawston Ostrich Farm, California" postcard with fresh color from Mitchell, unused, soft corners. Note that the ostrich being plucked is hooded to calm it down. $10.00 (oc(p)pm). Same postcard, writing on back dates to 1919, mild corner & edge wear. $9.00 opmc(p)

OSTRICH TRAINER. "3113 -- 'Breaking the Young Ones' Cawston Ostrich Farm, California" color post card on brownish paper from Edward Mitchell, unused, small indentations on bottom edge could be trimmed, other edge wear minor. $4.75 omp*

    PALACE GUARDS. "825. - MONACO / Carabiniers, Gardes d'Honneur du Prince" sepia-tone on green back, unused, minor corner wear. $4.50 mp

PALACE GUARDS. "Guardian of the palace / in Bundi, India." including his large sword prominently, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1965 at Ottawa Ohio. $2.00 ip

    PARK RANGER. "1749--LINCOLN'S HEAD--The gigantic size of /  Gutzom Borglum's work at Mt. Rushmore..." with park ranger for scale, unused chrome from the Burgess Company, lightly toned back, 2 tiny corner crease. $1.00 slp

    PASTRY COOK. "13.--Petits Métiers--Pâtissier Chinois. Little Crafts--Chinese Pastry cook". black & white, circa 1915, unused postcard, minor corner wear & rounding, brownish paper. $17.50 Same, but sepia-tone on brownish paper, unused, a few tiny marks on back. $17.00 (cp)

    PEACOCK FEEDER. "THE PEACOCK FARM NEAR / ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA" showing an Indian woman feeding a large group of birds, linen postcard numbered 27820N on back, mailed 1927 to Florida, minor corner wear. $5.00 f(s)bp NEW / NOV / NY

    PEANUT SORTER. "Sorting Peanuts, Peanut Factory, Norfolk, Va. / 1220." showing several black workers, color postcard from I. Stern, made in Germany, mailed at Ocean View Virginia in 1911 (clear partial cancel), small corner crease, minor wear at one corner. $14.00 bvp

    PEARL DIVERS. "FAMOUS PLACE AND FINE PROSPEKTS IN (SHIMA)" black & white postcard showing 4 female pearl divers inspecting their harvest of oysters and other seafood at Mikimoto Pearl Island; late usage in the United States, minor corner wear. $5.00 jp

    PEARL DIVERS. "FISHER WOMEN IN PROVINCE SHIMA / WOMAN IS SAID TO HAVE A LONGER BREATH…" showing pearl divers. black & white, mailed in US. $5.00 (jp)

    PEDIATRIC NURSE. "CHATEAU-THIERRY. - Methodist Memorial / Créche" showing a pediatric nurse in France, green back, unused, unusual subject matter. $16.50 (fpm)+

    PEDIATRIC NURSE. "DR. BARNARDO'S HOMES.--The Gordon Ward in H.M. Hospital, Stepney Causeway." showing several beds for boys & 2 pediatric nurses in attendance, black & white post card, mailed 1906 but stamp removed, extensive light reddish toning near the back bottom obscures nothing, light toning on front, one small bottom corner crease (not into image) . Doctor Thomas John Barnardo was a Victorian social entrepreneur best known for rescuing homeless & afflicted children from the streets. He died in the year previous to this mailing, so the postcard may be part of a fund-raising campaign launched immediately thereafter to fill the void caused by the loss of his considerable fund-raising skills & connections. The first of many homes he established for such children was at Stepney Causeway. $20.00 spegci

    PEWTERER. "The pewterer at his forge, Old Sturbridge Village, / Sturbridge, Massachusetts." Chrome from a photo by Walter H. Miller, mailed 1975, lightly toned back, minor corner & edge wear. $2.00. Unused, trivial corner wear. Shown. $2.50 mp

    PITCH DIGGERS. "Pitch Diggers, Trinidad." dark red caption, from Davidson & Todd, unused, album impressions at corners. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (tp)

