"1689" woman with feathery hat sits next to a tall vase of flowers, hand-tinted / colored NPG real photo postcard mailed in Hungary 1910, back toned a bit, left front has been written on by sender (the custom died hard), minor wear at bottom edge, tiny crease at upper corner. $5.00 w(n)mNEW / NOVA / NOU

"189. SOMBREROS, MEX." showing a Mexican street vendor surrounded by hundreds of hats at his feet, sepia-tone real photo post card on linen paper, circa 1935, mailed to Ohio but stamp removed. $4.25 m

    "633." hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card with subtle yellow colors added, of woman holding roses & wearing a flowery hat, published by ABN, TCV to Lille, toned back, good edges. $7.50 w(a)m

    "ANTI-DYSPEPTINE / A POSITIVE CURE FOR / DYSPEPSIA AND INDIGESTION" advertising / trade card circa 1890 in blue & yellow green, illustrated with young woman in flowery hat, much pertinent information on back, from The Private Formula Company of Lebanon Ohio, corner crease, tape remnant at back corner. $10.00 oammNEW / NOVA / NOU

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    "Assessment 34 [$2.00] Expires March 28, '92 / Millinery Mutual Benefit Association" government postal card from Charles W. Farmer (Secretary & Treasurer) on account of the death of member George A. Telford in 1891, browning of the paper with age, much corner wear & rounding, 2 corners creased. $4.50 mg(f)g(t)

    BONAPARTE (VAN BUREN COUNTY). "Bonaparte, Iowa. / July 13, 1907" real photo postcard of a young woman (Ethel P.) wearing a hat with flowers. Quite possibly unique. $7.50 im

    "DANGER / REINTHAL & NEWMAN, PUBS., N. Y." signed art (Frazer?) shows young lady with a long hat pin in her mouth about to fix a large hat in place, Series 101 noted on back, post card mailed 1910 in Hartford Connecticut, minor corner & edge wear, small toning marks at upper left front corner. $7.50 m

    "EM / 597" showing a young Alsatian woman with flowers beneath decorative bunting; hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard published by Chipault, writing on back dates to 1919, faint short abrasions in the front background area hard to notice at first. $3.75 amc

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    "FLEURS D'ALSACE / V. -- Quant aux roses-pavots, rouges autant que roses;..." hand-colored / tinted real photo post card of a young Alsatian woman with flowers, unused. $6.00 am

    "Fort Wayne Drug Co's and Pidgeon Millinery / Co's Building, Fort Wayne, Ind." corner view with wagons & old autos, fairly fresh color, postcard mailed there 1910 by Elmer Hochstetter, minor corner & edge wear, trace of cancel ink on front . $7.00 Im%

    "GG // 2944 / 4"HCT, printed in Germany, unused post card, faint album marks on back, good edges. Gorgeous! $15.00 wm

    "GG // 3109 / 3" hand-colored  / tinted, unused postcard, 2 small corner creases, light toning on front, small spots of light toning on back, MO. $6.00 wm

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    GL 302 / 10 (numbered on back). hand-colored  / tinted woman with large flowered hat, pasted bead accents to dress, unused postcard with undivided back, slight browning of the paper with age on back, good edges. $12.50 wm

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

    Hand-colored / tinted real photo post card of a woman with fur stole & an enormous hat, tinting nicely done, mailed to Ohio circa 1910, sender's name trimmed (not by us!) neatly from the back shortening the long dimension of the card a bit, several tiny speckles of cancel ink on front. $2.50 m

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    "LA NORMANDIE / 46. »COIFFES D'HIER» ; Sottevast -- folis côteaux boisés ; passé les / ..." showing a black & white drawing of a French woman in a fancy hat & apron, unused postcard, album adherences on back, light toning on front. $3.75 mf

    "Lise Fleuron" smiling & up close, with a rabbit-ear-like head wrap & a generous view of her bosom, color post card with undivided back on pale green stock, unused & fresh. $20.00 (nm) NEW / NOVA / NOU

    "Miss Edna May" hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card of her in a large hat with lace & a fur stole & muff, A. L. Series, unused, light toning at stamp corner on back. $9.50 mn

    "Miss Olive May" hand-colored  / tinted real photo postcard of her in a large hat tied underneath her chin, A. L. Series, unused, touch of toning at one back corner, pink tinting done over a large area in an unrealistic manner for an odd effect. $7.50 mn

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    "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), browning of the paper with age, minor corner wear & rounding, cancel ink misses image thankfully. $13.00 awm

    "Mrs. Carrie Lockwood / Nr. Manchester, Indiana / 250 Cards - 1909" unused Artura sepia-tone real photo postcard with an oval portrait of her wearing a large hat with veil. The writing on front is apparently the photographer's, who noted the number ordered. Sold but 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 mgi

"MUSÉE DU LOUVRE / 2146 LEBRUN... / Portrait de Madame..." brown-on-brown caption hard to read, shows woman with a large hat smiling, sepia-tone post card, unused, small corner crease, album marks on back. $1.25 am

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"Quebec. / Break-Neck-Steps / Illustrated Post Card Co., Montreal" showing 2 milliners' signs, unused postcard, writing on back dates to 1909, small corner crease, minor wear at 2 corners. $4.50 mq

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    Sepia-tone Azo real photo (triangles up) post card of a well dressed family gathering posed outside in 1912 at Preston (New York, Pennsylvania, or Connecticut probably--visitors were from Albany New York), 2 ladies in front wearing large bell-shaped & lacy hats, writing on back, long creases miraculously miss the image. $3.50 mf+

    Uncaptioned Azo real photo (triangles up) postcard portrait of a young woman & young man, both with hats, light toning on back. Young man not comfortable in such a get-up. $3.75 m

    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 NEW / NOVA / NOU

Uncaptioned, showing a woman in a hat shop, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1965 from Vicksburg Michigan. $1.50 m

Uncaptioned, showing 3 ladies working side-by-side making different hats in a shop setting, well done (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1965 from Strongsville Ohio. $2.00 m

    "Water Street, Augusta, Maine / 77867" with the Cony Cafe, Millinery Mfg. Co. & Sears on the left side; unused Tichnor linen with a hint of wear at one corner, otherwise excellent. $2.75 m(a)m

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