Women Postcards & Post Cards--Feminism, Social History & Non-photographic art

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"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; les sinécures, les concussions, les pots-de-vin partout; la / dette grossissant de milliard en milliard en pleine paix; à toutes les aventures. Hommes, il n'y a pas lieu d'être fiers de votre œuvre. / 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 colloquial, argumentative & sarcastic-- something to the effect "Why not women lawyers? Men do a lousy job at it! Look what they have done in politics & public affairs ... I greet the advent of new times when women are in business." Undivided back postcard, mailed in France to Greece circa 1900 - 1903, small corner crease, minor edge wear, album impressions at the corners. The baby in the picture probably symbolizes the non-voting status of women under the Napoleonic code, under which they were essentially treated as children. 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)

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

"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

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

"303--A Mexican 'Criada,' House Servant / All the Work about Native Households is Performed by such Women A-38811-N" unused post card from Sandoval News Service, small upper corner bend, minor wear at one bottom corner. $4.00 m(g)w(s)p(h) NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

"608. SONORA NEWS COMPANY, CITY OF MEXICO. / La Criada--MEXICO." showing a close-up of a female household servant, unused postcard, paper yellowed evenly with age on back, tiny nick on top edge, 2 faint & tiny corner creases nowhere near the image. $5.00 m(g)w(s)

"8407. Helen Hunt's Grave, Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado" marked by initials in trees, color, circa 1915, unused. Helen Hunt Jackson was a social activist who published a novel highlighting the injustices done to California's Indians--see Image File, Vol. 11, No. 2, published by the Lake County Museum. $3.00 (asw)

"A6044 First Ladies Seminary, built 1749, Bethlehem, Pa." black & white on undivided back with yellowish paper, mailed there 1906, some extraneous writing on back, minor toning in lower left front message area, mild corner wear & rounding. $8.00 pw

"A GOOD WIFE AND HEALTH / ARE A MANS BEST WEALTH" showing a couple within a hand-colored / tinted heart, mailed to Illinois, undivided back, attractive. $5.00

Amalfi - 3 women, each carrying a large amount of wood on her back. Postcard from A. Brangi, Palermo. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 277% of original area) & enhanced 120-dpi scan in .jpg (403,815 bytes) or .tif format. $1.75 iw

"CAHORS -- La Vénus cadurcienne" sepia-tone on green back, considerable brownish paper, very late usage at Memphis Nebraska, small bends at bottom corners, minor corner wear. $7.00 fw

"No. 6 / Dr. Courtney's / Guide to / Happy Marriage / No. 6" small booklet with contents such as 'A woman's place is in the home', 'A woman cannot reason…' etc.; brownish paper, a little edge wear. $5.00 sw%

"Dr. Miles' / Household / Help Book" advertising booklet for Nervine Tablets, Liquid Tablets, laxative tablets, Aspir-Mint & more with the handstamp of Charles W. Feller, druggist in Leesburg Ohio on the back, 32 pages with housekeeping tips for women accented in red, plus covers in color, 1" tear on back cover, several minor faults. Interesting & complete (coupons unused). A bit larger than continental size. $6.00 o(l)pwgm

"ELECT / MARGARET / Harper / LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR" (of North Carolina), excellent condition, unused. $2.00

"ELECT / MARY TEXAS / HURT / GARNER / FOR ANOTHER / POSITION OF / HIGH TRUST / To Your / Office of / State Treasurer." showing her seated at a desk in black-and-white, caption partially in olive green, postcard mailed 1962, cancel on front, toned right front edge. Formerly Alabama's Secretary of State, and assistant to the Attorney General, she was elected to State Treasurer in 1962. $2.50 pwa+

"En Normanie Pittoreqsue / 1570. Grand'mère, faut nous vendre ces deux vieilles assiettes flueries, / viens de me dire deux Parisiens...J'nai pas voulu" showing a old woman with dishes in a rack, color on green back with slight browning at back edges, very late usage at Lucas South Dakota, tiny corner crease not into image. $4.75 fw

"FINLAND--The women folk assist in the work of harvesting in many European countries" post card in color, writing on back, worn corners. $3.25 faw

