#Historic Postcards

[historicsaranaclake]

Image of the Week

This week marks the beginning of spring, and today is National Flower Day, so why not appreciate our own local flower... Lake Flower, that is! Did you know that Lake Flower is named not for the beautiful flora that grows around it, but for Governor Roswell P. Flower? In 1910, Governor Flower authorized the funds to remove stumps from the logging industry from the lake so that it could be used for recreational boating. This postcard was mailed by a tuberculosis patient staying at 5 Shepard Avenue in 1913. Happy Spring!⁠⁠

Learn more about Lake Flower on our wiki.

⁠⁠[Historic Saranac Lake Collection, 2021.3.40. Gift of the Florence Wright Tuberculosis Postcard Collection.]

#Saranac Lake #Historic Saranac Lake #Lake Flower #Local History #Saranac Lake History #Governor Roswell P. Flower #New York History #Lakes #Historic Postcards #Image of the Week

[postcard-from-the-past]

"Taking the veil", painting by Emile Renard

French vintage postcard

#painting #renard #tarjeta #postkaart #emile renard french #sepia #veil #historic #photo #postal #briefkaart #photography #vintage #ephemera #ansichtskarte #old #postcard #french #taking #postkarte #emile #carte postale

[daguerreotyping]

Real photo postcard of a strongman redefining "power bottom," c. 1910

#two's company three's a crowd and six is just showing off now #the sock garter! #image adjusted for contrast—refer solely to seller's pics if buying #early 20th century #1900s #1910s #1910s fashion #historical fashion #vintage fashion #menswear #men's fashion #fashion history #vintage men #gay interest #vintage photography #rppc #vintage postcard #sorry I've been so inactive it's just a very busy time irl

[voca1ion]

Some of the best and oldest color photography i’ve seen of New York City c1939 thanks to Macy’s color view postcard series.

#new york city #nyc #historical nyc #vintage postcards #30s #30s aesthetic #1930s aesthetic #postcards #postcards aesthetic #vintage nyc #nyc history #vintage #postcard #times square #washington square park #1930s vintage #1930s nyc #1930s #color photography #vintage color photography #fifth avenue #manhattan skyline #times square aesthetic #times square history #times square historical photo

[hotwaterandmilk]

Series: Nante Suteki ni Japanesque Artist: Yamauchi Naomi Publication: 'Yamauchi Naomi Hakusensha Card Gallery′ (07/1989) Source: Scanned from my personal collection

#nante suteki ni japanesque #なんて素敵にジャパネスク #yamauchi naomi #naomi yamauchi #himuro saeko #saeko himuro #scan: hotwaterandmilk #postcard book #80s manga #shoujo manga #shoujo #historical manga #vintage manga #manga art

[lionofchaeronea]

Hearty Thanksgiving Greeting, 1910

#Thanksgiving #Thanksgiving Day #Happy Thanksgiving #art #art history #postcard #American art #Americana #20th century art #Missouri Historical Museum

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

Betsy Ross House, 239 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

#vintage #postcard #Philadelphia #PA #betsy ross #flag #historic

[zestinator5000]

“You’ve changed so much. How much time has passed for you?”

#dst #my art #artist on tumblr #digital art #digital fanart #dst fanart #dst charlie #honestly idk how historically accurate the outfit is just pretend it’s accurate #it’s a postcard :•) #dontstarvetogether

[theophan-o]

Antin I. Manastyrsky (Антін І. Манастирський, 1878–1969),

Туман поле покриває, По нім козак конем грає...

Vintage Ukrainian postcard published in Lviv.

@wanderer-on-the-steppe, only look, do we see here a Cossack-boy or a Cossack-girl?

#art #ukrainian art #cossack art #cossack heroes #cossacks #ukrainian history #ukrainian heritage #antin manastyrsky #bohun's world #ogniem i mieczem verse #traditional art #historical art #vintage postcards #vintage ukrainian postcards

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

"1913"

#charlotte collects #vintage photography #vintage photo #black and white photography #photographs #photography #antique photo #old photo #circa 1913 #1910s #1910s fashion #1910s dress #historical dress #historical fashion #historical photography #post card #vintage postcard #old postcards #postcard #antique postcard #art #art history

[crazyfox-archives]

A postcard of Katsuragi Jinja Shrine (葛城神社) on the peak of Mount Kongō in Nara Prefecture

From a set of postcards published between 1907 and 1918

Image from the photography collection of the Nara Prefectural Library

#japanese photography #奈良県 #nara prefecture #金剛山 #kongozan #mount kongo #葛城神社 #katsuragi jinja #神社 #jinja #historical photos #vintage photography #postcard #ephemera #paper ephemera #printed ephemera #fotografía japonesa #postales #fotografía antigua

[theolivefox]

"Wild Buck, Two Does and Fawn", Big Basin, Calif.

Vintage Linen-Type Postcard, Pictorial Wonderland Art-Tone Series; Stanley A. Plitz Company circa. 1930-50s.

(please do not feed the wildlife.)

#California #redwoods #black tailed deer #deer #landscape #vintage art #postcard #lithograph #vintage illustration #big basin #forest #animals #history #california history #state parks #santa cruz #this was on a very weird fashy blog so i found a better image and provided historical context and alt text #hope she cries lol

[postcard-from-the-past]

Street scene in Bizerte, Tunisia

French vintage postcard

#tarjeta #tunisia #postkaart #sepia #historic #bizerte #photo #postal #briefkaart #photography #street #vintage #ephemera #ansichtskarte #old #postcard #french #postkarte #scene #carte postale

[daguerreotyping]

Circa 1930 real photo postcard from a strapping young swimmer to his friend, reading:

Bill One of the pleasures I have got from coming to this school is getting to know you, and I hope I'll see you in the future. That was a marvelous time we had on the top floor of Dunbar our first year seeing how much we could get away with under Ken Willis' eyes. I certainly hope your are first catcher for the baseball team this year. Lots of luck. Jim.

#quite a choice of photo to send to a friend #but then again this is the sort of friend with whom one has had a marvelous time on the top floor of Dunbar #and the sort of friend who might need a reminder of such marvels when he is off catching for the baseball team #early 20th century #1930s #1930s fashion #historical fashion #fashion history #men's fashion #menswear #vintage swimsuit #vintage men #vintage photography #real photo postcard #rppc #gay interest

[postcard-from-the-past]

Cats on a vintage postcard, mailed in 1903

#vintage #tarjeta #cats #briefkaart #postcard #photography #postal #carte postale #sepia #ephemera #historic #1903 #ansichtskarte #postkarte #postkaart #mailed #photo

[postcard-from-the-past]

"Minerva"

French vintage postcard, illustrated by the Art Nouveau artist Ernest Louis Lessieux

#vintage #tarjeta #artist #old #briefkaart #louis #postcard #photography #illustrated #postal #carte postale #art nouveau #sepia #ephemera #ernest #lessieux #historic #ernest louis lessieux #french #ansichtskarte #nouveau #postkarte #art #postkaart #minerva #photo