"#286 D S R / March 25
1956 // Leo Nowicki (center) / Gen Mangr. D S R // Fan trip on / Woodward
and Gratiot / lines" approximately 3.5" x 3.5" photo of the crowded interior
of the streetcar that ended an era that began in 1863. The Gratiot line was
subsequently converted to buses. $7.50 r(d)m(d)sgi NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"101 ANVERS Entrée de la rue Leys"
including a streetcar number 330 passing by F. Dierckx,
monochromatic blue postcard mailed at Antwerp Belgium
1912 to the United States, small corner crease, toned back, corner & edge wear. $3.50 sb
"108 ALGER. -
Boulevard Baudin et rue çharas.
-- CAP." as seen from a high vantage point, including a streetcar passing
the Toulouse Hotel, unused sepia-tone postcard, neatly separated from
booklet, paper yellowing evenly with age. $4.50 as
"10th
ANNUAL HEART OF OHIO POST CARD SHOW OCTOBER 25 & 26, 1985, ALADDIN TEMPLE" with a
large image of an old streetcar that used to run on the Broad & Mt. Vernon route in
Columbus, unused
post card, fresh appearance. (2 available) $1.50 each. osp
"11 ORAN - Place d'Armes" with an Algerian
streetcar with a 'Rhum LUCETA' advertising sign, black & white
post card on yellowish paper from booklet, unused, lightly toned back.
$3.75 sa
"115. Cherrelyn Horse Car,
Denver, Colo." overloaded with passengers, some seated on top, horse backed
onto a platform for the downward descent to Hampden & Broadway, postcard
mailed 1908 at Colorado Springs, 2 corners with heavy creases, mild wear to
the other 2 corners, unfortunate cancel ink on front. As is. $2.50 sc(e)h NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"120. DUOMO AND PIAZZI MILAN, ITALY" showing more
than 10 streetcars from a distance, color
post card, unused. $1.50
"141
BRUXELLES Place Royale" including streetcars, horse-drawn traffic & pedestrians in the
foreground; black & white carte postale, lightly toned back. $5.00 bs
"141 -- BRUXELLES - Boulevard de la Senne" with 2 streetcars (#50 & #54 &
some pedestrians in the foreground; unused carte postale from Edition Grand
Bazar Anspach-Bruxelles; noticeable edge wear, surface crackling & paper
curl. $3.00 bs NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"148 BELLE ALLIANCE PLACE, BERLIN, GERMANY"
including 5 horse-drawn streetcars, color, unused
postcard, a little extraneous writing on back, minor wear to bottom
corners, album marks on back. $3.75 sg
"153 DIJON. -- La Place Saint-Étienne. -- LL." including a streetcar
going around the corner (CHOCOLAT LOUIT & KALODONT PATE DENTIFRICE ads on top),
black-and-white
post card with green back from Levy Fils & Cie Paris, unused, faint corner
crease, minor toning on back. $3.50 sf(d)d
"153 LE MANS. -- La Place de la République. ---
Republic Square. -- LL. 2 la Civette" including 2 streetcars (one with Cremieux
advertising), black & white
postcard with green back with very late usage at Reva South Dakota, 2 small corner creases.
$3.75 fs
"163 LE HAVRE - La Falaise
de la Hève vue du Casino" including a streetcar & old autos, unused
sepia-tone post card neatly separated from a booklet, minor wear at one
bottom corner. $3.00 sf
"1691. Cherrelyn Horse Car,
Denver Colo." post card showing it with passengers about to descend (horse backed onto
the platform) to Hampden & Broadway, noticeably worn edges, pasted onto a
back that simply does not belong (place or time). Despite the caption, the
scene is in Englewood Colorado, which is south of Denver. The line ran from
1883 to 1910. $3.75 sc(e)h NEW / NUEVO / NEU
"1756 - FIRST AVENUE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON" as streetcars pass between the Wilcox
storefront & Alaska Outfitters (more signs including one for billiards), unused color
post card from Edward H. Mitchell, album marks at back corners, browning paper on back due
to age, trivial corner wear. $6.00 smwb
"18 ALGER -Rue de Constantine et rue
Dumont-d'Urville" including a segmented trolley, one edge uneven when cut from
a postcard
booklet whose perforations were too light, a little toning along bottom edge. $2.25
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"1 LE MANS. -- Vue
générale prise du Quai de l'Amiral-Lalande ND Phot" including a
streetcar crossing the bridge, unused carte postale with green back, corner
crease, back edges browning with age. $3.75 sf
"20166 I. O. M. Douglas.
Loch Promenade" including a streetcar passing near the Villiers Hotel
with Buffet signs, many pedestrians & a few small
sailing ships; color picture post card with good edges, faint album marks
near the corners, short thin mark mostly in the upper front border, but
otherwise quite fresh for its age (c. 1910). $7.50 is
"2 Alexandria - Ramleh
Station" showing Egyptian streetcars (2 double-deckers) & passengers
outside, black & white real photo postcard, unused, 3 small spots of toning
in the front margins, tiny corner crease. $3.75 se
"2294. West House,
Sandusky, O." showing streetcar, color post card, writing on back, circa 1912. corner
& edge wear. $3.75
o(s)s
"25 PCC 'STREAMLINERS,' THE NEW, SI- / LENT STREET CARS ... / ... ENTERED
TRANSIT / SERVICE IN DALLAS, JUNE, 1945 ..." showing car 601 on Route 16
(Seventh to the Ball Park), unused post card, minor wear to one upper
corner, whitish residue in message area obscures nothing. Hard to find!
$4.00 t(d)s
"2602. Hat and Basket Vendor, Mexico" showing a
lady with many hats atop her head & a streetcar in the background, color, mailed to
Ohio, pertinent information on back, small corner crease, corner wear,
stamp overhangs two edges slightly, traces of cancel ink in the sky. $4.25 mp(h)s NEW / NUEVO / NEU
"297:--Giant Rock and
Trolley Line Through Gorge, Niagara Falls / 19413" unused white-border era
post card, back has interesting information, establishing that the route
shown was on the Ontario side; good edges, both sides toned from album
contact. $3.25 o(n)s
"330. UPPER ENTRANCE TO SELBY TUNNEL, ST. PAUL, MINN." Showing a streetcar
emerging & sign warning pedestrians of danger, black & white
post card, mailed there 1911,
cancel ink on front, lightly toned back. $4.25 ms*
"335.
