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FOOD POST CARDS
& FOURTH OF JULY
POSTCARDS

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FOOD POST CARDS & POSTCARDS
EDIBLES / NOURISHMENT / CHOW
NOURRITURE / NAHRUNG / ALIMENTO / ETEN / MAT
See also Agriculture postcards, Cola & soft drink post cards,
Culinary postcards, Recipe cards, Popcorn post cards
& Vegetable head postcards!

"#1551-H AMBROSIA FROM HAWAII'S  GARDEN THE LUSCIOUS FRUITS OF POLYNESIA / PHOTOGRAPHER -HIPOLITO VELEZ" unused & exceptionally colorful continental postcard in excellent condition. $1.00 f

"1002…HELLAS / … / Villagers oven / Villageois four…" also captioned in other languages, showing Greek women baking, post card mailed from Kos to Holland 1985. $1.00 gf

  NewMexico_Isleta_11279_small.jpg food postcards available from Judnick.com  "11279  DRYING PEACHES AT ISLETA, N. M.  DETROIT PUBLISHING CO." unused early white-border era post card album impressions at the corners, small bottom corner bend, other bottom corner with a small crease. Others offer expensive reprints; why not get the real thing from us? $10.00 ndfi NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

"130. Tortillera, México. / J. Granat, México." showing a woman indoors making tortillas, unused color postcard with undivided back, both sides lightly toned (front border areas most noticeable), minor corner rounding. $4.25 m(g)f

  Tunisia_Tozeur_BreadSellers.jpg (166033 bytes) food postcard available from Judnick.com  "15 TOZEUR. -- Marchands de Pains. - LL." Showing Tunisian bread sellers, black & white on carte postale with green back, large album adherences on back. $6.00 tpf

  Mitchell_108CaliforniaGrapes-200_small.JPG  "108 - CALIFORNIA GRAPES." color post card, circa 1910, unused, brownish paper, one corner worn. $2.75 mfc

"11LC-1167 / MAKING JERKY / Two Indian ladies of the Delaware tribe.." making it from slaughtered beef, chrome postcard mailed 1966 to Indiana, unusual subject matter. $1.50 if

  Pennsylvania_Hershey_153TheWorld'sLargest.jpg (331891 bytes)  "153  THE WORLD'S LARGEST CHOCOLATE AND COCOA PLANT, HERSHEY, PA. / E-5575" an aerial view of an unused linen post card from the Hershey Department Store, pertinent information on back on visiting hours, minor wear at one corner. $2.75 pfi


1898 HAND-COLORED TEA ADVERTISING CARD
FROM TOKYO TO INDIANAPOLIS

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Front & Back

Message text:  "We beg to advise you that we are now firing and packing the first crop teas for Edwin J. Gillies & Co., New York.   They will be of the same high quality as in former years and will go forward by first steamer.  Send your orders immediately to Edwin J. Gillies & Co., New York, so as to secure some of the early pickings for your best trade, as they cannot be obtained later in the season."

Front upper left corner reads:  "Souvenir Japanese Postal Card".  Front lower left reads: "FAN CHOP  / RMA CHOP  / BEE HIVE CHOP". (Both in rose-color ink.)

Sent April 2, 1898. $130.00 ajgf


"1913 McCurd 3 tonner" showing a Tate British Refined Sugars delivery truck, unused continental postcard, trivial corner wear. $1.25 af

  Oregon_Astoria_2500000Cans-100.JPG (323642 bytes)  "2,500,000 Cans of canned salmon, Astoria, Oregon" color post card from M. Rieder, circa 1915, pencil writing on back, mild corner & edge wear, lightly toned back. $5.00 ofi

  Mitchell_2609Loganberries-200_small.JPG  "2609 - LOGANBERRIES" showing a close-up of several berry clusters, color post card, copyright 1910, unused, brownish paper. $2.75 mf!

  Mitchell_2610WhiteWinter-200_small.JPG  "2610 - WHITE WINTER PEARMAIN." color postcard published by Edward H. Mitchell, copyright 1910 notice is very light on the front, back paper browning evenly with age, very light back toning from the printing process itself. $2.75 mf

  SouthVietnam_288Sud-V-100.jpg (255680 bytes)  "288 Sud-Vietnam - SAIGON - Dépot de Bananes" showing a large banana vending area, hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard, unused & fairly fresh. $4.75 sf

"2. A Vermont Maple Sugar Camp" In color, undivided back post card, writing on front dates to 1905, faint album impressions at the corners. $5.00 (vcf)

  Mexico_36AMVendedor-200_small.jpg food postcard scan available from Judnick.com  "367 / MEXICO. VENDEDOR DE METATES" real photo of a seated vendor with his mealing stones (used for processing seeds & grains, excellent focus & contrast. Post card 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 mpf

  Algeria_4ABiskraLa-100.jpg (261154 bytes)  "4  ALGÉRIE. Biskra; la mouture du grain" black & white showing woman grinding grain, unused, fairly fresh. $8.00 af

  Framce_LeMans_42LMLa-200_small.jpg food postcard available from Judnick.com  "42  LE MANS. -- La Place Thiers. -- LL." with a streetcar about to pass Paul Hervé's Cafe Thiers (at the left), circa 1920 carte postale, unused, green back, minor wear to one bottom corner. The food advertising signs on the streetcar are "Farine Lactée Nestlé" (an important source of nutrition for children whose mothers were unable to breast-feed) & "Potages Maggi". $10.00 f(l)sgf NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Mexico_General_517MMolenderas-120.jpg (464473 bytes)  "517. Mexico.  Molenderas. / J. C. S." showing young woman grinding flour while another looks on with child, post card with undivided back, minor corner wear & rounding. 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 mf

"7835 / The largest raw Sugar House in continental United / States. This view of the Sugar House of United States / Sugar Corporation.. / 'America's Sweetest Town'" unused chrome post card copyrighted 1962, fairly fresh. $1.50 f(c)sf

  California_007_small.jpg food post card available from Judnick.com    California_022_small.jpg food post card available from Judnick.com  "852. ORANGES AND SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS" referring specifically to California Orange Groves on the back, linen postcard mailed 1952 at Garden Grove California, tiny corner bend, trace of cancel ink on front. Shown left. $2.25 c(u)fa. Another, unused, possibly a different printing because the colors look a bit darker, tiny spot in bottom front margin. Shown right. $2.25 c(u)fa NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  FreeFrenchAfrica_AfriqueFrancasieLibre-200.jpg (810821 bytes)  "Afrique Française Libre: Travaux domestiques / Free French Africa: Domestic duties" black & white postcard shows 3 women grinding & processing flour, unused. 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

"AIR VIEW OF THE 40 ACRE HOME OF POST CEREALS, BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN" with short ad message on back, unused early chrome postcard, toned back. $2.00 mf

  Netherlands_066_small.jpg Holland post card available from LotsOfCards.com  "Alkmaar. De Waag" showing sleds of cheese being weighed; color photochrome briefkaart, Serie 174 Nr. 3073, much writing on back in English, corner crease, small corner crease, slight browning of the paper with age. $4.00 nf. Same postcard, but mailed at Gandy Nebraska, no creases, but noticeable corner wear not into the image, hint of wear along the top edge. Shown. $4.25 nf

  Netherlands_035_small.jpg food postcard available from Judnick.com  "Alkmaar. Kaasmarkt." showing 2 men with a sled of cheese, Series 174 No. 3074, mailed at Orestes Indiana, noticeable corner wear, edge wear is minor. $2.25 nf

