| ANTIQUE AMERICAN POSTCARDS |
Antiques are generally defined as collectible or desirable objects that are at least one hundred or more years old. All the postcards in this exhibit are over one hundred years old. Most of them have undivided backs which allowed only the mailing address to be written on the back, and, most of those had a space on the front to write a message. The postcards in this exhibit are from what postcard collectors have termed the Private Mailing Card Era (1898-1901) and the Undivided Back Era (1901-1907). This display shows a variety of postcards available during this time period, including a selection of views from most of the U. S. states, and some comic, flowers, and holiday postcards.
The actual text printed on the postcards is in quotation marks. My comments are in brackets.
Abbreviations: DB=dividedback; UB=undivided back; WONPU=written on but not postally used.
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| Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | District of Columbia | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming | Unknown | Comics | Flowers | Holidays |
Click on the image to see the full-size scan of the postcard. | "Battle House and Post Office, Royal Street, Mobile, Ala.". Black & white printed postcard, UB. Published by E. O. Zadek Jewelry Co., Mobile, Ala. Postmarked 1905, Mobile, Ala., and Springfield, Ill. |
 | "Old Market House, Mobile, Ala.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by Detroit Publishing Co. Number 10345. Unused. Copyright 1906. |
 | "Fountain in Bienville Square, Mobile, Ala.". Green printed postcard, UB. Published by Souvenir Post Card Co., N.Y. Number 15355. Unused. Probably circa 1906. |
 | "State Capitol, Montgomery, Ala.". Color printed postcard, UB. Published by the Illustrated Postal Card Co., New York. Number 97.-9. Postmarked 1906, Mobile, Ala. |
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