ALGER. -- La Rue d'Isly. LL / Isly's Street" showing a trolley in 2 sections, black
& white
postcard on brownish paper, one uneven edge (from booklet separation), very late
usage in the United States. $3.00 (as)
"34_4__Le Havre _ La Place de l'Hotel de Ville
/ et le
Boulevard de Strasbourg" French viewcard showing streetcars from a distance,
hand-colored / tinted real
photo, corner crease. $2.00
"36 DIJON. -- La Rue de la Liberté. -- LL."
including a
streetcar with 'A LOUER' sign about to pass the new Pharmacie Bruant, unused black & white carte
postale with green back, neatly removed from booklet, tiny speckles of
toning in the front sky, 5 spots of album paste
on the back. $3.00 sfp
"4.095 - GENÈVE. -- Pont de la Coulouvrenière" with a
streetcar passing over the bridge & some foot traffic; unused carte postale
with light album toning on the back & front corners. $4.00 bss%
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"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
"51 DIJON. -- Place Darcy et Porte Guillaume. --
LL." French streetcar with Potages Maggi ad passes a postcard shop on the right,
black & white
with green back, browning on back edges. $3.00 fs
"546--Cherrelyn Horse Car, Denver" showing it fully loaded, the horse backed
onto the platform for a downward ride to Hampden & Broadway, unused
undivided back post card, minor corner wear. Despite the caption, the scene
is in Englewood Colorado, which is south of Denver. The line ran from 1883
to 1910. $8.50 sc(e)h
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"5711. LYON -- Pont Lafayette et Quai des
Brotteaux" showing 5 streetcars going across a bridge, unused
post card, back thinned from
album removal. $1.00
"65 ALGER. LA RUE DUMONT d'URVILLE. DURMONT d'URVILLE
STREET LL" sepia-tone
postcard showing a segmented streetcar, very late usage in the United
States, fresh appearance. $3.00 Same
but a little brownish paper. $2.75
"65 DIJON. -- La Porte Guillaume et la Place
Darcy"
post card showing prominently a streetcar with Liqueur Bénédictine
advertising. $2.50
"6892. FORT ALLEN PARK, PORTLAND, ME." with
a streetcar prominent from the side, color postcard published by the Detroit Photographic
Company, light violet handstamp 'DUPLICATE' on the undivided back, faint album marks at
the corners. Very nice for its age. $11.50 msd
"71 DIJON. -- Le
Théâtre. -- LL." including a streetcar & a few pedestrians in the
foreground, unused black & white carte postale, album paste at back corners,
good edges. $2.50 sf
"7 - DIJON -- Place d'Armes - Hôtel de Ville, ancien
Palais des Ducs de Bourgogne..."
post card showing two streetcars with different advertising
signs from the side, one uneven edge (from booklet separation), album adherences on back. $1.25
"70.
LOURENÇO MARQUEZ / Photo Wexelsen" showing a streetcar & a few pedestrians & a
worker with a bucket, black & white bilhete postal on slightly yellowing paper,
unused, trivial wear at one corner, small spot of toning on back left edge. Caption is
near the left edge of the back, and the attribution of the photo is there too. $10.00 ls%
"74 LE HAVRE. -- Rond-Point de Graville" showing
streetcar number 27 overtaking a buggy, black & white
postcard with green back from l'Imprimerie Nouvelle
Photographique, one corner creased twice. French. $3.00 fs
"79 TOURS. -- Le
Grand Pont de la Tranchée" showing 3 streetcars & some pedestrians crossing
a long bridge, black & white carte postale with green back. small corner
crease, long thin stain at upper left front corner (album paste?), paper
browning with age. $2.00 sf
"8035 INCLINED PLANE, CINCINNATI, OHIO" showing 2 streetcars descending a ramp, color
post card from Detroit Publishing Company, mailed there 1910, toned back, corner & edge wear, part cancel ink
on front, corner wear & rounding, faint internal creases at left front edge, as is. $3.00 osd
"80 LE MANS. --
L'Avenue Thiers. ND Phot." including a streetcar & several pedestrians
near a patisserie, unused black & white carte postale with green back, good
edges. $4.50 st NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"82 BREST. -- Vue
prise des Glacis vers la Place des Portes. / View taken from the Glacis
towards the Place of the 'Portes'. -- LL." including a streetcar & several
pedestrians, color carte postale with, much writing on back dates to 1919,
good edges. $4.50 sf
"85 LE MANS. -- La
Place Thiers et la Caisse d'Epargne. / ND Phot." with 2 streetcars
(one with Byrrh advertising sign) passing Cafe Paul Herve, unused black &
white carte postale with green back, minor wear to one corner. $4.00 sf
"874--CABLE CAR TURNTABLE,
SAN FRANCISCO, / CALIFORNIA. ..." showing a side view with several
passengers on board, unused chrome postcard, fairly fresh. $1.25 sc
"90 - DIJON -- Place Darcy" including a segmented
French streetcar in the foreground, black & white
post card on brownish paper, American soldier's mail
marking and indistinct cancel but unaddressed. $3.00 fs
"920--CHINATOWN, SAN
FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA / San Francisco's Chinatown is the largest Chinese /
settlement outside of Asia. ..." with a streetcar going past the Cathay
House, unused color chrome postcard in vertical format, fairly fresh. $1.25
sc
"9217 Gruss aus Basel Bahnhofstrasse.
/ Gebr. Metz Kunstverlage-Anstalt Basel."
including a streetcar turning the corner by a large building, black & white on
carte postale with undivided back,
very late usage at Giatto Rural Station of West Virginia, considerable corner & edge
wear (including a small bottom corner crease & rounded
corners at the right front), slight browning of paper with age. $6.00
gss SCAN
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"927 - THIRD STREET, PORTLAND, OREGON. / PUBLISHED BY E.
P. CHARLTON & CO. PORTLAND ORE." showing streetcars, horse-drawn wagon
& pedestrian traffic near the Gunst store; black & white post
card with undivided
back mailed there circa 1908, small corner crease, corner wear & rounding, back paper
browning evenly with age, small spot of toning in caption area. $5.00 os
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"ALASKA STREET CAR / Designed-Built-Owned-Operated by / Martin Itjen of the
days of '98 / SKAGWAY, ALASKA / The trick cub bear on the front / of the car
is the Traffic Manager" showing him before his 1929 Model A sight-seeing
vehicle, black & white post card with sky tint, tiny corner crease, very
light toning near the edges. $14.50 a(s)ags NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"AMSTERDAM, Centraal
Station" including several streetcars, some in the foreground & a few
readable signs; black & white postcard on a yellowish background, fabricated
in the Netherlands, small corner crease misses image, very light toning on
back. $2.00 sn
"AMSTERDAM. / Koningsplein." including streetcar (No. 25), pushcart &
pedestrian traffic, Flicks Cacao advertising sign in the distance; unused
circa 1908 briefkaart, minor corner rounding. $6.00 ns
"Amsterdam / Nieuwmarkt met Waag" showing a streetcar about to pass an
outdoor market with many stalls, black & white briefkaart from Weenenk &
Snel (s 46693), tiny bottom corner bend. $3.75 ns
"Bend in Kloof Road, Cape Town" in Cape of Good
Hope, showing tram. Published Valentine & Sons. Unused
postcard. $4.50 (sc)
"Berliner Verkehr. Gertaudtenstrasse" showing many streetcars passing a
confection store, real photo
post card, mailed TCV 8.3.28 from there to Illinois, I. W. B. Nr. 542 on back,
faint bend at one corner. $5.00 sg%
"BLOWING UP OF A CAR / COL. O." showing a crowd around a 'COURT HOUSE'
streetcar during the strike of 1910, a horse-drawn wagon at the left & a
vintage auto on the right; sepia-tone real photo, a little cancel ink
detectable in the smoky areas. 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 ossu
NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"BOSTON ELEVATED RY. #5821
/ SEASHORE TROLLEY MUSEUM" showing it in restored condition, unused chrome
postcard, 1995 copyright, tiny spot on back, otherwise excellent condition.
$1.25 sm
"Bridge Street and New Bank, Stockport. / E. A. Greenwood, Stockport" with
an English streetcar #18 about to pass the Singer Sewing shoppe on the
right; unused postcard with minor corner rounding, slight toning shows in
the front message area. $8.00 e(s)ss
"Broadway at Night
/
Los Angeles, Cal." by moonlight, with many
pedestrians, several streetcars & a black street sweeper; color post
card from Newman, unused, circa 1915, minor corner & edge wear, lightly
toned back. $5.00 c(l)msb
"Bruxelles La Bourse"
including 2 streetcars & many pedestrians in the foreground, unused
sepia-tone postcard, extensive album remnants along the back edges. $2.00 sb
"Bucureşti Ministerul
de Domenii şi Statuia I. I. C. Brǎtianu" including 3 streetcars,
a few
pedestrians & a BOTOT sign; unused sepia-tone carta poştalǎ, back lightly toned, minor wear
to bottom corners, slight curl to the paper. $3.50 sr!
