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Tuesday 30 December 2008

Four Pretty Ladies


Miss Lily Elsie
Photo by Bassano Ltd
Posted Kent 1908



Miss Gabrielle Ray
Posted 1904



Heureux Anniversaire



Miss Nina Sevening
Real Silverprint Photograph Series
by the Rapid Photo Printing Co Ltd, London


Postcard from 1908
Series No.557 published by Stewart & Woolf, London



Unusual Postcard from 1905



Under the Cherry Blossoms, Tokio, Japan
Valentine's Series Postcard


Monday 29 December 2008

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year


All Christmas Joys be Thine
Highest Award Series
Posted Malvern 24th December 1909



Postcard by Wildt & Kray Series 1861
Posted Malvern 24th December 1910




Postcard from approx 1910
B.B. London & New York Series No.X216




Christmas Greetings from 1910
Postcard by Wildt & Kray series 1861



A slightly battered card from 1902




A Happy New Year
Postcard by Wildt & Kray, London E.C. Series 2877
Posted Ipswich 31 December 1913

Sunday 28 December 2008

A few more Christmas Greetings


A Joyous Christmas
EAS Postcard
Posted Kent 1910



Christmas Greeting
Aristophot Real Photo Post Card
AL ex371
Posted Malvern Dec 24 1909



A Jolly Christmas
Series 1718 Printed in Saxony
J Beagles & Co Ltd, London
Approx 1910



A Happy Christmas Time
"National" Series Postcard No.1821
Posted Southampton 1911



Best Wishes for Christmas
Series 15367 W Printed in Germany 15378 Nj
Posted Twyford S.O, Berks 1914

Saturday 27 December 2008

Postcards from France and Sanremo


Chambord (Loir-et-Cher)
France
Posted 14th July 1976



Paris, France
Panorama sur la Seine depuis la fleche de Notre-Dame
Posted 3rd September 1970



Les Merveilles Du Val De Loire
Saumur (Maine-et-Loire)
France
Posted Parthenay 16th August 1985



Mantes, France
La Seine et la Cathedrale
Posted 29th September 1950


Postcard from Sanremo, Rivera Dei Fiori
Italy


Friday 26 December 2008

A Few Christmas Postcards From The Early 1900s









Merry Christmas Everyone
I hope wherever you are in the world you are having a great Christmas, and I wish you all the best for 2009, may it be a happy year for everyone!

Wednesday 12 November 2008

Some great oldies


'They all love Jack'
Photo Underwood & Underwood
Posted during the First World War, 7th April 1915
Addressed to Miss M Richardson, Cottingham
'I arrived home safely....your loving friend Gertie'



Scalby Mills Hotel, Scarborough
Valentine's Series Postcard



'Evening on the river, Arundel'
'British Production Post Card'



Glengarriff Harbour, Co. Cork
Postcard by W Lawrence Publisher, Dublin



A postcard picture by Judges Ltd Hastings, England
Windermere from Jenkins Crag


Saturday 8 November 2008

4 Postcards from Blackpool early 1900s


Rough Sea from Manchester Square
Blackpool
'Aldwych' Series Postcard



Storm on Central Promenade
Blackpool
Valentines Series Postcard



Storm on Central Promenade
Blackpool
Valentine's Series Postcard



Maxim Flying Machine
'Travelling 40 miles per hour'
Blackpool 1906


Some nice views of Blackpool, stormy seas and packed beach from early part of this century. The clothing has changed but stormy weather remains the same, one of the perks of living in such a great climate :))))


Friday 31 October 2008

A few postcards with a nautical theme


Tangier from the Harbour



Fishing Boats, Kings Lynn



S.S. Great Britain, Bristol



'Gosport Queen'
Ferry Inn, Portsmouth Harbour



Warsash, Shore View



The Harbour, Mudeford, Dorset

Thursday 30 October 2008

A few birthday cards


Misch & Co Ltd Birthday Post Cards
Series No. 1845



A really beautiful card, made in Austria
No manufacturers name or indication of date



An Academy Series Postcard



W & K London E C Series No 3299
Posted Stratton, North Cornwall 23rd December 1919



All British Recent Series
Posted 1919