"Greetings from / San Antonio / …Mexican Women Grinding / Corn for Torillas" mailed there in Texas 1904, lightly toned back. $5.00 writing on front, writing on back, album marks on front. $4.50

"Group of women at Ziara, at tomb of Sheikh Othman" with extensive commentary on the back about women in Arabia and how they had been mistreated, from the Keith-Falconer Museum of the United Free Church of Scotland, unused, corner & edge wear. $9.50

[Guitar held by willowy looking damsel" kitsch art on a black & white postcard, toning both sides, erasure marks on back, minor corner wear. $3.00 mw

"HELENA RUBINSTEIN / The World's Greatest Beauty Authority / SENDS YOU AN INVITATION / FOR YOUR FREE BEAUTY ANALYSIS / AND GIFT!" with 4 color insets showing women making themselves up, unused continental from Modern Times. $2.00 ws

"Helen Purcel Home, Zanesville, O." showing its exterior in color, unused postcard printed in Germany for the J. Adam Sauer Pharmacy, heavy vertical crease, toned back. This is a non-denominational retirement home intended for women who were alone in the world, chartered in 1885. $2.00 o(z)w(s) NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

"Husking Rice, Srinagar" showing 2 women at work, black & white postcard with yellowish paper, numbered 7796 in stamp box, mild wear at one corner. $6.00 kw

"I'M OUT FOR A GOOD TIME-AND-A-HALF" with art by Earl Moran. Pinup treatment of an important social phenomenon in which millions of American women got factory jobs & took lunch pails to work during World War II. $7.50 ma(m)w(s)#*

"INGO RIEDEL / WHITE WEDDING" automobile undergoes repairs by bride in white while groom stands by helplessly, holding her bouquet; unused black & white continental from Zero Publishing, fresh appearance. $2.00 w

"IT'S A DATE" with signed Rolf Armstrong art on a Mutoscope arcade card. $7.50 mw* NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

"JAROSLAV SPILLAR NA KLESTÍ / 'OBRAZY Z CHODSKA.' / 338" showing a peasant woman carrying firewood home, in color, unused post card, mild corner wear and rounding. $3.75 acw(s)

"Juliette Gordon Low--Founder of Girl Scouting in U.S.A." black & white portrait, corner crease, faint album impressions at the corners. 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 sw(s)n

"JUNIOR HOMEMAKERS ENJOY BOATING AT OCONEE STATE PARK, MOUNTAIN REST, S.C." black & white Artvue, unused. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (160,664 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 sw+

"Ladyfest / OHIO / Feminist Arts Festival" held Memorial Day 2004, continental advertising post card with art on both sides, near mint. $1.50 mwo

"La Normandie / 567 Une Grand'Mère" postcard showing a Normandy grandmother wearing a lace cap & collar, color, very late usage at Salem Arkansas (with a note by acting postmaster Dillar Collins about the discontinuance of the Wheeling Arkansas post office), small corner crease, lightly toned back. $4.00 fw-a

"LEAP YEAR, OR ANY YEAR, IT'S ALL THE SAME" showing a young lady searching a man's jacket that has been hung up, sepia-tone, unused & fairly fresh. $7.50

"Le Goubey éditeur, St-Pierre-Eglise / LA NORMANDIE PITTORESQUE / 1502. Chez l'tout qu'l'habitude, et j'ni enranne pas!..." showing a French woman supporting a heavy jug (probably milk or water), black & white with dark red caption on green back, very late usage at Lando Mines West Virginia (2 bold & complete cancels from that DPO), slight browning near back edges, good edges. $7.50 fw-w

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"LOVELY LUCY MOORE. / The American Fat Girl. / Weight-47 st. 10 lb., the World's Record, and / still Growing" black & white on paper browning with age, undivided back, side view of her in front of the capacious chair that she sat in, corner crease, stain that intrudes slightly into the picture (but not near her), corner & edge wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (117,495 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 cw

"Marchandes Musulmanes. / 242 / 9468" showing Turkish women street merchants selling cloth & clothing, color, circa 1912, unused, good edges, fresh appearance. $12.00 tw. Same except mild wear at 4 corners. $10.00 tw%