"C1072--SAN FRANCISCO'S /
CABLE CARS / Crossing at California and Powell Sts. / ..." unused
early chrome post card, fairly fresh. $1.25 sc
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"C181 / CABLE CAR TURNTABLE
/ The cable car was invented in Sand / Francisco by ..." with a good side
view of a streetcar, chrome postcard mailed there 1952, one corner with a
small but noticeable crease. $0.75 s
"c-466 Town Hall, Wakefield, Mass." bedecked with a lot of
bunting & flags, streetcar number 724 passing in front; color post card in vertical
format, published by Blanchard, Young & Co., mailed there circa 1908, back
paper yellowing evenly with age, small bottom corner crease, several small
spots of light toning show in the front sky. $6.50 m(w)s
"Cable Car on Turn Table at Powell and Market Streets, San Francisco,
California" unused linen
postcard with fresh color published by Smith News. $3.00
(cs)
"CABLE CAR / SAN FRANCISCO, / CALIF.--52" with signs
fo the Hotel Powell and the Pig'n Whistle prominent, linen post
card mailed 1952, small
bend at one corner. $2.50 cs. Unused $3.00 cs
"CALIFORNIA RAILWAY MUSEUM
/ Rio vista Junction, California / Key System Suburban Car 371" chrome
postcard airmailed 1990, small bend at one corner. Retired in 1946. $1.00 s
"Camps Bay, C. P." showing two streetcars in Cape
Province South Africa, color
postcard mailed TCV 1930 at Capetown (bold cancel ties 2 different
definitives) to Illinois, small corner crease, corner crease. $3.75
"Campus Martius, Detroit, Mich." as seen from a
high vantage point, including streetcars in 4 directions;
post card mailed there 1914, 2 small
corner creases (one is faint), a little extraneous writing on back, lightly toned back,
mild corner & edge wear. $3.00 ms
"Central Promenade / Blackpool
/ Here by the sea
I think of thee" on a crowded day, with a streetcar
in the left foreground; color postcard, image in fancy embossed border, mailed 1912, lightly
toned front, minor wear bottom edge. $3.25
es
"Chicago 136 Corner State and Madison
Street" showing 2 types of streetcars,
postcard mailed 1906, stamp removed, lightly toned back, lower right corner broken off,
AS. $1.00
"Chicago, North Shore &
Milwaukee #172 is shown / here speeding along the main line of the Indiana /
Museum of Transport and Communication located / in Forest Park, Nobelsville,
Indiana." unused chrome post card with saturated colors, excellent
condition. $1.25 si(n)
"Chicago Transit / Map CTA
/ Showing CTA Streetcar, Bus, "l" / and Subway Lines and Connecting /
Suburban Bus Routes / Issued by Chicago Transit Authority" foldout map in 24
panels back by a key to many streets & much information--lost & found,
telephone information, chartered service, etc. Dates to October 1948. Just
one small corner crease to report. $5.00 ibmss^
"CHURCHILL'S / BROADWAY
AND FORTY NINTH STREET / NEW YORK // 30913" corner view of the
restaurant-cabaret club, with a streetcar pausing in front; black & white
postcard from J. R. Mayers Co., back toned & written on, noticeable toning
in the front margins. This club was one of the most popular pre-Prohibition
establishments in NYC, founded by Captain Jim Churchill. $3.50 n(n)sg
"City Hall and
Washington Street, / Providence, R.I. // 24482" including a streetcar
in front & part of Hotel Dorrance, color postcard, circa 1915,
unused. $4.00
(rs)
"City Hall Belfast" with 2 streetcars rounding the
corner, both with legible ads (Van Houtens Cocoa, Bermoline), color post
card from publisher Lawrence, toned back, noticeable corner & edge wear.
Other vehicles shown are horse-drawn. $3.50 sn
"COLISEUM DURING REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION / CHICAGO" with many waiting
to enter and witness the nomination of William Howard Taft, horse-drawn
vehicles & streetcar traffic included, a restaurant / lunch room sign at the
lower left corner; sepia tone KARBO real photo post card, message on back
dates to September 16 1908 (addressed to Miss Hazel Barr in Portland
Indiana). Admission cost $50 and up--a lot of money in those days! Rare: no
other examples were found offered or even exhibited when we searched the
Internet. $75.00 pi(c)s NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
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"COLUMBUS, OHIO'S / DOUBLE DECKER STREET CAR" seen from the side with
interesting signage--'NORTH & SOUTH HIGH', 'PASSENGERS / OUT FIRST PLEASE',
'USE BOTH DOORS', 'PLEASE HAVE EXACT / FARE READY'; unused black & white
postcard published by Haenlein Bros., small spots of toning both sides
(front spots in sky). This was a short-lived experiment that lasted about
one year. $5.00 sc(o) NEW / NOVA / NOWY
"Constantinople. Place de Top-Hané" including a
somewhat indistinct double-decker streetcar in the foreground, color
post card, circa 1912, unused,
toned back. $5.00 ts
"Cor. Baltimore and Calvert
Sts., Baltimore, Md." with a trolley stopped for boarding there, color post
card in vertical format with undivided back, glitter added for highlights,
writing in front caption area dates to early 1906, paper browning with
age..$10.00 sm
"CORNER OF
SWANSTON & COLLINS STREETS, MELBOURNE"
including a streetcar & horse-drawn buggy in the foreground, color
postcard from the B. P. Series, pebbled finish, writing on back, considerable corner
& edge wear, but interesting. $3.50 vs
"Court House and Denver
Interurban Car. / Boulder, Colo." fresh appearance both sides, minor edge wear. Post
card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif
format. $1.50 c(b)s%
"De Kinderwagen der Toekomst. / Van Markens Drukkerij-Vennootschap. - Delft"
meaning 'child transportation of the future' in Dutch, showing an
outlandishly decorated streetcar entrant in a light-hearted festival contest
put on by the Hague Tramway Company; unused briefkaart with minor corner
rounding & light album toning both sides. Very hard to find, and in much
better condition than the only other one we have ever seen. $35.00 nsu
"Den Haag. De Bijenkorf." showing a
streetcar passing by the corner, black & white postcard from a booklet, mailed TCV
(2-1 / 2 cent stamp) to Illinois, minor wear at 1 corner. $3.00 ns
"Did you ever leave the car without / notifying the conductor--with this
result?" cartoon art depicting a man falling ignominiously despite his cane,
as streetcar pulls away; post card mailed 1908 to Miss Katie Allender in
Warm Springs Montana from her sister, mild edge wear & corner rounding.
$2.75 scg
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"DONEGAL PLACE, BELFAST." including trams about to round the corner where
the Singer Sewing Machine store was, color within an embossed border, unused
postcard, slight browning of the paper with age. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format.