    PITSAWYERS. "5.--Petits Métiers-- Scieurs de long / Little crafts.-- Pitsawyers." black & white post card, unused, unusual subject matter, corner wear & rounding, spots of toning both sides. $25.00 (cp)

    POLICEMEN. "E7108(?) POLICE HEADQUARTERS, BRIDGEPORT, CONN." with approximately 60 uniformed officers stand in front of the entrance, color post card made in Germany, mailed 1908, well rounded corners, long corner crease. The beginning of the caption is hard to read, so the publisher's number may be wrong. $4.50 clp

    POLICEMEN. "Mounted Police / Barbados, W. I." chrome postcard mailed there 1965 to US but stamp removed. minor corner & edge wear. $1.50 blhp

    PORTERS / COOLIES. "Chinese Coolie carrying 250 lbs / 108. Tientsin China" AZO real photo postcard with triangles up and down, unused, corner crease, corner wear & rounding, toned back, light toning on front. $12.00 cp

    PORTERS / COOLIES. "Hamals. / Souvenir de   / Editeur Max Fruchtermann, Constantinople.  1119. Photogr. Sébah..." showing 4 porters resting with a large-barrel load, color post card, unused, undivided back, light album impressions at the corners, tiny but nonetheless noticeable scrape near top front edge, good edges. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a slightly larger than full-size 75-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 tp%

    POSTAL WORKERS / POSTMEN. "Post Office Force, Lakeview, Mich." showing & naming the Postmaster, clerks, messengers & RFD carriers by route, postcard mailed there 1907 (straight-line cancel), minor corner wear & rounding. Marvelous! $47.50 (mpph-mr)

    POSTAL WORKERS / POSTMEN. "12. The Postman" with his mailbag, sepia-tone post card in vertical format, very late usage at Mantoloking New Jersey, minor corner rounding, back toned. $5.50NEW / NOUVEAU / NY

    POTTERS. Please see the Pottery postcards category. Shown here is an ornamenter at Wedgwood.

POTTERY MENDER. "12.--Petits Métiers--Raccommodeur de Faïence. Little crafts--Chinese mender." black & white postcard on browning paper, circa 1915, unused, album marks at front corners. The man is mending pottery. $30.00 cpp

POTTERY VENDOR. "Tipicos Vendedores de Olles. / Typical Pottery Vendors. / Texcoco, México. / Foto: Luis Márquez" two men, heavily laden, at the roadside in México State; color postcard, notice on back dates to 1951, red check mark penned on back, good edges. $1.50 m(m)pp

POTTERY VENDOR. "VENDEDOR DE JARROS. / MEXICO. 169" showing a pottery vendor, Kodak real photo, writing on back, good edges. $4.75 mp

    POTTERY VENDOR. "Venditore di / terraglie" showing a pottery vendor in Napoli, mailed 1900, Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 ipp

    POULTRY MERCHANT. "520. Mexico.  Vendedores de pollos. / J. C. S." showing men selling poultry (turkeys we think--note the red heads) from a burro, undivided back, corner crease, corner & edge wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 mp

    POULTRY MERCHANT. "Syrienne marchande de volailles." showing a poultry merchant. undivided back from when Syria was part of Turkey, unused, Postcard has sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 sp%

    PRISON GUARDS. "Annex, Ohio State Penitentiary, / Columbus, Ohio" showing 4 guards relaxing by playing checkers & playing the guitar, beds nearby; unused color post card from S. E. Harriman, made in Germany, bottom corners creased (1 weakened), mild corner wear otherwise, lightly toned back. $8.00 o(c)ppm

    QUARRYMEN. "24--Granite Quarry, Barre, Vermont" including several workers on a ledge, unused linen postcard, mild corner softening.  $3.25 vmp

    RAG COLLECTOR. "Chinese Rag Collector" sepia-tone postcard, unused, circa 1910. $30.00 cp