Mary Mannering, theater actress in early 1900's; sepia-tone postcard with undivided back mailed 1908, writing on front. $6.50 fw*+

"Mère et Enfant" showing a colorfully dressed African woman with her child, unused continental postcard, near mint. (2 available) $1.25 each. aw

"Metropolitan Life Insur- / ance Co.'s Home Office / Bldg., N. Y. City, Corner / of the Women's Lunch / Room, where a large part / of the Company's 2,500 / employees lunch daily" color on undivided back post card, published by that company, unused, lightly toned back. $9.50 inw

"NEWHAVEN / FISH WIFE" bearing a large basket on her back, unused, 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

"OLD LADIES' HOME, DENVER, COLO." color on undivided back postcard mailed there 1905 to Olathe Kansas (inverted year in receiving mark), one corner doubly creased, edge wear especially along one short edge, light album impressions at the corners. Writer notes she is taking the 'treatment of Dr. Thomas of New York. He may send you a circular. Read it!' $6.25 cmw(s)

"On the Fringe of No Man's Land / A Lassie meets a Laddie" showing silhouettes of a female Salvation Army worker near the front line saluting a soldier in the American Expeditionary Force in France circa 1918; unused black & white postcard solicitation for the Salvation Army Home Service Fund, small corner crease, long internal crease, toned back, and a few small raised spots on the front (possibly from the printing process), noticeable scrape on soldier's arm. Campaign in 1919 just after the publicity that predictably followed the sending of women to the front lines. The women behaved circumspectly and with great credit to their organization; there was not even a hint of scandal. $10.00 w(s)ssw%

"Oread Institute, Worcester, Mass." showing its exterior in black & white, post card with undivided back but very late usage at Sunderland Massachusetts, tiny paper separation at one upper corner, back paper starting to yellow evenly with age. One of the oldest higher education facilities for women in the United States, it closed in 1934. $9.00 m(w)cw

"[Osborn Memorial] Ladies Home, Harrison, N. Y." color, mailed 1909, one corner badly worn, writing on front. The bracketed part of the caption is a hand-written replacement of a short word--Old?--that has been scratched out. $4.75 (nw)

"Prof. W. M. Marston, of Columbia University, made scientific tests with a blonde and a / brunette to determine emotional reactions. Results indicated brunettes are higher keyed" unused comic continental from Modern Times, light toning at one back corner. $1.25 wc

"Quiet Widow of 28 who enjoys a cold bottle and another one would like to meet a sporty young club man (not a policeman)…" and more in want ad accompanied by art, mailed 1909 from Saginaw West Side Michigan, name writing on front, spots of light toning on front. $4.00 sw

"Results of the Suffrage Victory // 698/24" a woman takes a imposing stance near her husband who is seated, tending to their baby, 'God Bless Our Home' sign on the wall nearby; post card mailed in 1913 to Maggie Wilson in Columbus Ohio from her Aunt Lou, lightly toned back, some cancel ink on front. Offered elsewhere as high as $40.00, but we think our price more reasonable: $8.00 swg NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

"RUN WHERE YOU MAY / HE WILL CATCH YOU SOME DAY" showing stork with baby chasing woman, hand-colored / tinted, unmailed leather reflecting pre-birth-control attitudes. $5.00 sl. Black & white paper postcard, rather than leather, unused, light toning on front. Shown. $4.25 sw(s)b

"Seen at / Ripley--- / Believe It or Not! / ODDITORIUM / INQUISITION TORTURE RACK" with a woman in yellow dress chained to it, unused continental from Modern Times, fresh appearance. $2.00 w%

"STROLLER™ / STRIDES / fitness for mom / fun for baby!" unused continental postcard about 2005 fitness classes in Cincinnati Ohio, near mint. $1.25 cwo

"Tari Pendet, Bali / Pendet Dance, Bali" showing a Indonesian woman dancer with small basket, unused continental with scalloped edges as issued, fresh appearance. $2.00 wi