$1.50 ns
"DOUBLE DECKER IN FRONT OF STATE CAPITOL, COLUMBUS, OHIO" with the streetcar
prominently in the foreground, color post card published by the Haenlein
Brothers, mailed there 1917, minor corner wear, small corner crease not into
image. 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 ocs
"Double Deck Street-car / Paris" loaded with passengers, 'CAFE de LYON
AVENUE HENRI MARTIN' advertising sign on it side; Azo real photo (triangles
up), writing on back also sets the location as Paris, light album toning at
the corners of both sides. Obviously not produced by an English speaking
tourist for his own use, not in commercial quantities; possibly
one-of-a-kind. $75.00 sf(p)
"Dresden. Georgentor." German view showing
streetcar 512, black & white
postcard with brown caption, unused, album impressions at the corners. $2.00
"Dublin. / Grafton Street. / The Wrench Series, No. 100" showing a trolley about to
pass the J. M. Barnardhu & Son storefront, sepia-tone on yellowish paper, undivided
back post card mailed there 1903, small corner crease, corner crease, tiny spots of cancel
ink on front. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research
as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (186,388
bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 is
"Eastern
School Building. / Scioto Valley Traction Terminal. / Chillicothe, Ohio.
13466" including a Scioto Valley Traction Company car, passengers & a sign
reading 'STREET CARS / GOING IN EITHER DIRECTION / WILL TAKE YOU UP TOWN. /
Fare 5 Cents'. Black & white postcard with sky tint, mailed JUN 8 1914 (RPO
cancel), minor edge wear. Seldom seen & seldom offered. $50.00 o(c)rs
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"EIGHTH AVENUE
LOOKING WEST, CALGARY, ALBERTA" showing prominently a streetcar, Lamberts Clothes
Shop, a drug store, Winchester Cigarette sign, etc. white-border era
postcard, Valentine Edy
published. $6.00 as
"Elizabeth St. and Hyde Park, Sydney"
in New South Wales, including several pedestrians & 2 streetcars
(one a double), color post
card numbered 24 on back,
unused, small corner crease. Circa 1910-1915. $3.75 (ns!)
"F-3200-7 Oslo. Utsikt fro Abelhaugen...
/ Norway
View of the town, with the National Theatre" including 2 blue & white
streetcars, continental
post card mailed 1971 to the United States, part cancel ink on front. $1.00
"FIRENZE - Palazzo del
Podestà o del Bargello / 371" including a streetcar & pedestrians in the
foreground, unused sepia-tone cartolina postale in vertical format, tiny
corner crease, paper browning evenly with age. $2.50 si
"FIRENZE / Via dei Pecori / e Piazza del Duomo" including a streetcar with a Nestle
advertising sign on its front passing by La New York, color
postcard from Dr. Trenkler, circa 1907,
unused, a little extraneous writing on back. $5.00 si
"FIRST ELECTRIC TROLLEY CAR, SCRANTON, PA.
FIRST ELECTRIC TROLLEY SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES" with a crowd gathered
around & in it near a Parlor Furniture Store. The side of the trolley is
more informative & reads: 'Scranton Suburban Railway / Adams & Washington
Avs To Green Ridge'. Postcard mailed in Scranton 1907 to Butte Montana, 2 small
corner creases neither into the image. Hard to find! $50.00 p(s)sr(s)
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"FORT COLLINS MUNICIPAL
RAILWAY / CAR 21" showing a side view of it in restored condition, unused
chrome post card, tiny corner bend, otherwise fresh. A beauty built in 1919.
$1.00 s
"Front St., Worcester,
Mass." showing several streetcars & horse-drawn vehicles, unused color post
card with undivided back from the Metropolitan News Company, printed in
Germany, faint album marks detectable in the front message area, trivial
corner wear. $6.50 sm(w)
"Fryeburg, Maine showing a trolley drawn by 2 horses, postcard mailed there 1909 by a
student (obviously at the Fryeburg Academy, a private preparatory school) to
Miss Ruth A. Roberts of Winchester Massachusetts. Sender comments she has
had a ride on it, and disparages Fryeburg as 'the dullest place on earth'.
Corners rounded mildly, bottom corner crease not into the image, a little
edge wear, long internal creases in the upper left front, as is. Hard to
find in any condition. $12.00 m(f)hs
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"Further Feltheit" German continental
postcard showing
streetcars prominently in foreground, mailed 1969 from Nürnberg Bavaria to Ohio, 2 small
corner creases. $1.00
"Gay St. looking North from Bankers
Trust Co., Knoxville, Tenn.--11" including streetcars, old autos &
pedestrians, unused post card from E. C. Kropp, unused, small faint upper
corner crease not into image, very light toning both sides. Clocks in
foreground show a startling disparity--the one at the left shows 8:05 in the
morning, the one at the right shows 11:23 am. $4.50 stc
"Genève et le Mont Blanc"
showing a streetcar & pedestrians crossing a long bridge, unused color
postcard numbered 8833 on back, mild corner wear & rounding, edge ding that
closes well but is still noticeable from the front (nowhere near the image).
$2.25 ss(g)
"GENOVA / Corso Torino"
with streetcar #192 in the foreground, a hand cart & a few pedestrians, no
autos; color postcard produced in Italy, toned back especially at the edges,
front shows considerable corner & edge wear, as is. $1.25 si
"Gent. I can support anything / I use Mennen's Sure Corn
Killer" c. 1890 ad card with irritated woman standing on a man's foot (because he
would not yield his seat on a streetcar), SAR, WP. $3.00
"Graz. Hauptplatz mit Rathaus" including 2 streetcars in the foreground (one
with number 30 on its front), real photo
postcard, mailed TCV 18.VIII.31 from there to Illinois, 2 ink smear on back, corner crease.
Graz is in Styria Austria. $5.00 sa-a*
"Gent. I can support anything / I use Mennen's Sure Corn
Killer" with irritated woman standing on a man's foot (because he would not yield his
seat on a streetcar), advertising card lithographed by
Stahl & Jaeger,
with
fresh colors, stuck to album remnant, somewhat
wavy paper, one edge of the card itself is a little rough towards the top. $3.50
ams
NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
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"... Gruss aus Kniajewo" including Bulgarian pedestrians & a streetcar,
color carte postale also captioned in Cyrillic, numbered 4996 on back,
unused, minor corner wear. Circa 1912. $9.00 bsg
"Habana. Hotel Plaza. Plaza
Hotel / Publ. El Partenon, 106 Obispo St." showing a streetcar passing the
corner on which it is located; unused Ekc real photo postcard, good detail
with readable signs. $7.50 cs
"HABANA: PARQUE CENTRAL, HOTEL PLAZA / HAVANA: CENTRAL PARK, PLAZA HOTEL
122650-N" including 2 streetcars & a LARRANAGA sign, white-border era
with bright colors, unused. trivial wear at 2 corners. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 cs
"Hamburk(sic). Alsterpavillon u. Neuer Jungfernsteig" including a
double-decker bus with Chlorodont advertising, echte Photographie Postkarte
with scalloped edges as issued, message written on back in German dates to
1947, long internal crease from the bottom edge, 1"-long pencil mark from
the left front edge may possibly be erased. This promenade area (where
eligible young women would be shown by their proud families) has since been
redesigned for high-end shops. The toothpaste brand advertised lasted until
the 1980's. $3.50 gbds
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"HERALD SQUARE, BROADWAY AND SIXTH AVENUE, NEW
YORK CITY." including several streetcars & signage -- Budweiser (partial),
David P. Leany Realty Co., Star Shoe Co., HEARN; unused white-border era
postcard, two tiny spots in the sky, minor corner rounding, back lightly but
extensively toned. The New York Herald & The Telegram newspapers occupied
the building in the center. $5.50 n(n)rsn
"HOTEL METROPOLE,
WIEN" corner view with streetcars & old autos & horse-drawn vehicle,
sepia-tone Postkarte from BRW, unused, fairly fresh. $1.50 sa
"HPOONGYEES IN TRAM CAR RETURNING WITH ALMS COLLECTED, RANGOON. No.