    RAILROAD CROSSING GUARD. Uncaptioned sepia-tone Azo (triangles both ways) real photo postcard in vertical format of a man holding a stop sign, his shack nearby, and part of a depot seen across the tracks. Unimportant toning both sides, slight pinhole reductions along the top edge, noticeable wear at 2 corners. Remarkable, and rare. $100.00 p NEW / NOV / NY

    RICKSHA BOY. "Here is a nice / man As long as you don't get the oder(sic)" real photo postcard showing a rickshaw puller, good detail & contrast, caption taken from writing on back, mailed 1936 from Durban Natal to Michigan using 2 South African stamps, slight curl to the paper. $4.50 nsp

    RICKSHA BOY. "RICKSHA BOYS" showing 3 side-by-side ready for fares, unused color post card, numbered 1638 on back, light toning at the back edges, minor corner wear. $7.00 spb

    ROOF ROLLER. "Roof-rolling, Syria / (From 'Over Sea and Land')." undivided back black & white post card in vertical format, mailed 1907 in the US to Carl Hatter of Scranton Pennsylvania, stamp removed thinning the back, mild corner rounding, faint album marks at the corners, 2 internal creases, paper toning consistent with age. The only time we have seen this occupation pictured on postcard. $25.00 sp NEW / NOV / NY

    RUBBER TAPPERS. "RUBBER TAPPING, CEYLON." showing several workers extracting sap from the trees, unused real photo of British manufacture, good edges. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 cpt

    SALT MINE WORKER. "942 Harvesting Salt near Great Salt Lake, Utah / Photo by Davis" unused linen, pertinent information on back, album marks on back. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (mup)

     SALT MINE WORKER. "Salt Beds, near Great Salt Lake, Utah" showing a man & horse plowing there; unused postcard with beautiful pastel colors from Souvenir Novelty Company, made in USA circa 1908-1910, numbered A-7988 on back, remnant & small thin on back from album removal, trivial wear at 2 corners. $5.00 up

SAND CARRIER. "Sand carrier in Portugal" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1963 at Holtwood Pennsylvania, unusual subject matter. $2.00 (pp(s))

    SARDINE SELLER. "AUX SABLES D'OLONNE - La Marchande de Sardines." color postcard, mailed TCV 1905 at Gare d'Angouleme in Charente (clear cancels), lightly toned back, lightly toned front, 2 corner creases, internal crease, mild corner wear & rounding. Charming. $12.00 fp

    SATAY VENDOR. "SOERABAIA. / Saté-verkooper." showing a roadside satay vendor, briefkaart uit Nederlandsch-Indiê with very late usage at Smiths Alabama, paper lightly & evenly browned with age. $16.00 np

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    SAWYER. "LA NORMANDIE / PITTORESQUE / 4508. - En voilà du Sport - crayé me" depicting a sawyer, color post card, unused, lightly toned back, writing on front below caption translates dialect to 'croyez-moi'. $35.00 fp

    SAWYER. "Sawing Timber" showing 4 men at work, writing on back, c.1910 postcard, tiny pinhole closes well at top center, trivial corner wear. $12.50 pi NEW / NOV / NY

    SECRETARY. "A SWEET JOB" arcade card with Earl Moran art. $7.00 mpa. Same but numeral written on back & a little edge wear. $6.50 mpa

SECRETARY. "NOT SO FAST" showing a secretary taking dictation from her boss near a typewriter, sepia-tone mailed 1913 from California Pennsylvania, corner & edge wear, pencil writing on back rubbed in places, corner crease. $4.00 tp

SENTRY. ""WHITEHALL, 'SENTRY ON GUARD.'" art in vertical format showing a Horse Guard, unused Tuck Oilette Postcard No. 3546A (Military in London), printed in England, mild wear to one upper corner & one long edge. $4.00 htpe(l)& NEW / NOV / NY

SHEPHERD. "A Pyrenese Shepherd / Rosa Bonheur.  Paris." unused Stengel-published postcard printed in Saxony, Series No. 1129 (29229), rich colors, ready to frame. $3.00 sp