"The Milkmaid." unsigned but quality art in color shows agricultural scene in which a farm woman empties water into vats so her 2 cows can drink; postcard with undivided back mailed 1907 at Quimby Iowa, corners with small creases tangential to or missing the art, top edge ding closes fairly well. $3.00 wpa% NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

"THE ONLY PROBLEM / WITH BEING A WOMAN / MY AGE, IS DATING MEN / MY AGE!" unused art on continental in dark red, white & black from Flying Fish. $2.00 w

"The only time the firm thought / her salary wasn't high enough" drawing a secretary adjusting her nylons while male bosses look on, monochromatic dark violet from Sierra's, mailed 1915, lightly toned front, extraneous writing on back, two corners badly creased, as is. $1.75 sw%

"To My Comrade // WOMAN'S / RELIEF/ CORPS / 1883" attractive art in vertical format showing a member in uniform, flag & badge (which looks like a medal); unused & elaborately embossed color post card from the Decoration Day Series No. 2, small spots of corner & edge wear, small spot of light toning on back. The organization name was actually Women's Relief Corps. It was founded in 1883 to serve living Civil War veterans, and to decorate veteran graves on Decoration Day. $9.00 w(s)mc NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

Uncaptioned hand-colored postcard showing an elderly woman woman eating some soup, card soiled both sides, rough edges as issued, unattributed publisher. $1.00 w(o) NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

"Valuable loads" showing two horse-drawn wagons with goods & 3 ladies perched upon them, unused Azo real photo (triangles up). Humor provides interesting insight into how women were regarded at that time. $20.00

"WA8WZF" Ludington Michigan QSL post card mailed 1969, picturing the lady operator Mary M. McCarthy & her equipment, wearing T-shirt proclaiming To Hell With Housework!" Classic! $5.00 (mgw)

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"WELL...IF THEY / CAN PUT ONE MAN / ON THE MOON, WHY / NOT ALL OF THEM" unused cartoon art on continental in yellow, black & white, ©Flying Fish, fresh appearance. $2.25 ws*+

"Woman poses / and / Man proposes" red & white, mailed 1909 from Otto New York, edge wear, a few small spots on back. $1.75 w

WOMEN'S BENEFIT ASSOCIATION
WOMAN'S LIFE INSURANCE SOCIETY

"'WESTHAVEN' GARDENS ON THE ST. CLAIR RIVER, PORT HURON, MICH., HOME OF MISS BINA M. WEST" black & white with sky ting, white-border era from Curt Teich, unused, lightly toned back. Founder in 1892 of one of the first fraternal benefit societies established for and managed by women, & an outspoken supporter of women's suffrage, she represented the National Council of Women of the US at the International Council of Women in Geneva in 1908. Undoubtedly this card was issued on the occasion of the dedication of the Society's new home office in 1917. Many people could not tell you who she is, but the fact that women can get life insurance these days is tribute to her legacy!

"SLEEPING BARRACKS AT LAKE HURON CAMP, WOMAN'S BENEFIT ASSOCIATION 113473" black & white with sky tint, white-border era from Curt Teich & Co, unused, light toning near one front corner. Most unusual subject matter--a little known aspect of this fraternal organization's history.

Both of the above: $50.00 fw(s)msgi

"'Yours for Business.' / 'CHARGE TO ME!'" unused sepia-tone post card reflecting old attitudes toward working women, lightly toned back, small corner crease, soft corners. $3.75 asw

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"…1500-1570. P. Bordone. / … / …Ermitage" rest of caption in Cyrillic, showing a noble lady with a small child, sepia-tone Russian Red Cross, unused, small spot of toning on back. A painting in the Hermitage museum. $13.00 (rwm)

"17 ADELAIDE PAINTING BY ARTHUR / COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY BROWN & BIGELOW, ST. PAUL" showing a woman with fishing gear, unused, undivided back, lightly toned front, corner & edge wear. $5.00 awf%

"220 The Burlesque Favorite" signed, caption on back, unused, corner & edge wear, heavily toned back from album contact. (shown) $8.00 ab. Same Waskow art but no caption published by H. G. Zimmerman & Co., writing on back with slight ink smear on back, minor corner & edge wear. $10.00 ab. Another from H. G. Zimmerman & Co. but fresher, only light toning along one back edge to note. $12.00 abw