73" showing many saffron-robed Burmese priests returning on a streetcar;
unused postcard from D. A. Ahuja, toned from album contact.
Most unusual & seldom offered. Postcards of them actually soliciting the
alms are much more common. 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 brs
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"ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM /
Collector's Card #24 - The 'Saint Looie'" with a side view of it in restored
condition, carrying passengers; unused chrome postcard in excellent
condition. $1.25 c
"INTERIOR LOWER DECK OF THE
NEW DOUBLE DECK CAR NOW IN OPERATION / COPYRIGHT 1913 BY P. P. PULLIS
ON BROADWAY, NEW YORK" with some of its signage readable--e.g., CAUTION,
LOOK OUT FOR AUTOS & WAGONS by an exit, streetcar operated in Manhattan by
the New York Railways Company; post card mailed there JUN 21 1913, heavy
upper corner crease, front toning light, back has fingerprint toning from
doubled Horse Car (probably on Bleecker Street, which operated till 1917)
cancel. Message mentions a big new German ocean liner. $10.00
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"International Bridge Between El Paso, Texas / and Juarez, Mexico" showing a
streetcar prominently in color, circa 1915, corner crease. Post
card sold. Still available
for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 stmb(e)#
"Junction at Main, Ninth and Delaware Sts., / Kansas City, Mo." with a streetcar
& Boley sign prominent in the foreground, black & white post card with undivided
back, writing on both sides with some pertinent information. $5.00 a(m)mc+
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"KELLY PARK / TROLLEY CAR
NUMBER 168" unused chrome postcard in excellent condition, copyrighted.
Built in Portugal, it ran on the San Jose Railroads. $1.25 sp
"KEY SYSTEM 167 / Unique articulated cars ... / bound for / San Francisco,
in Oakland June 7 1954" unused postcard numbered TP33 on back, excellent
condition. The Key System of mass transit also similarly served other East
Bay communities such as Albany, El Cerrito, Oakland & Berkeley. Streetcar
service was discontinued in 1948. $3.50 c(o)c(e)s NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"LIBERTY BELL LIMITED"
showing a side view of the Lehigh Valley Transit #1030, unused chrome
postcard, 1995 copyright, excellent condition. Ran from the 1930's to 1951.
$1.25 s
"Lincoln Square and Court
House. Worcester, Mass." showing a streetcar & horse-drawn vehicles,
color postcard made in Germany for The Metropolitan News Company (14907),
mailed 1909 but a little of the sender's writing on front, noticeable corner
& edge wear. $6.50 m(w)sc
"Lodz. Ulica Piotrkowska" including a streetcar & horse-drawn traffic as
seen from a high vantage point, unused color postcard with red caption, back
paper browning with age, small corner crease, noticeable edge wear. Circa
1910. $6.50 ps
"Liège Palais de Justice et Place Saint-Lambert" sepia-tone
post card including several streetcars in Belgium, from Ern. Thill booklet, very late
usage in the United States. $2.50 bs
"Ljubljana / Aleksandrova
cesta / palaca Lubljanske /dreditne banke." showing a Slovenian streetcar
paused at the corner of the bank on Alexander Street; regular-size color
postcard in vertical format, mailed there 18 IV 24 with 50-para Jugoslavian
King stamp, minor corner rounding, several speckles of cancel in the front
sky. $6.00 ss
"London Life. / An Electric Tram" showing car 623 signed 'Holborn', a Van
Houten's Cocoa ad alongside, bobby at the left; sepia-tone postcard from
Samuels Ltd., mailed 1911 to Lancaster Pennsylvania, underpaid by 1/2-d
stamp (US 2-cent postage due affixed), sender comments on the price of
fares, trivial corner wear. $10.00 e(l)s NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"Madison Square, New York" including 3
streetcars & several horse-drawn wagons, color from Success Postal Card Co.
(their No. 1014), used there 1910, 2 corners with faint small creases, long
but faint vertical internal crease, all
corners with minor wear & rounding, cancel ink shows in the front sky.
Signage includes Lincoln Trust Company, Cross Apartments & Cremo 5¢. $5.00 sn(n)
"MADRID / PLAZA DE CASTELAR
/ 1137 Hauser y Menet.--Madrid" including 3 streetcars, unused tarjeta
postal with album impressions at the corners, mild corner rounding, paper
browning evenly with age. $8.50 ss(m)
"Main Street. Lima, O. / No. 580 Germany" including several streetcars
in the foreground & the Hoover Brothers building (sold stoves, lamps,
dishes, furniture, etc.) in the midground; black & white postcard with red
caption & undivided back, light toning in the front caption area, minor
wear. $7.00 o(l)ms^
"Main Street looking North, Winnipeg."
showing 4 streetcars (Belt Line closest to viewer),
circa 1910-1915, color, unused, album impressions at the corners, brownish
paper, corner wear & rounding. 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(w)ms
"Market Square, Piqua, Ohio" showing a
bustle of pedestrians, horse-and-buggies & an streetcar on a sunny day;
black & white post card with undivided back, addressed neatly on back but
never mailed, fingerprint toning in front sky, light album toning both
sides. Seldom seen & seldom offered. $17.50 o(p)s
"Market Street, Looking East, Warsaw, Ind." with a streetcar passing the real
estate office of Hickman & Neff, color from W. R. Thomas,
post card made in Germany circa 1909, long internal crease & 2 smaller ones, corner & edge wear, lightly toned front,
initials in
upper left front corner, as is. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format.
$1.50 isr
"MELBOURNE & METROPOLITAN
TRAMWAY BOARD / TROLLEY CAR NUMBER 531" showing a side view in refurbished
condition, unused chrome postcard, excellent condition. Ran from 1928 to
1985. $1.25 sv
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"MIDDLETOWN RAPID TRANSIT, MIDDLETOWN, O." showing a horse-drawn streetcar
pausing before the Merchants National Bank (lawyer's office above it), the awning & clock sign of A. E.
Axman's jewelry shop just behind them; post card mailed there 1908, small
upper corner crease hard to detect from the front. $20.00 o(m)nghscj NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"Monroe Street, Toledo, Ohio" with a streetcar passing by a hardware store &
a building with a pocket watch sign, color post card mailed 1909, tiny corner crease,
noticeable corner wear, lightly toned back. $7.00 ocs
"Montmorency Station, Quebec / 104,392.©" showing several horse-drawn vehicles
surprisingly near the tracks, a
streetcar in the right foreground & a depot
sign reading 'QUEBEC RY - LIGHT & POWER CO.', color
postcard from the Valentine & Sons Publishing Company, printed in
Great Britain, unused, album impressions at the corners. 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 qhrs
"Montreal Transportation
Commission 2-man car 225 is / westbound on a training run over the p.r.w. of
the MILLEN / carline (now Henri Bourassa Blvd.) ..." unused chrome postcard
in excellent condition, unusual subject matter. $2.00 sq
"Mulhouse Rue du Sauvage" street scene
including a streetcar passing a Schiff Corsets shop, unused sepia-tone postcard numbered
74 on back, mild corner & edge wear, light toning both sides from album contact. In
Haut-Rhin France. $3.25 sf
"MÜNCHEN Rathaus mit Frauenkirche / City Hall and
Cathedral" Bavarian continental
post card with streetcar prominent in right foreground, stamp removed, ink smear on back. $0.75
"NEW DOUBLE DECK CAR, NEW YORK CITY" of the New York Railways
Company which ran on Broadway from the South
Ferry to 59th Street in Manhattan, described further on the back; unused
postcard, minor wear at one bottom corner, otherwise fairly fresh. $10.00
r(n)n(m)s NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"News from the Old Home
Town / ANOTHER AXCIDENT! / Bill Hawkinses Mule Nocks Streat / Carr Offen the
Trak." with text full of deliberate misspellings, unused comic postcard with
signed cartoon art showing a mule kicking an electric streetcar, front
toning is light, back toning is heavy. $3.75 sc
"NIMES -- Les Trois Pillors Romains A. R."