  Netherlands_040_small.jpg food post card available from LotsOfCards.com    Netherlands_052_small.jpg food briefkaart available from LotsOfPhotos.com  "Alkmaar. Kaasmarkt." showing 2 men with a sled of cheese, Series 174 No. 3071, unused & fresh postcard. Shown left. $3.25 nf. Same but very late usage at Lebanon Nebraska, mild corner & edge wear. Shown right. $2.75 nf NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Netherlands_069_small.jpg Dutch postcard available from Judnick.com  "Alkmaar. Kaasmarkt." showing 2 men with a sled of cheese, Series 174 No. 3074, post card mailed at Archer Nebraska, noticeable corner wear not into the image. $3.00 nf

  Netherlands_Alkmaar_CheeseSled_small.jpg (4782 bytes) Alkmaar Netherlands post card  Netherlands_068_small.jpg food post card available from LotsOfCards.com  Netherlands_039_small.jpg Dutch post card available from Judnick.com  "Alkmaar. Kaasmarkt." showing a man pulling a load of cheese, color photochromie briefkaart, Series 174 No. 3072, mailed in the United States, minor corner & edge wear. shown left. $2.75 (nf). Same but mailed at Burr Nebraska, minor wear to the bottom corners. Shown middle. Probably a different printing. $3.00 nf. Same but unmailed & good edges, probably a different printing. Shown right. $3.25 nf

  Netherlands_063_small.jpg food postcard available from Judnick.com  "Alkmaar. Kaasmarkt." showing men near several sleds of cheese, briefkaart from Serie 174 No. 3070, mailed at McLean Nebraska, top corner crease tangential to the image (front part of paper lost), minor wear to the bottom corners. $2.50 nf NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Netherlands_031_small.jpg food postcard available from Judnick.com  "ALKMAAR (Holland)" showing the cheese market there, unused post card, Serie 380 - 399, gedrukt in Nederland, a few specks of toning in the front borders, lower corner bend not into the image. $4.00 nf

"'All Michigan' / ... GIFT PRESERVES / Grand Farm Products Co. / SO. KEELER RD. ·· HARTFORD MICH." showing a 6-pack of their preserves & a map inset for their location; unused advertising post card with prices & more information of the back, rounded corners as issued, 2 light smudges on back. The company no longer exists. $2.50 fm(h) NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

"Always in good taste... / because it always tastes good. / Known for quality for more than seventy years" including a Claxton Fruit Cake, unused chrome from Claxton Bakery in Claxton Georgia, mild corner wear, light toning on back. $1.25 afg

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"AMANA COLONIES / Bratwurst Capital of the World" showing 3 men making the sausage at the Amana Meat Shop (its advertising on the back), light edge wear, cancel on front, small corner crease. $1.75 if

  Minnesota_EastGrandForks_Industrial.JPG (163832 bytes) beet company in Minnesota post card  "American Beet Sugar Co. Factory, East Grand Forks, Minn." Unused linen post card, fresh appearance. $3.75 (mif)

  DogCart_AMilkInspection-200_small.JPG food post card available from Judnick.com  "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

"A section of J. William Stohlman, Jr.'s confec- / tionery shop and ice cream parlor. Originally installed in Georgetown, D.C., in 1900. Hall of / Everyday Life in the American Past, Museum of / History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution" chrome postcard mailed 1965 by a visitor who remembered such things in his childhood. $2.50 dmi

"A SWIFT & COMPANY BEEF COOLER, CAPACITY 3000 SIDES" color postcard lithographed in the USA, unused, small corner crease. $4.00 if

  Michigan_BattleCreek_ATripThrough.jpg (165129 bytes)  "A TRIP THROUGH KELLOGG'S /  Scheduled tours start from here..." with Corn Flakes ad on back in yellow green, trivial wear at one corner, couple faint tiny spots of toning on back, otherwise fairly fresh. $6.00 (mf)*

  NYC_427_small.jpg food postal card available from Judnick.com  "AUSTIN, NICHOLS & CO., / TEAS, STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES / Hudson, Jay and Staple Streets, New York" circa 1878 postal card from a salesman to Chapinville CT, advising of his expected arrival date, small ink spots on front. At the time the NY location, near the Hudson River docks, was the heart of the wholesale food business. $10.00 n(n)f

  Illinois_Chicago_BeefCutting-200_small.JPG available from Judnick.com  "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)

  T017_small.jpg food postcards available from Judnick.com  "Bhutan wife makes yak- / milk cheese. Thibet." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 from Fall River Kansas, internal crease that is hard to see from the front, trivial corner wear. SOLD RECENTLY tbf

  Sports_Bodybuillding_DotCom.jpg (210924 bytes)  "BODYBUILDING.com  Sports & Fitness Nutrition // The World's / Most Visited / Bodybuilding / Web Site" unused small continental advertising card, no postcard back, near mint. (2 available) $1.50 each. s(b)cf

  NovaScotia_Truro_Barbecue.jpg (190534 bytes)  "BR-64A / TRURO'S FAMOUS CHICKEN BAR-B-Q / Courtesy N. S. Bureau of Information" showing a large outdoor effort with many cooks in Nova Scotia, chrome postcard mailed 1957 from Digby to US. $1.50 nbf

"Broek in Waterland Maasmakerijan de van de Wed P. Wiltenburg" post card showing a cheese factory interior in color, 1907, corner & edge wear. $5.00

"BROWSE, BUY, BREW! / FREE SHIPPING ONLINE" displaying a roast coffee gift set, unused continental postcard from javamastercolumbus.com, near mint. (2 available) $1.25 each. fo

  MIXone_292_small.jpg food postcard available from Judnick.com  "Calhoun St., North from Wayne St., / Fort Wayne, Ind." post card with several readable signs--ICE CREAM / PHOSPHATES, RESTAURANT, US RENTAL PARLORS, JEWELERS...; sepia-tone on yellowish paper, mailed there 1909, corner crease, minor wear to upper corners. $6.00 if NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Maine_Gardiner_CanningFactory_small.jpg (3432 bytes)  "Canning Factory, Gardiner, Me" including farmers with their wares in baskets outside, color post card from Leighton & Valentine, circa 1910 but very late usage, small corner crease, minor corner & edge wear. $6.50 (mif)

  Ohio_PortClinton_CheeseHaven-200_small.JPG food post card available from LotsOfCards.com  "CHEESE HAVEN  PORT CLINTON, OHIO  OPEN YEAR AROUND" showing its exterior, unused chrome postcard, much interesting advertising information in back message area, near mint. Sold a wide variety of food including sausage, breads, fudge & wine. (2 available) $1.50 each. ofa

  Netherlands_088_small.jpg food postcard availalbe from LotsOfCards.com  "Cheese market at / Alkmaar, Holland" with a smaller illustration on the back, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1964 from Whiting Indiana. $2.00 nf NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  AviationJet_ChicagoMenu-200_small.JPG  "CHICAGO / JET NORTHWEST / MENU ..." unused Northwest Orient Airlines postcard in excellent condition. From the forgotten days when airlines were actually proud of the food they served. $5.00 a(j)f

ShipMemorabilia_July11-1914-200_small.jpg food available from Judnick.com"Chicago · Milwaukee · Buffalo · Line / S·S·MINNESOTA·/ DINNER / SATURDAY, JULY 11th, 1914 // CROSBY / LINE / STEAMERS" menu postcard picturing the ship, mailed by a passenger to Mr. J. U. Duffee in Washington Court House Ohio. Food selection included cream of tomato soufflé, queen olives, fired gumbo of whitefish, Saratoga chip potatoes, braised pork tenderloin Maderiese, banana fritters & New York ice cream. A lot of toning along the right front edge, upper corner crease, small bottom corner bend. Hard to find & interesting. $12.00 s(c)s(l)s(m)f

  ElSalvador_CoffeeOf-200_small.jpg food post cards available from Judnick.com  "Coffee of El Salvador" showing a young woman picking with a large basket, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1966 at Toluca Illinois. Nice. $1.75 ef  NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