"248 The Rose Girl" signed Waskow, unused. Daring & suggestive art nouveau for its time--note the diaphanous bodice (c.1910), ding at bottom edge closes well, trivial corner wear. $13.00 aw

"A. D. GOLTZ pinx." showing a peasant woman resting beside a dirt road, color postcard mailed 1912 in Vienna, Galerie Wiener Künstler Nr. 92 / Salon Viennois No. 92. Message on back is in shorthand. $20.00 aw NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

"A Happy / Birthday" showing a woman with upraised champaign glass within an embossed oval, unused hand-tinted real photo postcard printed in Germany, small corner crease, light toning on front. $3.75 bw(o)

"A Happy New Year" art depicts lady in negligee peering out of a window, oval border with embossing, circa 1909, album marks on front, tiny spot of toning on one back edge. $5.00 nw

"A LAVANNARA / (La lavandala)" signed Valle art, undivided back from E. Ragozino - Galleria Umberto - Napoli, fresh color, toned back from album contact, trivial wear at one corner. $7.00 aw

"ALBRECHT DÜRER BILDNIS EINER JUNGEN FRAU / Kaiser Friedrich-Muzeum zu Berlin" with the portrait of a young woman, quality postcard printing from Julius Bard. tiny corner bend not into image, otherwise fresh. $2.00 amw

"And its, / O, the green / Shamrock" showing young woman with a basket full of shamrocks, embossed, signed, mailed 1908, small ink smudge in back message area, minor corner wear. $7.00 aw#

"ARTFAX Columbus Museum of Art" showing 'Lady with a Theorbo' & open music book, circa 1675, by John Michael Wright. Museum card on thin stock with much information about the painter & the instrument. $1.25 w(a)m NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

"Coll. Cart. Bideri-Napoli La bella Pompejana Maestri e Artisti-471" showing a young woman of Pompey carrying a water jug, unused black & white Cartolina Postale with undivided back, slight curl to the paper. $5.50 iw NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

"Copyright, 1902, by U. Co., N. Y. / Priscilla / 'Priscilla, the May-flower of Plymouth, / Modest and Simple and Sweet." Longfellow" Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (aw)

"Easter Greetings" with Kratki art mailed 1909 from Holton Kansas, small corner crease, edge wear, yellowish paper. $8.00 aew

"Easter / Greet- / ing: / May joy / and Gladness / fill your / heart" art nouveau design with woman & long=stemmed flower, mailed APR 2 1915 to Brooklyn New York (forwarded there, violet 'NOT 29 F 404' auxiliary mark), dark splotchy toning in caption area & border of front. Artist's monogram within circle: A then upside-down T then B. 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 ew

"GARRIERE(sic). - Portrait de Femme et Enfant / 13 LL. PETIT PALAIS - PARIS" with a Carrière painting of a woman & child, unused sepia-tone post card, album marks at the corners both sides, small bottom corner bend. The museum was built for the 1900 Paris Universal Exhibition. $3.00 emw(a) NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

"GRAVURE SERIES No. 112" hand-colored art nouveau postcard mailed circa 1910 (no cancel, but stamped with message obviously intended to be delivered) to Floyd Shively in Warren Ohio, light toning near the bottom edge & very light album marks at the front corners. $3.50 w(o)g(s)

"Greetings from / Atlantic City / 1545" signed Mailick art shows two bathing beauties, mailed 1905, 2 small corner creases. corner crease. tiny bit of one corner knocked off (misses image), much edge wear. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 nabw

"'Gute Nacht'" (Good Night) signed MZ art, mailed 1903 from Grube in Holstein Germany (bold cancel) to Hamburg. Tiny scrapes--e.g. one in hair. $5.00 aw

"HANS HOLBEIN jr. (Windsor) / Cicely Heron / A 2830" sepia-tone postcard on yellowish paper, unused, light album marks on front & album impressions at the corners. $1.50 aw

"HARVARD" A beautiful artist postcard. College girl. Mailed 1911. Faint cancellation ink on front; you will not notice it at first. $15.00 cwmm