including a streetcar with PICON advertising on its front, black & white
post card with green back from
booklet, mailed there 1918 to New York City, much corner & edge wear. In France. $3.25 sf
"No. 79 Entrance to Winona Lake, Ind." including a trolley near a bend in
the tracks, black & white
postcard on gray paper, mailed there 1906, extensive dark
yellowish-red toning on the bottom of both sides, tiny corner crease, wear at lower left front corner, lacks freshness.
$4.75 is+
"North on Main St. from Court St., / Buffalo, N. Y. 44" including streetcars &
Western Savings Bank in foreground, post card mailed there 1915, light toning on back,
corner wear & rounding. $4.50 nms
"Oakwood Street Railway Co. / Dayton, O. / 035707" block of 4 tickets, each
good for one fare, when Harrie P. Clegg was their Vice President. Backs have
'OAKWOOD / TICKET FARE' in green. Necessarily pre-1919, because we know he
was President then. Seldom seen; seldom offered. $7.50 o(d)r(o)sg
NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"ODD FELLOWS' BUILDING, VIRGINIA, MINN." Including
part of a streetcar about to pass by, color
postcard from Bloom Bros., writing on back, 2 long but inconspicuous
creases. $2.00 msf
"OHIO / THE / BUCKEYE STATE // WALKING IS CHEAP, / But Oh, You SORE FEET! /
in COLUMBUS. // The / STRIKE IS STILL ON // ALLIED PRINTING / TRADES COUNCIL
/ UNION LABEL / COLUMBUS, O." with a shiny embossed metallic add-on of
streetcar #528; post card published by the Cott Printing Company, mailed
there SEP 5 1910 to Springfield Ohio (2-cents postage necessary due to
add-on), lower corner creased twice, mild toning both sides. $25.00
o(c)ssu-o
"Old Alabama Street, / Underground Atlanta" line
drawing on yellowish paper including a streetcar prominently, continental
post card from Phoenix Publishing,
mailed 1974, stamp removed, part cancel ink on front, corner bend. $1.00 gs
"Old Union Station, Atlanta, Ga."
including horse-drawn carriages & streetcars, color post
card, circa 1910, unused. $11.50 gs
"Ottawa Transportation
Commission car No. 650 at / Brittania Park Loop - June, 1949. ..." unused
chrome postcard, tiny corner bump, otherwise fresh. $1.00 s
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"Pacific Avenue, South from Ninth Street, Tacoma, Wash." Including a streetcar
rounding a corner & a Morris Gross Clothing sign,
postcard with writing on back dates to 1910, mild corner & edge wear. $5.00 ws
"Palermo - Piazza Tredici Vittime." including a
streetcar, black & white
post card, unused, much edge wear, lacks freshness. $1.25 si
"Parte del Palacio Nacional. -- Part of the National
Palace. MEXICO" showing numerous streetcars & carriages outside, black &
white
postcard mailed from Juarez 1910 to Texas (bold cancel). $4.00 ms
"Photo by Tevis (Tuck)
Cromer - 28 Woodland Ave. Dayton, Ohio / Daughters Sara and Martha"
playing hugging a large snowman, multiview Azo (triangles both ways) real
photo postcard also captioned by hand "Middle Town - Mule Car. - 1914" in
lower front border. Good focus so we can make out the City Hotel in the
distance behind the streetcar. Probably one-of-a-kind. Middletown is near
Dayton Ohio. Photographer Tevis C. Cromer is best known for his photos of
the 1913 flood. $35.00 o(m)o(d)g(c)swp
"PITTSBURGH RAILWAYS CO. // TOKEN FARE" nickel sized, picturing the
streetcar in profile on the side not shown. $2.50 npsr NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"Pohled do historie" unused folder of continental sepia-tone postcards
showing historic Czech streetcars. Cover includes 2 postcards & there are 9
more within, all generally excellent to near-mint condition. Two examples
shown. $17.50 sc
"Pola.
Via dell' arsenale -- Arsenals-Quai" including a Croatian streetcar passing near some
ships, color, from A. Bonetti in 1910, unused, slight browning of the paper with age, trivial corner & edge wear. Post
card sold. Still
available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 cs
"Port-au-Prince. Haïti" showing a steam-hauled tramway with two
passenger cars, pedestrians nearby & another tram heading away in the
distance; black & white carte postale mailed 30 January 1911 to Michigan,
stamp removed carefully, both sides toned, lower corner is crease twice but
neither is into the image. The railcar at the left was constructed of
automobile parts; the cars it pulled were holdovers from the Compagnie des
Chemins de Fer de Port-au-Prince (which last ran in 1888). This postcard
modifies the information currently in Wikipedia, which had this tram service
operating from 1912 - 1932, not from 1911. Decidedly rare. $50.00 hs NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"Powell Cable Car / San Francisco" with wonderful signed Cantrell art
depicting the San Francisco Municipal Railway loaded with passengers, at the
turntable; postcard published by Cantrell, mailed 1950. $4.50 c(s)sr(s) NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"Pub by C. S.
Woolworth & Co. 5183--Limited Car, Gloversville, N. Y." showing the
Schenectady Limited car number 103 with 2 conductors, monochromatic green
postcard with undivided back, mailed 1907,
cancel ink on front, corner crease, slight yellowing of the paper with age. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format.
$1.50 ns%
"PUB. BY SOUVENIR POST CARD CO. N.Y.
COPYRIGHT, 1904, A. LOEFFLER / 1014 BOWERY, SHOWING ELEVATED RAILROAD
/ NEW YORK" including several streetcars & signage -- 'CASPERFELD &
CLEVELAND / 144 / DIAMONDS / AND / WATCHES', 'CALLAHAN'S' & 'THE GAIETY';
post card mailed 1907, noticeable corner & edge wear, upper corner crease
not into the image. $8.50 n(n)jg(c)s
"RAPID TRANSIT IN SEBRING O." with a black & white line drawing signed Earl
Wehner showing a mule-drawn trolley car (penned on its side 'Warsaw Ave.
Car' by sender, postcard published by J. B. Meiler & Sons in Dayton, mailed
there 1908 (well struck SEP 8 1908 Elmwood Place Ohio DPO flag cancel
overlaps & Cincinnati receiving marks, both on the next day), minor edge
wear, light toning both sides from album contact. Amusing & hard to find!