    SHEPHERD. "Shepherd and Flock, Druid Hill Park-Baltimore, Md." black-and-white, unused undivided back, faint album impressions at corners, light toning along the top front edge (darker in the thumbnail than it actually is so you can locate it & see its extent). One of our favorite cards from this city, even though it is not rare. Note the collie dog. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mpa%

    SHEPHERDESS. "Palestine A Shepherdess in the Holy Land…" also captioned in Hebrew & Arabic, monochromatic green on brownish paper from Jamal Bros., numbered 23 & dated 1921 on back, unused, minor wear at one corner. A hauntingly beautiful image. $6.00 pp*+!

    SHOEMAKER. "10. Chants du Quercy / L'Escloupié / Cing sos coustèrou / Cing sos coustèrou (vis) / Lous esclots." showing a French sabotier making shoes using a long knife, his wonderful sign in the background; black-and-white on greenback, very late usage at Sabot Virginia (2 different cancels well struck). $40.00 fp

SHOEMAKER. "JERUSALEM - Cordonnier arab / Arab shoemaker / Schuhmacher" color postcard, numbered 161 on back, unused, tiny spots of toning near one back edge. $8.50 pp

   SHOEMAKER. "Poland: Venerable Old Shoemaker" Printed card reproduces an interesting photo by Wisniack taken in the Warsaw ghetto circa 1930. Excellent condition. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 pjp(s)

    SHOEMAKER. "Shoemaker, Holland Wooden Shoe Factory, Holland, Mich." small size but postcard, unused, unusual subject matter. $4.00 m(h)p

SHOEMAKER. "ZAPATERO REMENDÓN / 432 HAUSER Y MENET.-MADRID  DE 'BLANCO Y NEGRO' REVISTA ILUSTRADA, MADRID" with signed art in black & white showing an itinerant shoemaker at work in the street with his tools, unused tarjeta postal with undivided back. $16.00 sp(s) NEW / NOV / NY

    SILVERSMITH. "I-54  Navajo Silversmith Plying His Trade /  3B-H1398" unused linen, printed in 1942 & distributed by Lollesgard Specialty Company, mild wear at 3 corners. $4.00 ipj

SNACK VENDOR. "VENDEDOR DE TUNAS. MEX. 180" snack vendor seated outside with a flyswatter in hand, real photo mailed Illinois 1908, sender comments on scene, small corner crease, another corner worn. $7.50 mp

SNAKE CHARMER. "1500. Amusement entre amis A. 14" showing a close-up of a snake charmer with a snake wrapped around his neck, black & white on brownish paper, Editions Photo-Africaines, unused, uneven edges as issued. $9.50

SNAKE CHARMER. "171 SCÈNES D'ORIENT / Charmeur de Serpents / PHOTO SOLER, TUNIS" mailed there 1924 to Pennsylvania (25-c & 20-c stamps, indistinct cancels). Interesting because the crowd is also shown. $15.00 tp

SNAKE CHARMER. "An Indian snake charmer / plays dance music for his / cobra,…" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1963 from Franklin Massachusetts. $2.50 mp

    SNAKE CHARMER. "A SAMP WALLAH (SNAKE CHARMERS)" in a group of 3, unused sepia-tone postcard. $10.00 ip

    SNAKE CHARMER. "N. L. 9. -- Tunis. -- Marabout charmeur de serpent" sepia-tone showing a snake charmer, mailed there 1913 (cancel partly off card) to West Virginia, partial cancel on front. $12.50 tp

    SNAKE CHARMER. "Snake Charmers, Tangier" color post card with undivided back, unused, lightly toned back. Shown. $15.00 (t) Divided back mailed 1913 in US, 2 corner creases, corner & edge wear. $11.00 (tp)

    SOUVENIR VENDORS. "407 / Gaspé Nord, Que. / Jeunes gaspésiens vendeurs de bâteaux souvenirs avec / leur chien attelé à une solide charette de bois." showing 2 children vending souvenirs from a dog cart, chrome mailed 1988 within the province. $6.00 (dqp)