"Holbein. De Jonge Vrouw." Holbein art depicting a seated woman with white cap, color post card on brownish paper, circa 1908. unused, toned back edges. $2.50 aw

"I have known many, liked a few / Loved but one, - so here's to you!" black & white postcard mailed 1912, lightly toned front, faint corner crease. $3.75 a(t)w

"I'll meet you at / Bellevue Free / Street Fair / Oct. 17-20. / 1916." with black & white drawing of woman with hat waiving kerchief, album marks on front, light toning near front edges. The town is in Huron County Ohio. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (253,353 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 ow

"Im Frühlingswind Walter Schulze" color, unused, album impressions at the corners, light album marks on back. $6.00 (aw)

"It's a fortunate postage / stamp that has the pleasure / of brining you a greeting" including a cherub mailing a letter, Eliott art, mailed 1912 in the United States, very light toning both sides. $5.00 aw

"J. CERMÁK Herzegovka s dítetem / Herzegovinerin mit ihrem Kind..." art by Cermák, also captioned in another language, post card mailed 1918 in Versecz Hungary (clear cancel), cancel ink on front mostly in caption area. $4.00

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"Joan Crawford says..." untitled art by James Rosenquist in 1984 on unused continental postcard, one corner has faint creases. $1.00 w

"JOHNSON COLLECTION, / PHILADELPHIA / PORTRAIT OF A LADY / by EL GRECO_..." real photo post card with extensive commentary written on back, trivial wear at one corner. $2.00 amw

"JOSETTE" signed Antoine Calbet, mailed in Paris 1901 to Washington State, minor corner wear & rounding. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 aw

"Jozeph Israëls / Blik inde verte. / Lointain mystérieux. / On the look out / Ein Blick in die Ferne" depicting a woman seated outdoors with her baby, sepia-tone on unused postcard (circa 1910-12) published by Felix P. Abrahamson, numbered 1352 on the back, light album impressions at the corners, otherwise quite fresh. $3.75 aw

"JUST / A BREAKER / 8819" unsigned art on a post card depicting a bather in red & black on the beach, small spot of toning away from central image, back paper toned & browning with age, corner crease & minor corner rounding. Circa 1908. $3.75 bw

"Just what these / hieroglyphics spell / Your looking glass will quickly tell" elegant lady with umbrella stands before mirror with 'You're / just / my / style' written backwards, embossed Dwig art & border, Serie No. 30 on back, post card mailed 1914 in the United States, 3 corner creases, edge wear, as is. $6.00 aw

"Kunstverlag E. A. Götz (G. Windirsch), Franzensbad / Nr. 501" unattributed art showing a woman with cap bathing in a wooden bathtub while doing her nails, addressed (to Czechoslovakia) Postkarte with message dating to 1921, minor corner wear. Caption taken from the left edge of the back. $12.00 bw

"Le Goubey éditeur, St-Pierre-Eglise / LA NORMANDIE PITTORESQUE / 1502. Chez l'tout qu'l'habitude, et j'ni enranne pas!..." showing a French woman supporting a heavy jug (possibly of milk), black & white postcard with dark red caption on green back, very late usage at Lando Mines West Virginia (2 bold & complete cancels from that DPO), slight browning near back edges, good edges. $7.50 fw-w

"LOVE / Merry Christmas! and Happy New Year in advance; With love to my dear one, 'Somewhere in France'" signed Angell art, unused, circa 1917, made in USA, minor corner wear and rounding. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 acw#

"Marie Christensen" signed art depicting woman's head bent to smell blue irises, postcard with brownish paper, unused, minor corner wear, lightly toned front. $3.00 aw

"M. M. VIENNE / Nr. 380" caption from back, depicting a young woman with large hat, post card mailed 1908 at Bremen Germany to Pennsylvania (clear cancels on two 5 pfg. stamps), brownish paper, minor corner wear & rounding, cancel ink misses image thankfully. $13.00 awm

"Nasta Rojc pinx. / Hrvatska narodna nosnja Sestine - Zagreb / ... / Croatian National costumes Sestine - Zagreb" also captioned in German, signed Rojc art showing a young woman with raised umbrella on a country road, small internal crease & small corner crease (neither into image), unused & otherwise fresh. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (cwu)