$20.00 o(s)a(w)s-o NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"'Rapid Transit,'
Middletown, O." attractive postcard showing a mule car in black & white
within an outer United States flag border in color, published by the
Feicke-Desch Printing Company, album toning on both sides. Cards such as
this were light-heartedly poking fun at the community, which was among the
last communities to have such service. $12.50 o(m)sf
"Rapid
Transit, / Middletown, Ohio" with a streetcar pulled by 2 mules, conductor
aboard, alongside a large white building; unused circa 1907 post card,
unevenly toned back, mild corner & edge wear. The caption is red, in the
upper right front corner. $12.00 o(m)s NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
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"RAPID
TRANSIT, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO" showing a mule car with conductor & 1 passenger
in front of Stewart's storefront, ad on side reading 'CINCINNATI 80¢ CH&D
NEXT SUNDAY' for the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad; postcard mailed there
1911 to Miss Pauline White of Manchester Ohio, minor corner wear, light
toning both sides. $15.00 o(m)sr(c) NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"RAPID
TRANSIT, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO" showing a horse-drawn streetcar at the end of its
line at the track crossing of what is now Central Avenue (then Third
Street), just after discharging passengers at the Cincinnati & Springfield
(later the CCC&I) depot there; post card mailed there 1909 to Mrs. Eli
Roush by her daughter Jida, mentioning Aunt Mae Davidson in the message,
minor edge wear. $20.00 o(m)sg(r)r
"RAPID TRANSIT,
/
MIDDLETOWN, OHIO" with trolley drawn by 2 horses prominent, color
post card, used there 1914
(clear flag cancel). minor wear at 3 corners, toned back. $15.00 os
"RAPID TRANSIT, MIDDLETOWN, OHIO." black & white post card published by
Dysert's Art Store, mailed there in 1917 to Miss Henrietta Oberlies in
Dayton, trivial wear at one corner, faint 1" internal crease from the bottom
edge. $12.50 o(m)sh NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"Rapid Transit / Middletown / Ohio // 347 HAND COLORED" sepia-tone
post card mailed there 1907 to Miss Ada B. Brown in Muncie Indiana, not
hand-colored despite what the caption says, paper browning with age darkens
the image, light album toning shows in the front borders, small upper corner
crease just into the view. $10.00 osh
"Riding is fine, / But walking for mine, / in COLUMBUS, O. // The STREET CAR
STRIKE is not settled yet. // ALLIED PRINTING / TRADES COUNCIL / UNION LABEL
/ COLUMBUS O." showing a crowd around a streetcar deliberately abandoned in
front of Union Station there, black & white post card mailed at Columbus AUG
16 1910 to Lancaster Ohio, lower corner crease, toning both sides. $25.00
o(c)ssu
"Riding is fine, / But walking for mine, / in COLUMBUS, O. // The STREET CAR
STRIKE is on. // ALLIED PRINTING / TRADES COUNCIL / UNION LABEL / COLUMBUS
O." showing a crowd around a streetcar deliberately abandoned in front of
Union Station there, black & white post card mailed at Columbus MAY 2 1910
to Hebron Ohio, lower corner creased twice, light toning both sides, small
sticker in address area obscures nothing. $25.00 o(c)ssu
"Roma - Il Traforo sotto il
Quirinale" including a streetcar & pedestrians in the foreground, unused
sepia-tone postcard. one corner with 2 small creases, soft corners. $1.75 si
"SAN DIEGO TROLLEY / New
articulated trolley pauses on C Street, during a / trip to San Ysidro and
the Mexican border..." unused chrome post card, fairly fresh. $1.00 sc
"SAN FRANCISCO CABLE CAR / Looking down California
Street, San Francisco..." mailed chrome postcard, stamp removed, corner & edge wear. $0.75
"SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA / CABLE CARS" post card
mailed 1969. $1.00
"San
José. Avenida de Rogelio Fernández Güell" showing a streetcar passing a
gated property, unused, light toning on front. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as
a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 cs
"S.A.P. - 69 - MARSEILLE - La Rue Noailles"
including several streetcars & many readable signs--Fabriques, Chocolat Menier, etc.;
black & white
post card, circa 1915, unused, small corner crease. $4.00 fs
Sepia-tone real photo
postcard showing a horse-drawn streetcar with passengers, mailed SEP 16 1914
(when withdrawal of US troops had been ordered) with 1-cent Washington
stamp, clear VERACRUZ MEX. U. S. M. A. G. duplex cancel (1 in killer),
forwarded from Washington DC ten days later to Easton Maryland, trivial
corner wear, front image has slight oxidation & another DC cancel lightly
struck in the foreground. $45.00 ms-m& NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"Série - R. S. Le HAVRE-Ste-ADRESSE - Vue
Panoramique" including streetcar running atop the cliff, unused real photo
postcard with good
composition & focus, very lightly toned front, long indentation that is hard to see from the front.
$2.75 fs
"'s-Gravenhage, Scheveningsche weg" showing a Dutch streetcar, bicyclist,
pedestrians & a handcart on the old Scheveningen toll road, unused postcard,
1-1/4" tear from top closes well in the trees, corners worn & rounded, back
disturbances & toning from album contact. As is. $2.25 ns
"Solingen. Am Gleisdreieck" including streetcars
at the corner where lines 4 and 5 come together, real photo
post card from Mowe, numbered 155 on
back, unused. Solingen is in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. $4.50 sn
"South End of 17th Street, Denver, Colo." with a
'SEEING DENVER' corner storefront at the left & two streetcars near the
Savoy corner in the middle; unused black & white postcard, noticeable edge
wear, very faint corner crease. $8.00 cs
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"SOUVENIR / FROM THE / QUEEN
CITY OF THE PLAINS / DENVER, COLO." showing the sightseeing streetcar
'SEEING DENVER" loaded with passengers, above and beside an advertising
message, private mailing card mailed at Manitou to Brookville Ohio, faint
small bottom corner crease. $12.50
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"Souvenir of / Greater New York / Grand Central Depot" including a
horse-drawn streetcar alongside it, souvenir card with undivided back,
mailed Jul 8 1908 (during the final 2 months when it was being torn down so
excavation could began for Grand Central Terminal), corners worn & rounded,
cancel along the lower left front edge, light cancel ink in the front sky,
back with small dark spots of toning near the edges. The depot serviced the
New York & Harlem Railroad, New York & New Haven Railroad, and New York
Central & Hudson River Railroad. $10.00 n(n)shr
"Spiezer Verbindungs-Bahn" postcard-size photo showing one of the smaller
trams connecting Spiez Switzerland to the local boat station on Lake Thun, a
little toning on the back, slight curl to the paper. $10.00 ss%
"ST. ANNES ON SEA, DRIVE AND ELECTRIC
CARS. / Copyright" color post card from the Star Series printed in Bavaria, writing on
back dates to 1911, two noticeable corner creases, heavily toned back, scrape on bottom
back edge, as is. $1.50 s
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"STATE STREET, LOOKING
NORTH FROM MADISON." in Chicago, crowded by pedestrians & several
streetcars, vertical format; color postcard mailed there 1914 (Balboa
commemorative stamp), a little extraneous writing on the back, mild corner &
edge wear. $4.00 is
"Stockholm. Kungl. Djurgården" including a tram prominently, unused Axel
Eliassons brefkort number 4115, printed in Germany, excellent condition. $10.00 ss
"Strasburg - Ruprechtsau Partie am Rhein-Marne-Kanal" showing an
electric streetcar on a bridge over a canal, unused Postkarte with undivided
back, No. 253 from photographer/publisher J. A. Deppisch, minor corner wear,
light toning both sides. $6.50 asbp NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"Street car strike / April 29, 1910. / Just after a
riot." With caption from writing on back, sepia-tone real photo post card mailed there May 22
1910, brownish paper, partial cancel on front, 2 small corner creases (not into image). Shows policeman standing at the entrance of a
Long & High streetcar in front of the Metropole Hotel, with a large crowd surrounding
him. $50.00 ossu
"Street Car System / Port-au-Prince Haiti // By Raymond U.S.M.C.-15. //
B2-5" showing a 2-car train loaded with passengers; unused sepia-tone real
photo post card, rounded corners, 3 small corner creases. The US
Marine Corps in 1914, to quell civil unrest; they stayed until 1934. You are
lucky to have a chance to own this postcard. $80.00 m(m)hhs
"STREET DURING STRIKE"
showing streetcar number 292 deliberately abandoned on a North 4th Street
intersection of Columbus Ohio (near the Lang, Schenck & CO. liquor merchants
store), 2 other streetcars further distant left, many pedestrians, and 'The
Union's Clothes Sign' at the right; unused sepia-tone AZO (triangles up)
real photo postcard, excellent condition. $25.00 o(c)ssu
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"STREET SCENE, EIGHTH & K, SACRAMENTO< CAL. 84302" with streetcars
& pedestrians in the foreground, unused white-border era. Card is rectangular, but image area is not quite rectangular. Post
card 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 cs
"THE GHETTO, NEW YORK" including many push-cart vendors & a horse-drawn
streetcar nearing Remington Street on the East Side; unused white-border era
postcard, numbered N. Y. 372 on back, trivial wear at one upper corner,
otherwise fresh. $7.00 nsh
"The Parade, Douglas" with
streetcar number 75 prominent in the foreground, the Villiers Hotel at the
left; unused color postcard from
the Valentine Series, trivial wear at one bottom corner, otherwise good edges,
couple of tiny spots of toning in the sky. $9.50 is
"THE ROSE SERIES P. 7154 EAST STREET,
ROCKHAMPTON" showing streetcars , bicyclists & other traffic near Kirby's & Stewart's
(James Stewart & Co. Ltd.) in Queensland, sepia-tone
real photo postcard on pinkish paper, a little writing on back, minor wear at one corner.