    SPA ATTENDANTS. "Kurstadt Baden bei Wien. / Trinkbrunnen in der neuen Trinkhalle.  35619" showing the drinking fountain & 2 spa attendants in vertical format; real photo postcard, 1939 date and accession number stamped in violet on front edge. $4.75 a(b)spi

SPONGE DIVERS. "Greek sponge diver at the St. Nicholas boat line, / Tarpon Springs, Florida" including the ships Agatha & St. Nicholas in vertical format; unused continental postcard printed in the USA, numbered GS1002/3 in stamp box, excellent condition. $2.00 f(t)ps(s)

SPONGE TRIMMERS. "Spongers trim the harvest / on Andros Island, Bahamas." showing 2 men at work near the coast, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 at Sumner Nebraska. $2.50 bp

    STEAM SHOVEL CREW. "Steam-shovel, / In a rock cut, / on the / Panama Canal" including the crew prominently & a bit of the nearby tracks, color post card with very late usage at Lehigh Oklahoma, one corner with small but multiple creases, mild corner & edge wear, long but very thin scrape at lower left front corner. $5.00 cp+

    STEVEDORES. "No. 20.  Loading Banana.  Port Antonio" showing a long line of stevedores, each shouldering a bunch, about to go on a ship; unused black & white postcard from A. Duperly & Sons, toning near back bottom edge possibly from the printing process itself. $12.00 jfp

STEVEDORES. "PORT-SAID / Embarquement de charbons au bord / d'un bateau" showing coal being loaded by stevedores aboard the Hamburg American Line SILESIA (name plainly visible), unused color carte postale from Ephtimios Frères in Port Said, a little light toning along the bottom back edge, minor edge wear. $10.00 es(o)p NEW / NOV / NY

STOCKYARD WORKERS. CHICAGO (COOK COUNTY). "Beef Cutting Dept., U. S. Y., Chicago" black & white, circa 1908, much writing on back. $20.00

STOCKYARD WORKERS. CHICAGO (COOK COUNTY). "Hog Hoist, U. S. Y., Chicago" black & white, circa 1908, writing on back mentions someone having typhoid fever, unusual subject matter. $20.00

STOCKYARD WORKERS. CHICAGO (COOK COUNTY). "Killing Sheep, U. S. Y., Chicago" black & white, circa 1908, unused, minor corner & edge wear, unusual subject matter. $20.00

    STRAW VENDOR. "Sevilla.  Un vendedor de paja. / Coleccion Tomas Sanz, Sevilla. No. 90" showing a straw vendor with his heavily laden mule; unused photochrome post card with undivided back, trivial ding at one edge, otherwise exceptionally fresh for its age. Unforgettable image. $15.00 sp

    STREET PAVER. "BREMER TYPEN / Strassenmacher" signed B. Ahrens art showing a street paver, Dörbecker No. 653, unused, toned back. $7.50 (bp)

    SUBWAY CONDUCTOR. "Tube connecting New-York and Brooklyn / 90 feet under the bed of East River / Photo. Copyright by Pierre P. Pulis 1907" with a train & conductor shown in vertical format, color postcard mailed 1909, small corner crease, mild corner & edge wear. $7.50 sn(e)ppg%

SUGAR PLANTATION WORKERS. "Labourers on Sugar Plantation" black & white mailed there 1917 (cancel faint in spots) to Ohio, soft corners. $12.00 bp

SUGAR PLANTATION WORKERS. "Mauritius. / An Indian family harvests / cane that has matured for 18 / months. Peaks known as Trois / Mamelles bulge beyond the / plantation." in vertical format, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1952 from Iron City Georgia. $3.00 mpm

    SULPHURED WATER VENDOR. "Santa Lucia -- Venditrice acqua Sulfurea  Napoli" showing a young Italian woman vendor of sulphured water (thought by some to have therapeutic properties), Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.75 ip