"Compliments of / BLUE BIRD BAKING CO. / 521 Kiser Street / DAYTON, OHIO // Horstmann Studio" booklet of 10 high quality postcard-sized photographs riveted together, 'O. L. MELVIN & SON / NEW HOLLAND, OHIO'. Most of the photos are captioned: the office force, testing laboratory, exterior view, a partial force of the employees, cooking room, some of the fresh frozen fruit used in Blue Bird pies, another interior view & operators, two of the largest ovens, the sales force, a partial view of the fleet of trucks. Uncaptioned view at the front is undoubtedly a portrait of the owner. The company was sold in 1990, when 57 years of age. $100.00 o(d)f

  AdCard_ConstantinopleTurkey-100.jpg (289693 bytes)  "CONSTANTINOPLE, TURKEY" with art depicting Sophia Church, ships in the Bosphorus, a street scene, man & woman in costume; from Arbuckle coffee, 1891 copyright, Detailed information about the city & the coffee on the back. Ad card 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 aft

  WorldWarI_DieBackerImFeldeDas-200_small.JPG food post card available from LotsOfCards.com  "Die Bäcker im Felde. / Das frische Brot wird zum Lagerraum gebracht." showing the delivery of fresh bread by German military bakers to a stockroom during World War I, unused Kriegspostkarte, reddish-brown paper, trivial edge wear. $12.50 wfm(g)

  Serbia_DieBäker-100.JPG (318202 bytes) food postcard available from Judnick.com  "Die Bäcker im Felde. / In Serbien erbeutete Feldbäkerei, engl. Herkunst, in deutschem Betriebe." sepia-tone view of a military bakery in Serbia, Kriegspostkarte with brownish paper, unused. $12.50 (scwfm(g))

  WorldWarI_DieBackerImFeldeMannschaften-200_small.JPG food post card available from Judnick.com  "Die Bäcker im Felde. / Mannschaften einer Feldbäckerei auf dem westlichen Kriegsschauplatz." showing the crew of a field baker's shop on the western front in World War I, unused Kriegspostkarte, reddish-brown paper minor corner wear & rounding. $11.50 wfm(g)

  Automobile_DollyMadison-200_small.jpg food photo available from LotsOfCards.com  "Dolly Madison / Cookies & CAKES / Order From Your Grocer / Schulze" signage on a delivery truck stopped in from of a grocery & meat store, approximately 2.5" x 4.5" photograph, 4 spots of album paste on back. Annotation on back specifies Cincinnati Ohio, and we have no reason to doubt it; but the Schulze Baking Company plant was on the south side of Chicago. Hostess Brands now owns the Dolly Madison line. $15.00 fa

  AdvertisingCard_DoughertysNewEngland-120.jpg (260028 bytes)  "DOUGHERTY'S / NEW ENGLAND CONDENSED MINCE MEAT" with girl in red dress & wide-brimmed hat eating some, circa 1890 trade card with 2 corners worn. $4.50 (agf)+

"École de langue francaise / et de culture québécoise" with a close-up of some blueberry fruit; unused continental postcard in excellent condition. $1.50 q(g)f

SMALL ORDERS ARE WELCOME!

"ELSIE THE COW / and her BRAND NEW TWINS / ELSIE THE COW IS THE TRAVELING REPRESENTATIVE OF BORDEN'S FAMILY OF FINE FOODS" showing her barn boudoir, unused chrome post card lithographed in the United States, light toning on back, more pertinent information on back. An unusual piece of Americana! $5.00 af*

  Macedonia_EnglishFieldBakery_small.jpg (3797 bytes)  "Englische Feldbäkerei in Soloniki" showing an English field bakery in Macedonia, color postcard, unused, corner & edge wear, light toning on back, small scrapes on back only. $15.00 mfcm(b)*%

  NYC_428_small.jpg food card available from LotsOfCards.com  "Famous Recipes from Famous Eating Places: No. 13 in a series of 16 / Waldorf-Astoria / ... ICE CREAM PRALINE / ... / SET OF 16 FAMOUS PLACE RECIPES AVAILABLE! / See Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix packages for details" recipe card with quoted text & Aunt Jemima pictured on the back, 2 tiny fingernail indents at the top edge. The painting shown is a depiction of the Starlight Dining Room by Harvey Kidder. $8.00 ri(h)n(n)bf

"FIREBOX BOILERS / Especially for / Dairies and Creameries / ... / Johnston Brothers, Inc., Ferrysburg, Mich." advertising mailed there 1932 under Sec. 435 1 / 2 P. L. & R., reply card detached, short internal crease from top edge, exceptionally detailed & interesting. $5.00 mif

"Flapjack" Melville Saskatchewan QSL card with Runnin' Bare style commissioned art depicting flapjack cooking, unused, fresh appearance. Operator was Rob Pankiw. $2.00 sf

  Food_FreiersGroceries-200_small.jpg food photo available from Judnick.com  "FREIER'S / GROCERIES & MEATS / 1149 Huffman Ave. Tel. E. 2292" signage on a delivery truck with a man seated in the passenger side of the cab, approximately 2.5" x 4.5" photograph, slight curl to the paper, very light horizontal striations in the glossy finish attributable to the printing process itself. The address is in Dayton Ohio. The business belonged to Ferd W. and Lydia Freier, according to the pencilled information on the back. Talk about hard to find! $25.00 fo(d)g(f)a NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Ohio_Foster_FreshMilk-200_small.jpg food photo available from LotsOfCards.com  "FRESH / MILK // MATTHEWS FRECHTLING // From K. I. O. / SELECTED FARMS // OWNED & OPERATED / BY / J. & L. KELLER / FOSTER, O. / R.R.1" signage on a delivery truck with a little girl in the cab, approximately 2.5" x 4.5" photograph, slight curl to the paper, 5 spots of album paste on back. It is rare to find any memorabilia about this company on the internet. $25.00 fo(f)g(f)a NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Iowa_Muscatine_FriendsRolled-200_small.JPG food trade card available from Judnick.com  "Friends / ROLLED KILN DRIED / Oats // Muscatine Oat Meal Co. / MUSCATINE, IOWA" art including a girl, box of White Oats & the company itself; back also in full color depicts William Penn Making Friends with the Indians by presenting them with a box of oats. Noticeable edge wear & light toning both sides. This advertising card is the size of a regular postcard. $14.00 aiifg

  AutomobileTruck_Fruehauf-Atkinson-200_small.JPG food post card available from Judnick.com  "FRUEHAUF-ATKINSON / BULK FLOUR FOR BAKERS" real photo postcard mailed 1953 from Minneapolis Minnesota, caption taken from side of truck which writer calls 'our latest', 2 corners crease & some internal creases, a little extraneous writing on back. A rare postcard. $11.00 afm

  Minnesota_Austin_GeoAHormel-200_small.JPG food post card available from Judnick.com  "Geo. A. Hormel & Co. / Home Plant / Austin, Minnesota" an aerial view, with parking lots & tanks in the foreground;  unused chrome postcard, small corner crease. Claims on back: first to produce canned hams, first with humane slaughter & first with the annual wage plan. $1.25 m(a)f

"GONDRECOURT (Meuse) -- La Fromagerie de Jonchères" showing the exterior of a cheese-making establishment in France, black & white on carte postale with green back, serrated edge from booklet, one back edge toned. $8.00

"Grains de Café" showing numerous coffee beans, continental advertising card publicizing a series of coffee conferences from 31 Mars - 12 Juin 2003 at Marseille France, exceptional detail, tiny corner crease. $1.00 ff(m)

"Great Western Sugar Factory, Loveland" showing its exterior, black & white postcard, mailed but stamp removed, minor edge wear, small corner crease is hard to see from front. $5.00 cif