$6.00 qgsb
"THE STRIKE IS ON / COL. O." showing a Court House street car on the Long &
High route stopped by a large crowd, readable signs include 'Coulter's
LUNCH', 'PIANOS', 'METROPOLE' & 'Knox THE TAILOR'; sepia-tone real photo
post card published by Myers Photo Company, mailed there AUG 1 1910 to
Winona Lake Indiana, mild edge wear, bottom corner crease. Writer comments:
'That is the way they get to a card tear them to pieces and beat up the scab
motormen. Things very quiet.' $35.00 o(c)ssu NEW / OPKOMEND / NY
"The Water Front, St.
Petersburg, Fla. / 203,361 J.V." including streetcar 23 on a pier, unused
souvenir post card from The Valentine & Sons Publishing Company, fairly
fresh both sides. Circa 1912 - 1914. $6.00 sf(s)
"Third Street, East from Main,
Middletown, Ohio, showing a horse-drawn streetcar about to pass the
storefront of the Otto Grau Piano Company--flanked by the First National
Bank to the left & Johnson Hardware on the right as we look at it; postcard
mailed there 1915 to Clarence Haworth of Wilmington Ohio; long creases
through the other buildings at the right side ironed out successfully,
curved thin scrape in the sky. $10.00 m(o)g(j)mns
"TOWN HALL, DURBAN" in Natal, including 2
streetcars passing in the foreground, unused color post
card copyright by G. B. &
Company, numbered 980 on back, faint & tiny corner crease. $4.75 ns
"TOWN HALL, MELBOURNE" In color,
showing a street scene bustling with activity, including
streetcars, pedestrians, horse-drawn buggies & an early auto; corner wear & rounding, very late usage at Melbourne Kentucky,
toning at corner on back, corner crease, mild corner wear & rounding. $4.75 vs
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"Traction Terminal Building, Indianapolis, Ind."
Showing parts of several streetcars,
post card mailed there 1913, small spots of toning on back,
part cancel ink on front. $5.00 is
"Traction Terminal, Indianapolis" showing several
streetcars, color from Majestic Publishing,
postcard numbered 34 on back, circa 1915, unused, lightly toned back.
$4.25 is
"TRAMWAY ÉLECTRIQUE" trade card with art showing 2 boys on a small electric
streetcar, slight toning on back, no advertising stamped on it (front or
back)--which is very unusual. $7.50 abs
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"TYPICAL ROCHESTER RAIL
EQUIPMENT / 859 616 1234 47291" linen post card, unused & fresh,
front colors misregistered a bit. Streetcar
859 shown was typical of the 850 - 869 series in use 1914. The number 47291 in the
caption is not a streetcar number. 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
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"Union Square, New York" including a John Bank's Sons Piano Movers
(uprights only, grand pianos would not have fit) horse-drawn wagon the
foreground & a conduit electric trolley (3rd rail between main tracks);
color postcard mailed there 1908, made in Germany. $7.00 hnms
"Union Station, Columbus, Ohio" with a double-decker streetcar & horse-drawn
wagon passing by; post card published by W. S. Harriman, mailed there 1921,
light toning on back, minor corner & edge wear, long but thin scratch in sky
can be seen under magnification. The double-decker only plied the streets of
Columbus for about one year. $5.00 so(c)
"Upper Queen St. Auckland" showing 2 types of streetcars (one
horse-drawn)
passing by a saloon in New Zealand, unused
postcard with fresh appearance. Sold but still available for scholarly
study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format.
$1.50
snh
"WASHINGTON SQUARE, NEWPORT, R.I." color post card with undivided back,
prominently showing a trolley & wagons, unused, inconspicuous corner crease.
Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as
a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50
(rs)
"Water St., Looking East, Sandusky, Ohio"
including a streetcar passing a studio & a few pedestrians, color postcard that was
mailed but stamp removed thinning its back corner, much corner & edge wear, 2 creases
(one faint, one long), as is. $1.25 os
"...Werkehr: / ...Ecke Dönhoffplatz." post card numbered 8 on back, real photo
Berlin street scene showing streetcars, cyclists, pedestrians & signage;
postcard mailed
-6.3.28 in Berlin (bold cancel), TCV stamp obscures some lettering in caption. Crisp focus
& excellent contrast will make you reach for your magnifying glass, because the
details are there! $10.00 (asg-g)+
"Westertoren. Amsterdam" including streetcars
crossing a small bridge, unused sepia-tone post card in vertical format, light album marks
at back corners. $2.00 ns
"West on 3rd St., Middletown
Ohio" showing a mule drawn streetcar having just passed the City Hotel,
the Morris storefront & Up-to-Date Tailors offering suits and overcoats, 2 boys
on bicycles in the left foreground; circa 1916 postcard with red caption, minor corner wear & round. Very hard to find!
When we checked, the
local library did not list the card in their extensive collection. 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
o(m)sgb
"West Street, Durban" Natal street scene with a double-decker tram passing
Cuthbert's, cart outside Smith & Winfield Artist Supply, and more signs that could be
figured with some local knowledge; sepia-tone
postcard with red caption, from booklet, numbered 950 on
back, mailed there NO 26 1910 (bold cancel ties 1 / 2-d King stamp) to Ladysmith (clear next
day arrival mark), fresher than most. $10.00 ns-n
"XX
DAMAS -- Rue Salhieh Place Arnousse" with a streetcar in the distance, color post card from Edition Soubhi S.
et Munir Aïta in Damas, several small speckles of toning on front, less
toning on back. $4.00 ss
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