    SURVEYORS. "GOVERNMENT SURVEYORS AT WORK, QUEENSLAND" including teepee-like shelters, black & white, very lightly toned back. $12.50 eqp*+

    SURVEYORS. "THE CANAL, WINONA LAKE, IND." depicting some surveying activity along its banks, color post card mailed there 1908 by Frank L. Clark, toning from album contact evident on back, corner & edge wear. $10.00 ip*

SWEEPER. "No. 59. THACKER & CO. Ltd. Copyright /  Manufactured in Great Britain" showing an Indian woman with pail and brushes, writing on back notes SS Cordilere on Red Sea 1921, much wear with creasing at 2 corners, unusual subject matter. $6.00 p

    SWEEPER. "Tangier A Sweeper" black & white with dark red caption from Cumbo, unused, toned back, small corner crease. $37.50 tp-

SWEET SELLER. "Cairo, Native sweet seller." black & white from Max H. Rudmann, undivided back, unused, fairly fresh. $15.00

    SWEET SELLER. "TANGIER Moors selling sweets" monochromatic blue-green post card with dark red caption from Cumbo, undivided back, mailed in Philippines 1907, little cancel ink in front sky, small corner crease at bottom, a little wear to the top edge. $15.00 (tp) NEW / NOV / NY

    SWEET SELLER. "Vendeur de douceurs." showing a sweets seller extending his tray towards a young girl customer, unused color postcard with dark red caption below image, undivided back, minor corner & edge wear. $11.00 ep

    TAILOR. "W. D. CHEADLE, / MERCHANT TAILOR / CLEANING & PRESSING" caption from storefront sign, sepia-tone real photo showing the tailor standing in front of his establishment with a tape measure around his neck & a pattern for a coat over his arm. paper has been bent causing 2 long surface cracks to the photo, back is soiled. $15.00 gp%

    TEAMSTERS. "Mountain Teamsters, resting on / Horse-shoe Bend, / near Ashland, Ky." mailed there 1909, Rare. $15.00 (kp)

    TEXTILE WORKERS. "BEAUVAIS. - Manufacture Nationale de Beauvais. Un Atelier de Basse-Lisse" interesting tapestry work scene, carte postale mailed 1924 to United States. $22.50 f(b)tpi

TEXTILE WORKERS. "This engraver tools human hands, / flowers and geometrical designs / on a copper printing cylinder...Congolese textiles" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1961 in US. $2.00

TINSMITH. "The tinsmith at work in his shop, Old Sturbridge / Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts" chrome from a photo by Walter H. Miller, unused & interesting. $2.00 mp

    TOMB GUARD. "Tomb of President McKinley, West Lawn Cemetery, / Canton, Ohio" with an armed guard at its entrance, black & white postcard mailed 1908 but stamp removed. heavily toned back, corner crease. $3.25 o(c)pc

TREE TRIMMER. BINGHAMTON (BROOME COUNTY). "KRP-3191 /  Tree Trimmer / Moonbeam" Binghamton New York QSL with commissioned Runnin' Bare style art, unused & fresh. $2.00 np

    TURTLE FARM WORKER.   "Selecting a specimen at Saltcreek Site, Grand Cayman." Unused chrome showing a turtle farm worker, unusual subject matter. The species they raise here is considered endangered, but they have thousands! Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 cpe

    VEGETABLE VENDOR. "Vegetable Bazar" sepia-tone real photo with good composition and focus, mailed 1919 from Nadiad to Ohio. The gift acknowledged on the back is probably to the Methodist Hospital established there in 1908, because the addressee is in the Epworth League. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (ip)^

VIOLIN MAKER. "Geigenbauwerkstätte in Mittenwald.  Echt Foto 72  Schöpfer der Oktavgeige" showing the old violin maker Johann Reiter at work in his Bavarian factory, real photo postcard with interesting composition & exemplary contrast, deckled edges as issued. The instrument name is sometimes seen as Oktav-Geige, and very few were ever made. It is shaped like a cello, but is the size of a 17" viola, with a narrow chinrest, and it can be played with a cello or viola bow. $25.00 bmip(v)g& NEW / NOV / NY