  NSW_Broome_Meat_small.jpg (4207 bytes)  "Greetings from BROOME" showing a work scene at the meat works in New South Wales, unused chrome, unusual subject matter. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (nfp)

  Texas_SanAntonio_Women_small.jpg (3919 bytes)  "Greetings from / San Antonio / …Mexican Women Grinding / Corn for Tortillas" post card mailed there 1904, lightly toned back. $5.00 (tf) Writing on front, writing on back, album marks on front. $4.50 (tf)

“GUSTAVE COURBET 1819-1877 / appelen / apples / pommes” unused continental postcard, copyrighted, excellent condition. $1.25 a(c)f NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

"HAVE YOU TRIED / THURBERS / No34 / COFFEE?" ad card shaped like a cup & saucer, most of ad on back readable but a few thins there from album removal, browning paper on back. H. K. & F. B. Thurber were importers & wholesale grocers and coffee roasters in New York City. In 1879 Francis B. Thurber of this firm promoted a pure food statute throughout the US. The law was later enacted in New York State, Massachusetts & New Jersey, and helped to publicize his firm's commitment to quality. $7.00 afn(n)%

  Maine_Bangor_HeaddquartersSilhouette-100.jpg (274332 bytes)  "Headquarters for Specialty orders / T. R. Savage Company. / WHOLESALE GROCERS / ... / Importers of MOOSE CHOP TEA / E. P. Patten" printed advertising with striking silhouette of moose on government postal card mailed at Unionville 1903, browning paper shows age, small spots of cancel ink on face. $12.00 maagfs*%

  Artist_Clapsaddle_HeartyThanksgiving-120.JPG (424157 bytes)  "Hearty Thanksgiving Greetings" showing a turkey dinner, embossed, signed, mailed 1909, small ink smear on back, minor corner & edge wear. $5.00 (atf)+

  NewJersey_AtlanticCity_HeinzOcean-200_small.jpg food postcards available from Judnick.com  "Heinz Ocean Pier. / ATLANTIC CITY. / EXTENDING 1000 FEET INTO THE OCEAN. // HEINZ / PERMANENT -57- EXHIBIT. / VARIETIES" within an intricately decorated border, undivided back post card, mailed there 1907 to Miss Lydia Leathem in New Philadelphia Pennsylvania, small upper corner crease not into the image, other minor corner wear, light fingerprint toning on back. $8.00 nfa NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Ohio_Cincinnati_Hilberg-200_small.jpg food photograph available from LotsOfPhotos.com  "Hilberg's / BEEF VEAL LAMB / Satisfies!" sign on the side of a delivery truck, 4.5"x4" VELOX photo with exemplary focus & contrast, 4 spots of album paste at the back corners. The Hilberg Meat Packing Company was on Linn Street in Cincinnati. $20.00 o(c)fg(h)a

"Homemade nuclear waste" showing a man opening a microwave to find his frozen donut has been burnt beyond recognition, unused continental postcard, copyrighted, trivial wear at one corner. $1.00 cf

  Ohio_Clyde_HomeOfTheSilverFleeceKraut-100.jpg (245081 bytes)  "Home of the 'Silver Fleece' Kraut. / CLYDE OHIO" showing several wagons fully loaded with produce beside The Clyde Kraut Company (signs for their kraut and for 'BLAIR BRAND PICKLES'), black & white on undivided back, album marks on front, back toned from album contact, writing on front by George D. Nichols of Asbury Park New Jersey is dated August 1906. Nice! $10.00 of

"HOT DOG, RT. 1, MAINE / 'By the Way' Series / Photograph by Ken Brown" the hot dog referred to in the back caption is positioned over a domed trash basket on the front image, unused, fresh appearance. $1.50 ofp

  Auto_IdealBrand-200_small.jpg food photograph available from LotsOfCards.com  "IDEAL BRAND / REFRIGERATED SERVICE // HAM  LARD / BACON  SAUSAGE '// JOHN RIPPERGER DIST. // WAbash 5179" signage on the side of a parked delivery truck, approximately 2.5"x4.5" photo with excellent contrast & focus, 4 spots of album paste at the back corners with a little thinning. Definitely rare. $25.00 fg(r)a NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Artist_Outcault_IKnowYou-100.jpg (358098 bytes)  "I know you will be pleased / BUSTER BROWN COFFEE IS GOOD" advertising postcard with signed Outcault art showing man reading news so good the dog is also pleased, writing on back, brownish paper, corner wear & rounding, 2 small corner creases. $8.00 (a(o)dfa)

IMAGE FILE Volume 17 Number 2, containing "The [Union Pacific] Challenger - Everybody's Limited", "For Love of Chocolate" by Barbara L. Anderson. $2.25 the complete issue. prf

  SocialHistory_InActionMaking-200_small.JPG food post card available from Judnick.com  "In Action! / Making Doughnuts at Front Line" showing female Salvation Army workers cooking for many American soldiers in France during World War I. Widely reported throughout America by hardened war correspondents, the anticipated scandals never materialized and the Salvation Army reaped millions of dollars worth of free publicity. Their charitable organization was thereby transformed. Unused postcard from the 1919 Salvation Army fund-raising campaign capitalizing on that publicity. Minor corner wear, lightly toned back. $15.00 scfw

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"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

"INSTANT DEF" continental size publicity card promoting the website instantdef.com for fictional characters attempting to save the hip-hop nation, near mint. Snickers candy bar advertising too. $1.50 cf

  Ohio_Bellevue_IntersectionOfMain-100.jpg (257562 bytes) food postcard scan available from Judnick.com  "Intersection of Main / and Northwest Streets / Bellevue, O. 120 m to Pa. line" caption from writing on front, showing several wagons & buggies near a store whose canopy reads 'CASH PAID FOR COUTRY(sic) PRODUCE', writing on back, 2 areas of dark toning on image, long crease, minor corner wear. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (257,562 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 omf

  Iowa_DesMoines_IStateFairD-200_small.JPG food postcard available from LotsOfCards.com  "Iowa State Fair, Des Moines / AUG. 25 TO SEPT. 1, 1905 / SWIFT & COMPANY PRIZE DRAFT TEAM" showing a wagon drawn by 6 horses; sepia-tone undivided back post card mailed there (during the fair) to Miss Elizabeth Hursh of Mountain Park Oklahoma, front heavily toned from album contact, arrival postal marking struck over a horse and part of the wagon. The company is still one of the world's largest processors of beef & pork. $6.50 ihf

  NewYork_NiagaraFalls_ItsAllInThe-100.jpg (297535 bytes)  "'ITS ALL IN THE SHREDS' / SERIES 103 / THE HOME OF / SHREDDED WHEAT / NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. / ... / The cleanest and purest of all cereal foods, made in the cleanest and finest food factory in the world" also picturing Niagara Falls framed by wheat to its sides; unused advertising postcard with undivided back & evenly browning paper due to age, good edges, attractive. $8.50 nfswa

  NewYork_Jamaica_ItsTimeTo-200_small.jpg food postal card available from LotsOfCards.com  "IT'S TIME TO SELL / TAKE ADVANTAGE... / BERKOWITZ BUSINESS BROKERS / 163-18 JAMAICA AVE., JAMAICA, NEW YORK..." ad soliciting bakeries, mailed there 1954, brownish paper, 2 long creases, small corner crease, 3 / 5" tear, partial cancel on front, as is. 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 nfga

"JERUSALEM Femmes Boulangères / Baking Bread / Brot Backen" caption very hard to read at left, color, numbered 160 on back, unused, toning in stamp box area. $7.00 pf*