"Olde Worthington's / HOLIDAY EVENTS" unused continental publicity card with stylish art, near mint. A modern classic done for an Ohio event. $2.00 o(w)w NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

"O. Lingner Versunkenes Glück" Hanfstaengl's Künstlerkarte Nr. 15, unused, light album marks on front, soft corners. Nice! Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 aw*

"On the Emerald Coast / Sopra il lido smeraidino..." captioned in 4 other languages (all on the back), Wahlhain art mailed 1931 TCV from Brachbach Germany to Illinois, minor corner & edge wear. $5.00 aw

"ON / THIS DAY / I Was Thinking / of Something / …" accompanied by signed RDA drawing showing a woman among flowers, undivided back mailed 1908 at Vanburen Indiana, toned both sides, long crease, corner wear & rounding. $2.25 aw

"PAREGOJUS" real photo of a painting showing a woman putting small flowers in her hair, mailed in Valmiera Latvia 17.4.24 (4-santimi stamp & clear cancels), slight oxidation. $8.50

"Paris - Musée d'art moderne de la ville / Pierre-Auguste RENOIR (1841-1919) / Femme lisant dans un paysage" unused continental from S.P.A.D.E.M., fresh appearance. $1.00 wa

"RENÉ GRUAU / FEMME A L'ŒILLET, 1981" art in bold colors of a woman smoking, unused continental printed in France, fresh appearance. Nice. $2.00 ws

"RENÉ GRUAU / FEMME AU ANT ROUGE, 1982" art in bold colors, unused continental printed in France, trivial wear at one corner. $1.75 w

"RENÉ GRUAU / LA CIGARETTE, 1983" art in bold colors, unused continental printed in France, trivial wear at bottom corners. $1.75 ws

"Salon de Paris _ M. Barthold _ LA BARATTEUSE / Churning _ La Mantequen / ..." also captioned in 2 other languages, sepia-tone real photo postcard of the art, writing on back dated to 1920, tiny crease at one corner. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan of the front in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 aw%

"Salons de Paris. / Mme Hortense RICHARD. --Graziella. / ND. PHOT." Signed Richard art 1907, writing on back dates to 1919, postcard with small internal crease & mild corner wear. $2.50 a(r)w%

"SALONS DE PARIS. -- Société des Artistes Français / Léopold KOWALSKY / Les chevreaux The kidlings" showing a woman with 2 young goats, Léopold Kowalsky art mailed 1924 at Schaffhausen Switzerland, toning along back edges, one corner worn. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 aaw

"SECRETS" art in vertical format showing a woman with a bunch of red roses beside her, undivided back post card mailed DEC 1906 at Coyle Oklahoma (pre statehood), writing in the front borders as was permitted at the time, small upper corner creases, light uneven toning on back, light toning at front corners from album contact, other front toning mostly in the bottom caption area. $4.50 w-o

See also Mutoscope arcade cards for pinup art. Shown here: "A PEEK-A'-KNEES.

See also: Nude paintings & sculpture postcards (no illustrations).

"Serie XX, 3. Aman-Jean. KARNEVAL" unused Jugend Postkarte, faint album impressions at the corners. $7.00 aw

Set of 8 museum cards, complete, each approximately 2.5" x 4", showing details from Renoir paintings once on exhibit as Renoir's Women at the Columbus Museum of Art. Shown is "Little Girl with a Hat". Also "Christine Lerolle Embroidering", "The Gypsy Girl", "The Lesson", "The Piano Lesson", "Two Girls Reading", etc. Backs provide questions & commentary. $6.00 a(r)w

"SHOULDER -- ARMS" from the Mutoscope All American Girl series, excellent condition. Rare. $75.00 mw

"The Bower Meadow. D. G. Rossetti. / (Manchester Art Gallery)" showing women playing stringed instruments while others dance, sepia-tone from Woodbury Series (number 6128), printed in England, unused, good edges. $3.00 amw