    WAITERS. "COMPLIMENTARY / Our Ming Palace. First class / Chinese food in elegant surroundings. / INDRA REGENT BANGKOK" showing 6 of its smiling waiters, unused continental post card. $1.50 tp

    WAITERS. "Le Numéro de votre Canard 85,575 The Number of your Duck / (since 1890) / ...La Tour d'Argent..." showing a waiter carving a duck at the oldest restaurant in Paris France; black & white with dark red captions on brownish paper, unused, corner & edge wear. $20.00 fi(r)p

    WASHERMEN. "1. The Dhobi" a washerman with a load of dirty laundry (indelibly marked as to household) that he has collected going from house-to-house ; sepia-tone postcard with very late usage at Crab Orchard Nebraska, noticeable corner & edge wear. $15.00 ip

    WASHERWOMEN. "17.-LOS LAVADEROS, TAXCO GRO." showing many washerwomen at work, unused Papel Kodak real photo tarjeta postal, excellent composition & detail gives a you-are-there type of feeling, good edges. $8.50 m(g)p

WASHERWOMEN. "LAVANDERAS EN TAXCO / Taxco, Grop." showing several washerwomen, chrome with rounded corners as issued. $1.25 mp

WASHERWOMEN. "México - Lavanderas / Washerwomen // F. K. Apartado N. 165 - México" showing 4 working at the water's edge, unused color tarjeta postal, even browning of the paper with age. $5.00 m(g)p

    WASHERWOMEN. "Native / Washerwomen, Isthmus of Panama" color postcard sold by A. Bienkowski, circa 1908, a little writing on back, good edges. $12.50 pp

    WATER CARRIER. "228. MORLAIX -- La vieille porteuse d'eau fumant sa pipe" old woman water carrier smoking her pipe; unused color carte postale with green back, minor corner & edge wear, subtle paper bend, back toned. $35.00 f(m)spw NEW / NOV / NY

    WATER CARRIER. "241  Vieille porteuse d'eau de MORLAIX / Artaud et Nozais, Nantes" old woman water carrier, pipe turned sideways in her mouth; unused black & white carte postal in vertical format, good edges. $30.00 f(m)spw

    WATER CARRIER. "602 / Bhisti" showing an Indian water-carrier, color on undivided back with yellowing paper, small spot of toning on the back, minor wear to one corner, otherwise good edges, back printed at a slight tilt. $9.50 ip

    WATER CARRIER. "9541 THE WATER CARRIER" showing a black woman with a water jug balanced on her head, unused postcard with undivided back from the Detroit Publishing Company, tiny corner crease not into image, otherwise fairly fresh for its age. $10.00 bpd

    WATER CARRIER. "Group of / Sakka at the / Nile. / Groupe de / Sakkas. // Vegnios & Zachos, Cairo & Luxor. No. 1115." showing 7 water carriers; unused carte postale, trivial corner wear. $5.50 ep NEW / NOV / NY

    WATER CARRIER. "No. 21.  Aguadores / Ruhland & Ahlschier Sucr., Mexico" showing 2 water-bearers in vertical format, unused color tarjeta postal, minor corner & edge wear, very light toning both sides. $8.50 m(g)p

    WATER CARRIER. "Typical Mexican / Water Carriers as seen on / Military Plaza. / San Antonio, Tex." showing 2 women at work, unused black & white postcard with sky tint, minor corner wear & rounding, toned lightly both sides. $4.75 tp

    WATER VENDOR. "19. - DJIBOUTI. - Vendeurs d'eau" with a camel-drawn cask, black & white post card mailed there 1914 (French Somali Coast stamp tied to France). corner crease, small corner crease, lightly toned back, lightly toned front. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (dpau)