  Genealogy_JosephPotter-200_small.JPG  "JOSEPH POTTER FRUITERER & GREENGROCER" showing the storefront with produce displays & 3 employees on a sepia-tone real photo post card mailed 1905 to Charlestown Station in Boston from Waterloo Liverpool Great Britain (stamp removed). $12.00 g(p)e(l)f*%

  Netherlands_026_small.jpg food postcard available from LotsOfCards.com  "KAASMARKT TE ALKMAAR" showing the cheese market, color on undivided back briefkaart (serie C from De Haan in Utrecht), mailed at Amsterdam in 1910 to Ohio, bottom corners with small creases, corner rounding. $7.00 nf

"KHA 5150" CB QSL card with a can of Marhoefer Ham (a Marhoefer Packing Company product) as an illustration, tiny corner crease, two noticeable pen strokes (one per side. Design makes operator names hard to figure out: Virg, Mansfield, Reda, and of course Marhoefer. $1.50 if

"Kodachrome by Charles J. Belden / Louis Pappas' Famous Salad, Tarpon Springs, Florida" artfully arranged on a large plateful, unused Dextone post card, long internal crease in the background, another very short internal crease from the side, toned back. $1.00 cff

"Kousebandjen / Foto Bert de Vries / Uitgave / Zendingsgenootschap der / Evangelische Broedergemeenschap" woman with many green vegetables, probably in Indonesia, unused continental post card. $1.00 f

  Auto_Kroger-200_small.jpg food photo available from Judnick.com  "KROGER / The COMPLETE FOOD MARKET" sign on the side of a grocery delivery truck, 4.5"x4" VELOX photo with exemplary focus & contrast, 4 spots of album paste at the back corners. The building is in Cincinnati; we have seen other known Cincinnati delivery trucks photographed beside it (see Hilberg above) & the writing on back confirms. $20.00 o(c)fa

"La Sole Normande" showing an attractive presentation; continental postcard with scalloped edges as issued & a long poem in French about the dish on back, mailed at Paris 1971 to Canada, corner crease. $1.00 cf

  Florida_BoyntonBeach_Lemon-100.jpg (190342 bytes)  "Lemon Meringue Pie / at / LUCILLE and OTLEY'S" showing a slice in necessarily vertical format, Boynton Beach Florida restaurant hours printed on back, unused chrome postcard, fairly fresh & eye-catching. $2.00 f(b)fa+

  Tunisia_LesMarchandsD'oranges.jpg (169797 bytes)  "Les Marchands d'oranges" good color showing orange vendors on the Tunisian street, from Lehnert & Landrock, post card numbered 586 on back, unused, much corner & edge wear, two small spots of toning on back, interesting. $12.50 tpf

  China_QiBaishiLotOf13Items.jpg (152468 bytes)  Lichee fruit on continental post card, quality printing, trivial corner wear. Art attributed to Qi Baishi (1864 - 1957). Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 cf

  Ohio_Norwood_Lindner-200_small.jpg food photo available from Judnick.com  "LINDNER BROS. / ICE CREAM / 'GROWING ON ITS REPUTATION' / 3740 Montgomery Rd. / NORWOOD" black & white photograph (approximately 2.5" x 4.5") showing their delivery truck, exemplary focus & contrast, 5 spots of album paste on back. This Ohio business was started by Carl H. Lindner Sr. & his children, before 1940. $20.00 o(n)g(l)fa

“LOOK SOMEONE TOOK A BITE OUT OF MY COOKIE, 1982 / PHOTOGRAPH BY DUANE MICHALS” unused continental postcard, copyrighted, excellent condition. $1.25 pf

  Blacks_LotsObGood-200_small.JPG food postcard available from LotsOfCards.com  "Lots ob good things / Christmas time, / Christmas turkey / an' Christmas wine, / Punkin, mine an' / apple pie--" showing a black butler bearing a tray full of food & more poetry, Tuck Leatherette Post Card Series No. 8, printed in Saxony, mailed 1911 in Michigan, minor corner & edge wear, couple inconsequential tiny ink smears in address. The light-color curve from the turkey & down towards the left edge is either an artistic representation of the food dripping as he is moving forward or a very light scrape that leaves color on the card. $10.00 bctfp

ShipMemorabilia_SSRhein_1908-200_small.jpg ship menu available from Judnick.com"LUNCH / SS Rhein April 12 th. 1908" bilingual (German & English) menu for the S. S. Rhein / Dampfer Rhein, printed by C. Adler G.m.b.H. Hamburg. Cover art is unsigned, showing elegants on deck; the departure of the ship is illustrated on the back. Mouth-watering fare included: ox-tail soup, roast beef à la berlinoise, calf's head vinaigrette, roast turkey, pine-apple ice au four, etc. $20.00 s(m)s(o)f NEW / NUEVO / UUSI
 

"MACHALA CAPITAL BANANA DEL MUNDO / QUIROLA / HC3JL" exceptionally colorful QSL card used 1974 by operator Jose Luis Casla, art on front proclaims this town. Machala is in Ecuador. $2.00 (ef)

  Ohio_Delta_MainStreetLooking-200_small.jpg food post card available from Judnick.com  "MAIN ST. LOOKING WEST, / DELTA, O." its front signed for TOLEDO and BRYAN, as it passed by a horse-and-buggy parked outside the bakery/restaurant offering 'ICE CREAM / and ICE CREAM SODAS'; sepia-tone real photo postcard mailed SEP 1908 at Delta Ohio, faint album marks at the back corners, trivial wear to one upper corner. The village complained to the Railroad Commission of Ohio that the electric wires were dangerous & should be removed; the commission declined, thinking the matter suitable for local regulation. More signage will yield on magnification. Hard to find; none others were offered when we searched the Internet. $75.00 r(t)o(d)mf

  MexicoGeneral_MakingTortillas-200_small.jpg food tarjeta postal scan available from Judnick.com  "Making Tortillas, 'Tortillera'." showing a Mexican woman at work, circa 1905; mild corner & edge wear. 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 m(g)f

  France_Cherbourg_Marins_small.JPG (3800 bytes)  "Marins brûlant du café" carte postale mailed TCV 1904, showing French sailors brewing coffee, light toning on back. $15.00 (f(c)m(f)f)

  Mexico_044_small.jpg food preparation postcards available from Judnick.com  "Mexico.  Tortillera. / Moliendo nixtamal." multiview tarjeta postal showing the grinding of specially treated maize & the production of tortillas; mailed 1907 to Columbus Ohio, J. Granat number 6926, upper corner crease, other corner & edge wear is minor. $5.00 m(g)f NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Netherlands_MiddelburgBotermarkt-200_small.JPG food postcard available from Judnick.com  "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

"Mouth of Chicago River, Chicago." including several ships at a distance, monochromatic blue-green  postcard on yellowish stock, pencil scribbling and toning on back might come off, 2 corner creases, noticeable toning on the front. 'NO STRANGER / GUNTHER'S CANDIES signage shows on the side of a large building. As is. $2.00 i(c)f

  NYC_122_small.jpg food postcard available from LotsOfCards.com  "New York Produce Exchange at lower end of Broadway, New York City" showing its Italian Renaissance architecture within an embossed border, sepia-tone post card mailed at Chichester NY (2 different cancels), mild edge wear. The building was demolished in 1957; an office building now stands there. $3.50 fn(n)a

  Michigan_Dearborn_NightOwl-200_small.JPG  "Night Owl Lunch Wagon, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan  8A651" when hamburgers, frankfurts, buttermilk & pop were all offered at 5-cents (circa 1938); unused black & white post card, one bottom corner with small crease not into image, another bottom corner with minor wear. $7.00 m(d)uf

