"108/5" showing a smiling barefoot child holding an envelope & a bunch of flowers; hand-colored real photo postcard with a few paste beads added, circa 1910, unused, good edges, slight curl to the paper. $4.75 c

"1097. - PETITS ENFANTS de BRETAGNE / Un gros secret" sharing a big secret, post card sent TCV 1909 from France. $4.75

"1913 / Fröhliche Fahrt / ins neue Jahr!" wishing the recipient a happy flight into the New Year in German, real photo postcard showing 3 children being borne in a photographer's prop airship, mailed 27.12.12 at Kreuznach Germany to Fräulein Emma Protzmann in Wilmington Delaware (pair of 5-pfg stamps neatly canceled & tied), messaged in Germanic script. $8.00 yc

"1 -- Alger - Mendiantes Mauresques / Louis Ledoux, editeur, Alger" showing girl beggars carrying infants, unused post card in monochromatic green, World War I era, even light browning of paper on back, good edges, trivial wear at 2 corners. $12.00 ac

"213. -- BREST. -- Le cours Dajot" showing the promenade of the French children, postcard with green back. $7.00 fc

27 MAI 1938 TCV treatment with 5-lepta Greek stamp on a comic postcard (women & children chasing a man), no message or address on back. noticeable corner & edge wear, back paper toned & browning with age. $5.00 gc-g

"306 - TEN MINUTES FOR LUNCH." unused circa-1910 Edw. W. Mitchell post card, small bottom corner crease, minor corner wear elsewhere, thin strip of dark toning atop the back message area. There are many variants of this postcard with different borders; this one is hard-to-find. $4.50 fc

"313.  DUCIS. Napoléon et les enfants de Murat. / Napoleon and Murat's children. / ..." also captioned in 4 other languages, unused postcard printed in Paris for Musée de Versailles. $3.00 na(d)c

"3453 CUPID OUT CANOEING" embossed art showing 5 Indian children, teepees on the background shore; 1904 Tammen copyright, unused postcard, exceptionally fresh for its age. $12.50 ic

"4378. 5" post card showing two girls and a boy with a doll in a wicker baby carriage, caption from back, writing on back, toned back. $5.00

"43  CONTREXÉVILLE. -- Le Jeu de Croquet. -- LL." with several players, mostly children; circa 1920 carte postale with green back, unused, album marks at the corners, reduced along left front edge due to poor separation from booklet. As is. $2.50 f(c)c

"4909 / 10" hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card of boy playing violin with many small chicks and eggs in foreground, fresh appearance. shown. $7.50 Another from this series, similar condition. $7.50

"7005. Utah's Best Crop, One That Never Fails." with a composite made of children, unused post card from H-H-T-Co, very light toning on back. Seen elsewhere as high as $9.99, but we ask only $4.25 uc

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"7464  LES ENFANTS DE M. ET Mmme. P.  E. Friant" signed Friant art showing 5 children, sepia-tone postcard on yellowish paper, unused, corner crease misses image. mild wear at corners. $3.00 ac

"ACME / MARSEILLES WHITE, GLOSS, MASTER, / WHITE SPRAY SOAPS" trade card showing a seated baby with basket, ad for W. B. Stoppard's Cash Store in Cortland New York on back, faint crease, tiny spots of light toning both sides. The soap was made in Buffalo New York by Lautz Brothers & Company. $5.00 an(b)n(c)g(s)c

"A Dog Cart group in Rural Quebec.-107" showing 3 carts (2 drawn by 2 dogs each) & children, postcard from Photogelatine Engraving Company, yellowish paper on back, unused. tiny corner bend, minor wear at another corner. $5.00 q(u)dc

"ADULT CHILDREN OF NORMAL PARENTS / ANNUAL CONVENTION" with cartoon art by Jennifer Berman showing a sparsely filled auditorium, black & white continental postcard mailed 1992, small upper corner bends, postal markings on front. $1.25 oca