"TIJUANA BULLRING / SUNDAY SEPT. 16 1951 / ... / GREGORIO GARCIA / RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ / JESUS CORDOVA / Fighting to Death / PURE BRED FIGHTING / BULLS FROM / CHUCHO CABRERA / FARM" ad printed in bold green letters on back of wonderful signed art postcard depicting a Mexican woman; unused, good edges, lightly toned back mostly in address area. $7.50 bwm%

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"To my Valentine" unused & gorgeous. $12.00

Uncaptioned black & white carte postal with signed Tamagno art, showing a Japanese lady within a circular frame, back & front edges noticeably toned, minor corner wear. $5.00 a(t)w

Uncaptioned but signed Edith Parsons Williams art showing an elegant lady wearing a fancy hat, mailed 1910, faint album marks at corners, paper browning evenly with age, internal crease about 2" long but not into art. From Art Series A No. 11, as we learn on the back. $2.50 a(w)wm

Uncaptioned color postcard with singed A. Toniolo art, no series or publisher information, mailed 1914, upper left front corner toned darkly, unfortunate cancel ink at upper right front corner extends into face. Art is lovely, but a tragedy nonetheless. $1.25 a(t)w

Uncaptioned sample showing young woman art, from Continental Art Co. in Chicago, mailed (very unusual) in Michigan 1907 with publisher's message crossed off, unimportant wear at 2 corners. $7.00

Uncaptioned signed Cobb Shinn art depicting a young woman emerging from a pink flower, nicely hand-colored, mailed 1910, brownish paper, small corner crease nowhere near the art, toned front corners from album contact, hint of cancel ink in one corner. $4.75 awf%

Uncaptioned signed Cobb Shinn art dated 1908 depicting a young woman whose hair is formed by the smoke of a cigarette, mailed 1909, brownish paper, couple raindrop spots on back, hand-colored with sender's comment 'my latest' written unobtrusively on front, lightly toned front. $5.00 asw

Uncaptioned, signed Waskow. Daring & suggestive art nouveau for its time--note the diaphanous bodice (c.1910), unused from H. G. Zimmerman & Co., faint corner crease. $13.50 aw

Uncaptioned, signed Waskow. Daring & suggestive art nouveau for its time--note the diaphanous bodice (c.1910), unused from H. G. Zimmerman & Co., minor wear at 3 corners. $15.00 aw

Uncaptioned, signed Waskow. Burlesque performer kicking, undisclosed publisher, unused, lightly toned back. $12.00 abw NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

Uncaptioned Swedish card in color showing a standing woman with arms outstretched, white robe, long flowing hair; mailed 23.9.1905 at Jonkoping (clear cancel, local usage). $4.00 w-n

"Valentine / Greetings" 4 postcards gilded & printed in Germany from Series 7042, unused, trivial tiny spots of toning on the back of two, otherwise quite fresh. Circa 1910 - 1912. Worthy of framing and presentation to a very special young lady who deserves the best. All four shown above for $75.00 vw

"V. Bobrov / 1914." caption from Cyrillic signature on otherwise uncaptioned color art, unused Russian Red Cross, lightly toned back, lightly toned front, minor corner wear & rounding. $15.00 awr

"V. Kornerup. Söndagmorgen" with an old woman knitting by a window, sepia-tone postcard, unused, Stenders Maleriserie, yellowish paper. $3.50 akwi

Wanted to buy--postcards from the Kay Girl series published by Williamson Haffner. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros!

"When you're travelling(sic), just think of me." Signed Kiefer art, post card printed in the United States, toned both sides, album marks on front, 2 corner creases, internal crease. $5.00 aw+

"Women! be fair, - we must adore thee! / Smile - and a world is weak before three!" unused color postcard with signed A. Tomlinson art, one corner with minor wear & a bend, otherwise fairly fresh. $4.50 a(t)w

"YOU HAVE / THE ABILITY / TO AROUSE / VARIOUS / EMOTIONS / IN ME: / PLEASE / SELECT / CAREFULLY" Our favorite postcard in the Pot-Shot series (No. 2289). Ashleigh Brilliant art & text. $1.00 cw NEW / NOVO / NOUVEAU

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