  NYC_429_small.jpg NYC postal card available from Judnick.com  "N. MILLERD & CO. / GROCERS, / 172 Duane St. NEW YORK. / June 7th, 1878 // Coffees, Syrups, Spices, Canned Goods, Soaps, &c," advertising prices for various sugars, molasses & teas; postal card mailed to Chapinville Connecticut (later to become Taconic Station), long internal crease, small upper conrner crease, trivial toning. The address is in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, serving as commercial office space today. $12.50 n(m)n(n)gfa

  Jamaica_No20Loading-200_small.JPG food post card available from Judnick.com  "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

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  RI_Pawtucket_Ad_small.jpg (5020 bytes) advertising on Pawtucket Rhode Island post card  "NO HARD SKIN / with a STANDARD HUMIDIFIED / In Your Dough Room…" ad from Standard Engineering Works there, mailed, corner wear & rounding, extraneous writing on back. $3.00 (rf)

  images/Mexico_001_small.jpg food post cards available from Judnick.com    Mexico_005_small.jpg food preparation post cards available from Judnick.com  Mexico_015_small.jpg food postcards available from LotsOfCards.com  "OSUNA / VENDEDORES DE METATES  MEX. A 153" showing vendors of mealing stones for processing grains & seeds, sepia-tone tarjeta postal mailed 1957 from Hunter Kentucky (2 different cancels there). Shown left. $6.50 m(g)fp. Another printing with high contrast, mailed from Olin Kentucky, minor wear to one upper corner. Shown middle . $6.50 m(g)fp. Still another printing with near-otimum contrast, mailed 1957 at Reliance Kentucky. Shown right. $7.00 m(g)fp. All three for comparison: $18.50 m(g)fp NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Kansas_Ottawa_OSugarPlant-200_small.JPG from Judnick.com  "Ottawa Sugar Plant." in Kansas, showing a large mound of beets, black & white, unused, minor rounding to bottom corners, light toning on back. $4.50 (kf)

"Our success / begins with you..." advertising card of Giant Eagle grocery stores suggesting that prospective employees visit their website, message below a face made of 2 blueberries & a banana. Near mint, no postcard back. An interesting piece of social history. (2 available) $1.00 each. fs

"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

  Auto_PennantMaltomilk-200_small.jpg grocery truck photo available from LotsOfPhotos.com  "PENNANT / Maltomilk / BISCUITS // THE FELBER BISCUIT COMPANY." showing their truck #47 beside a building in Cincinnati Ohio, where it made deliveries; approximately 4.5" x 4" photo, 4 paste spots on back. $20.00 o(c)fga

  Amish_WomensGuild-200_small.jpg food postcard available form Judnick.com  "Pensylvania(sic) Dutch bill- / of-fare at their festival" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 from Smithmill Pennsylvania (2 different cancels, one faint). We learn from the signage that the Women's Guild of Zion's Church in Windsor Castle served up schwatzie crumbera sup, kase kustard, shoo fly pie mit noss buddam, schlopp (milich) kucha & koffy -- with English translations provided. Much more interesting than the typical Amish postcard. $2.50 afp(w)

"Picking, Stewing and Scoffing Locusts.  519" showing a family group seated & processing a large basket of locusts outdoors, unused copyrighted real photo postcard, good focus & contrast, slight curl to the paper, tiny ding in one edge. Some nudity. $14.00 snif

"Pittsburgh, Pa. [May 19 1893 / Gentlemen / We are pleased to acknowledge receipt of your favor of 16th / containing check / ... / We remain, yours truly, / REYMER & BROS." receipt from the wholesale grocers & steam confectioners located on Wood Street, mailed there MAY 9 1893 to Messrs. J. A. Gault & Company in Kittanning Pennsylvania, good edges, clear cancel. Mr. Gault was also president of Famer's National Bank there. $3.75 p(p)g(g)g(r)f NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  NewYork_Plattekill_PCreamery-100.jpg (236499 bytes)  "PLATTEKILL CREAMERY." black-and-white on postcard with undivided back, mailed there 1907 (clear Doane 3 cancel), light toning on front, 2 corners have a lot of wear. Message reads 'Here's where we get fresh goats milk every morning.' $9.00 nf-n+

"Plenty of Meat, Potatoes, Frijoles and Coffee about to be consumed" showing several cowboys gathered around a chuckwagon & fire, linen post card mailed 1947, a little cancel ink in the sky, back paper browning evenly with age. $2.50 cf

Postcard Collector. June 1990 (Volume 8, Number 6). Features on June weddings, fried chicken, greed & more. $2.50 p,f

"'PRETZELTOWN' / Lititz, Pa. / Visitors are welcome at America's Oldest Pretzel Bakery / …" exterior, some food pricing information on back, unused chrome from a Melvin J. Horst photo, light toning on back, minor wear at 2 corners. $1.00 pf

  Artist_HM_Reise-Grusse-200_small.jpg food postcards available from Judnick.com  "Reise-Grüsse // H. C. F. / LEIBNIZ / HANNOVER / HANNOVERSCHE / CAKES-FABRIK // Edler & Krische, Hannover." art signed H N (Heinrich Mittag) on a trip greeting Postkarte sent from the Hotel Weber in Dresden April 17 1899, clear cancel on 10-pfg. stamp to Luzern Switzerland (next day receiving mark), 2 small corner creases not into the art, upper right front corner creased twice in the art. The train meal car is labeled 'Spiese Wagen'. This classic is seldom seen & even less frequently offered. $30.00 a(m)hfa NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Missouri_Saint_Louis_Rolled_small.jpg (3867 bytes)  "Rolled Shoulder / Try Them… / COX & GORDON" pricelist on pioneer advertising card from a St. Louis Missouri meat company, exceptionally detailed & interesting, within-city usage. $25.00

  Ohio_Cincinnati_SchutzeBaking-200_small.jpg food photo available from Judnick.com  "SCHUTZE / BUTTER - NUT / BREAD / SCHUTZE BAKING COMPANY" delivery truck numbered 901 with 2 black ladies standing nearby, approximately 2.5" x 4.5" photograph, slight curl to the paper, back thinned slightly in 4 spots from album removal. It is rare to find anything about this company on the internet. Employers of union bakers, this company nonetheless in 1917 incurred the wrath of the Cincinnati Ohio Painters District Council, the Building Trades Council & the Central Labor Council for failing to hire their painters. $25.00 fo(c)gau

  utomobile_Schultze36-200_small.jpg food photo available from LotsOfPhotos.com  "SCHULZE // DOLLY MADISON / CAKES // SCHULZE / BUTTER-NUT / BREAD" neighborhood solicitation truck equipped with microphone (shown through the front window) & open at the sides to display merchandise, similar to the ice-cream trucks seen these days; approximately 2.5" x 4.5" photograph with exemplary focus & contrast, slight curl to the paper, 5 spots of album paste on back, printed at a slight tilt compared to the edges. It is rare to find anything about this company on the internet. $25.00 fo(c)ga

  test031_small.jpg food post card available from Judnick Postcards  "Seatle's(sic) wonderful market / This market sells both / horsemeat and horseradish." including a sign for the Montana Horsemeat Market, in art attributed to Rudolph Bundas, home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1957 from Hobart Washington, slight curl to the paper. The name Montana in the sign raised some objections on-and-off (and did not last much longer) because not all such meat came from Montana. $3.00 w(s)fa NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Cover_Advertising_JUL1105-200_small.jpg New York covers available from LotsOfCovers.com  See also our Advertising covers. Example shown is a 1905 envelope for the Palace Tea Company of Buffalo-- makers of teas, coffees & baking powders.

  Ohio_Cincinnati_Shur-Good-200_small.jpg food photograph available from Judnick.com  "Shur-Good / BRAND / 'THE BETTER MADE' / SODA CRACKERS // THE / CINCINNATI CAKE / AND / SPECIALTY CO." delivery truck with driver in the cab, approximately 2.5" x 4.5" photograph, slight curl to the paper, back thinned in 4 spots from album removal, small bottom corner crease not into the image. It is rare to find anything about this company on the internet, 1941 or earlier. Undoubtedly it became the present-day Shur Good Biscuit Company at 11577 Chesterdale Road.  $20.00 fo(c)a

  Food_SidesOfBeefAre-200_small.jpg  "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

  England_London_SimpsosArt_small.jpg Bateman art on postcard  "Simpson's-in-the-Strand / The Famous Old English Eating House / The gentleman who asked the carver whether / the meat was English or Foreign." quality signed comic art by H. M. Bateman, unused post card, quite fresh except for a tiny corner bend. $7.00 eafk!

  NewYork_Syracuse_SolarSalt-200_small.JPG food post card available from Judnick.com  "Solar Salt Vats, Syracuse, N.Y." with a horse-drawn wagon passing in between, and the sliding roofs (in the event for rain) also clearly visible; black & white postcard, unused, corner wear & rounding, lightly toned back. At one time a major local industry, the last such facility in the area closed in 1926. $6.00 n(s)ifh

"SPORTS NUTRITION DEPOT™ / THE RESULTS OF HEALTHY / ONLINE SPENDING HABITS" depicting a young man doing sit-ups, unused continental, no postcard back, near mint. $1.50 s(b)f%

  MIXone_255_small.jpg food ad card available from Judnick.com  "Stollwerck's // STOLLWERCK / COLOGNE NEW YORK // Mad of / 30,000 lbs / Chocolate. // Standing / 38 feet / high // Statue of Germania / World's Fair  Chicago 1893" advertising card for the German maker of chocolates and confectioneries, detailed description of the sculpture on the back, minor wear at one bottom corner. $19.00 fgesia

  Food_Swift-200_small.jpg food post cards available from Judnick.com  "Swift / Swift & Company's Chicago Plant is located / in Packingtown (background). Here also is / the famous Union Stock Yards which is / owned and operated independent of any / meat packing company." with hundreds of penned cattle in the foreground, unused postcard distributed to visitors of Swift & Company, pre-printed message, dates to 1951 (from printer's code). The Union Stock Yards closed in 1971. $5.00 fi(c)a(c)

   FrenchPolynesia_TahitiBeautyAnd-200_small.jpg food post card available from Judnick.com  "Tahiti / Beauty and the breadfruit / were prime elements of the / 'Bounty' story." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1961 from Englewood Kansas, small corner crease. $2.50 pff NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Food_TaysteeBread-200_small.jpg bakery photograph available from LotsOfPhotos.com  "Taystee / BREAD // SLICED  REGULAR // PURITY // SWEET / HEART / BREAD" with caption from the signage on the side of the delivery truck (parked at a fire hydrant), small (approximately 2.5" x 4") photo with good focus & contrast. This food was distributed throughout the Midwestern US. $5.00 fa

  RacingAuto_TeamSalad-120.JPG (597181 bytes)  "TEAM SALAD" showing racing cars #49 & #50 sporting Grandma's POTATO SALAD ADVERTISING in many prominent places, unused continental postcard, near mint. Unusual advertising. $2.50 a(r)fa

  Transkei_Food-200_small.jpg food postcard available from LotsOfCards.com  "Tembu women grinding maize on a stone slab outside their / huts set in open grassland" in Transkei, also captioned in Afrikaans, unused continental post card, serrated edge from booklet, fresh appearance. 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 tfi

  Tetuan_TZocoDelPan-200_small.JPG food post card available from LotsOfCards.com  "TETUAN - Zoco del Pan. / 265" showing a bread market in vertical format, sepia-tone real photo tarjeta postal with very late usage at Samaria Michigan, 2 tiny internal creases & a tiny light spot of toning within the front right border. $5.00 tf

  Michigan_BattleCreek_TheBestToYou.jpg (199861 bytes)  "'The Best to You Each Morning'" unused chrome with aerial view of Kellogg cereal plant surrounded by Yogi Bear, Tony the Tiger & more cartoon characters, fresh appearance, good edges. $5.00 mfa

  MIXone_042_small.jpg food ad card available from LotsOfCards.com  "The / Capital City / Dairy Co., / Columbus, Ohio. / 'PURITY' BUTTERINE" with art showing 2 young girls with a parasol encountering a deer, circa 1890 advertising card for a butter substitute (Does anything ever change?) for sale by George S. Massar at 62 South Grant Avenue.  Four names written on back. Published by Gils & Co. in Buffalo New York. A little longer than a regular-size postcard. $12.50 fgg(m)oa

"The / Christian Brothers. / WINES THAT WAY WELCOME / A Gourmet and Entertaining Guide" approximately 5"x7" booklet with 32 pages, illustrated in color, interesting text about how to serve a variety of California sherries & a useful table of matching those wines with several cheeses. Cover has a noticeable small scrap, back cover has a small corner crease, otherwise in good shape. 1974 copyright. $2.50 af

  Auto_TheEverCash-200_small.jpg food post card available from Judnick.com   "THE EVER D CASH STORE // WE SELL MAY'S BREAD // DRINK / WE GUARANTEE IT // WE SAVE / YOU BOTH / TIME / AND / MONEY // QUALITY / FIRST ALWAYS // SPECIALS // AUNT JEMIMA / PANCAKE FLOUR // SUPPLIES / FRESH DAILY // STORE / No. 1" with 2 men beside the delivery truck, one holding a basket of groceries; sepia-tone AZO (squares at corners) real photo postcard with good focus & contrast & composition. Pertinent writing all over back: "Will went into this business over a yr. ago. The partner proved to be a very 'crooked crock', and has left us in terrible shape. I am trying to help out by going part of the day. Am afraid we must give up as it is too much to make up all he left. He has gone to the States. If you see him deal with him for me --" Imprint of L. Stocks, photographer at Penticton British Columbia on back. Need we say more? $250.00 bfa

  Automobile_TheFrenchBrothers-200_small.jpg food photo available from Judnick.com  "THE / FRENCH BROS. / BAUER CO. // CREAM TOP MILK / CERTIFIED & INSPECTED MILK" signage on a small delivery truck, approximately 2.5" x 4.5" photo with 4 spots of album paste on back. Pencil annotation on back suggests Cincinnati Ohio as the location -- which we do not doubt. The very successful French Brothers had dairy operations throughout the Miami Valley, Warren & adjacent counties in Ohio, and Kentucky & Indiana locations near Cincinnati. Their Valley View farm furnished "inspected milk," -- i.e., milk which came under frequent scrutiny of a milk commission that had adopted the rules of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine. $15.00 fo(c)ga

"The General Foods Building, Kankakee, Ill. / 8A398-N" unused Curteich white-border era, tiny corner crease, small light spot mostly in front right border. $3.50 if

  Indiana_Shelbyville_TheGreat-200_small.jpg food post card available from Judnick.com  "The Great American Tea Co. // DISTRIBUTORS OF QUALITY / MERCHANDISE SINCE 1856 // Teas, Coffees, Grocery Specialties // 'I serve many- / I'll gladly / serve you // 802 // J. F. ANSPAUCH / SHELBYVILLE IND" // Teitsout Studio / Linton IND." with him delivering a basket of groceries from his truck, unused real photo postcard with crisp focus & interesting composition, 2 small corner creases, tiny thin on back, very light toning on back. Name of the photography studio is embossed in fancy script lettering; so we may have a letter or 2 wrong. The last numeral in 1856 is at variance with conventional wisdom that the company was founded in 1859; perhaps they counted a predecessor company. $250.00 i(s)fg(a)

  Food_SchneiderBros-200_small.jpg food post card available from Judnick.com  "The Schneider Bros. Home Baking Co." signage on the side of both a horse-drawn & a motorized delivery vehicle, including both brothers Philip & George Schneider, who ran their bakery at 6904 Wade Park Avenue in Cleveland; unused Azo real photo (triangles both ways) postcard with crisp focus & contrast, trivial wear at 2 corners, unimportant light toning on back. With no captioning, no publisher or photographer attribution, it is obviously one-of-a-kind & the best Cleveland Ohio postcard we have ever seen in anyone's stock. $200.00 o(c)g(s)f

  Indiana_CampAtterbury_Bakery_small.jpg (4158 bytes)  "'THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE BAKE OUR BREAD' / CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA" clear cancel on front dates to 1946, 4 lines of addressing crossed off in ink on the back. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

  Mexico_137_small.jpg food post card available from Judnick.com  "'Tostilleras,' name applied to Mexican women who make 'Tortillas.' The corn is boiled, / then mashed and rolled out on stone 'Metates'" postcard with mild corner wear, former owners markings in the back address area. $5.00 m(g)fp NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Barbados_UnloadingSugarCane.JPG (167541 bytes) unloading sugar cane in Barbados postcard  "Unloading Sugar Cane. Barbados. / J. R. H. Seifert & Co., Ltd, Barbados" including wagons drawn by oxen, black-and-white post card with dark red caption, unused, album impressions at the corners, slight yellowing of the paper, good edges. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 bfa

  Italy_VenditriceDi-100.jpg (390227 bytes)  "VENDITRICE DI LUPINI / (Lupinara)" showing a female vendor of lupinin 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 if+

  SocialHistory_WeKnewThemOver-200_small.JPG social history post card available from LotsOfCards.com  "We Knew Them Over There / Now We Know Them Over Here" showing 2 servicemen & 2 Salvation Army workers posing near a large doughnut sign symbolizing their front-line meetings during World War I. Unused postcard from the 1919 Salvation Army fund-raising campaign, capitalizing on the publicity generated by sending female workers to the American Expeditionary Force to feed & care for front lines in France. Minor corner wear, light toning on the back, bottom corners with small creases. One of the most successful advertising ploys in history. $15.00 sfa

  Michigan_BattleCreek_We'veJustBeen.jpg (168201 bytes)  "We've / just been thru / the Kellogg plant / where these famous /  characters put / the Snap! / Crackle! Pop! into / Rice Krispies" unused chrome with more advertising & Rice Krispies box in green on back, unused. Classic postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mfa

  India_WinnowingAnd-200_small.JPG from Judnick.com  "Winnowing & Grinding Grain / India 1963" including a chicken with her chicks, real photo postcard with caption from writing on the back, small spots of toning & a red check mark in the back address area. Possibly unique. $5.00 ifb

  Ontario_Toronto_YongeStreet-200_small food postcard available from Judnick.com  "Yonge Street, looking North, Toronto, Canada" with an insurance company at the right edge & the #43 Yonge Street horse-drawn cab at the center foreground with numerous bicyclists & pedestrians; postcard mailed circa 1910 with printed advertisement of a Thousand Islands tour being arranged by the Dahl-Millikan Grocery Company of Washington Court House Ohio! Minor corner & edge wear, cancel indistinct. $10.00 o(t)o(w)fa

  Croatia_KandiAd_YU2BOP_small.jpg (4385 bytes)  "YU2BOP" Croatian shortwave (14 MHz) QSL card with Kandi® chocolate desert advertising over one side, used 1976 by a member of the Osijek Radio Club. $4.00 cfa

  Food_ZestaCrackers-200_small.jpg food photo available from LotsOfPhotos.com  "ZESTA CRACKERS / always fresh! / THE STRIETMANN BISCUIT COMPANY" showing their delivery truck #19 in Cincinnati Ohio, approximately 2.5"x4.5" photograph with glossy finish & good focus, 4 spots of album paste on back. This firm later merged with other biscuit companies in November 1927 to form the United Biscuit Company of America. $20.00 fo(c)ag(s)

  PeopleWorking_VendorOfCitrusFruits-200_small.JPG  "... / Zitronenverkäuferin / Citromấrusnö."  showing a woman's stand selling citrus fruit 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


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"GLORIOUS / FOURTH" lady with scroll & wand stands with a pile of lit firecrackers at her feet, nicely embossed with fresh color, unused, slight toning along back edges. $30.00 (shown). Same but trivial wear at corners & three minute spots on face. $20.00 f

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"A. M. A. BADEN 4 July 1911" real photo showing a large group of men & women with American flags, mailed to a doctor in Berlin, stamp removed, minor corner wear & rounding. Presumably the American Medical Association. $20.00

  RedCross_AmericanTroopsIn-200_small.JPG Fourth of Julyh postcard available from Judnick.com  "American Troops in Parade -- PARIS - 4 th of July 1918 - A. P." black & white post card with green back, issued by the American Red Cross, unused, trivial edge wear. $10.00 (rffhp)

  NYC_129_small.jpg July 4th post card available from Judnick.com  "CROWN & INSCRIPTION / STATUE OF LIBERTY / AARON HILL" unused grogannphoto postcard, made in USA, excellent condition. July IV seen in the tablet. $3.50 fn(n)p

“FOURTH OF JULY, MARTINO HOUSE, 1990 / PHOTOGRAPH BY ARTHUR ELGORT” with a large group of people running toward the photographer on a lawn; unused continental postcard, copyrighted, excellent condition. $1.25 pf NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Auto_HenryNeverMade-200_small.jpg July 4th post cards available from LotsOfPhotos.com  FOURTH OF JULY SUMMIT / 4TH OF JULY SUMMIT. "HENRY NEVER MADE A LADY OUT OF THIS LIZZIE / HAWLEY'S TAVERN, 4TH OF JULY SUMMIT" where Henry refers to Henry Ford, Lizzie refers to the Model T Ford (often called the Tin Lizzie); sepia-tone real photo postcard mailed 1928 from Springdale Washington, a little wear on one bottom corner, slight curl to the paper.   The summit is on the border of Montana & Idaho. $12.00 i(f)w(f)fa NEW / NUEVO / UUSI

  Canal_Zone_Parade_RP_72_small.jpg (2632 bytes)  July 4th Parade, 1938, Balboa (DOPS real photo postcard, sepia-tone, small multiple corner creases miss image in lower corner, writing on back, soft corners. $12.50 (cfp)-

Postcard Collector. July 1989 (Volume 7 Number 7). Features on large letters, Fourth of July, the American hobo, Uncle Sam & more. $2.50 p,f

  Colorado_Rifle_StreetScene-100.jpg (256063 bytes)   "Street Scene, July 4th, 1909, Rifle, Colo." showing a parade passing by the Bank of Rifle, J. W. Hugus & Co. General Merchandise, E. McLearn Mercantile Company, and a store selling 'JEWELRY, STATIONERY & POSTCARDS'; unused sepia-tone postcard, made in Germany & published by Peerless Jewelry Company, numbered 668 on the back, small album adherence on back, good edges. Marvelous! $25.00 cpf

  Tuck_056_small.jpg July 4 post card available from LotsOfCards.com  TUCK SERIES 159 INDEPENDENCE DAY. "MINUTE MEN /  AMERICAN REVOLUTION" extensively embossed postcard with art showing several soldiers within a large firecracker border, printed in Saxony, unused, a small piece of one corner is gone, other corners with noticeable wear. $5.00 tf NEW / NUEVO / UUSI


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9 DIFFERENT TUCK "INDEPENDENCE DAY"
SERIES #109 WITH GREAT ART (BRUNDAGE?)
Three Mailed 1908-1912, One with writing on back, Rest Unused.
One with Small Tape Repair on Back (Shown Right),
Four with Considerable corner wear & rounding (One Shown Left),
Another with small corner crease,
Rest with Minor corner & edge wear.
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