Advertising card for Golden Rule Store, 343 High Street, Providence Rhode Island, Goodwin & Easton proprietors. Back was plain. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 arc

"Afghani Children" older girl stands with white flower while younger boy is seated with toy, oversize post card, light toning from production process on front, noticeable curl to the paper. $1.50 ac. Same but with a small bottom corner crease. Shown. $1.25 ac

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"AFGHANISTAN - Jalalabad" small youngster crouches at the rocky shore of a stream, oversize postcard with a light mark from the printing process on back. $1.50 ac

"A goody / goody / Christmas" showing a child wearing an Uncle Sam hat astride a toy rocking horse, postcard from Series 744E, pencilled names on back, lower corner crease, smudge at the upper left front corner. $9.00 tccu

"A HEAVY LOAD" a little boy gets a ride in his Steel Gear wagon, post card mailed 1911 in the United States, minor corner & edge wear. $18.00 dc

"A Jolly Hallowe'en" art shows child grabbing black cat's tail, mailed 1914, stamp removal causing some thinning on back & creases at that corner. Postcard sold. Still available as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 hcc

"A Joyful Christmas / 'May you be as happy." as the children playing with their toys, signed Clapsaddle art on an embossed postcard mailed DEC 22 1909, printed in Germany, 2 corners with creases tangential to the design, one back corner toned, good edges. $7.00 a(c)cct

"Amish Children of Lancaster County, Penna." monochromatic dark blue continental post card from Landis Art Press, mailed 1959, brownish paper on back, tiny spot of toning in right front border. Image similar to the postcard shown below. $2.50 (ac)

"Amish School Children of Lancaster County, Pa." Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

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"'ANCHOR COFFEE' / IS THE BEST!" art shows boy and girl in elegant attire, caption from ad on back from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio, lightly toned back. $8.00 aoc+&

"Appoint a Meeting with this old Fat Fellow / MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR" postcard with embossed art showing two children steadying a large wishbone as a small turkey passes beneath it, minor corner wear, toning & a short light pen stroke in the white edges around the front design, minor stamp damage. $2.75 tc

"... April 1908 / Terry Tad says: / Of course, get your clothes of Sturtevant's 'The Big Store'" signed Gustave Verbeek art depicting children in the rain & a calendar; unused postcard with unevenly divided back, very light toning. A listing in Dry Goods Economist in August 27 1921 convinces us the store in Zanesville Ohio lasted a long time; but its advertising like this is rare. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. o(z)cca

"Arapahoe Children - Saint Stephens Mission / St. Stephens P. O., Wyoming" showing 5 children in traditional attire, black & white card circa 1958. This Catholic mission ministers to the Arapahoe & Shoshoni Indians from the Wind River Reservation. 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 wci

"ARTISTIC HAINES & CO. / Pianos / HAINES & Co. / Rochester & NEW YORK USA." advertising card with art featuring child in Napoleonic hat, one corner badly creased but still appealing, back is blank & browned slightly with age. $5.00 acm

"Aus Holland / Nach getaner Arbeit" showing several smiling children on a wagon near 2 farm buildings, unused, from a wonderful series depicting everyday-life scenes in color from Verlag Ludwig Simon, Serie 204 V. Caption means 'after work is done'. $12.00 nc

"Ayer's Sarsaparilla / for Purifying the Blood / Health and Happiness / RESULT FROM THE USE OF ..." advertising card with boy playing drum & girl playing tambourine, fresh appearance, circa 1890. $9.00 acmm

"Ayer's Sarsaparilla / Gives HEALTH and / SUNNY HOURS" with woman in long dress holding a toddler on her shoulder, fresh appearance, interesting medical claims & composition (yellow dock, mandrake, etc.) on back. Product was from Dr. J. C. Ayer & Compnay in Lowell Massachusetts. $11.00 ammc

"Baydar, Lebanon / 4-12-66 / Nomadic Children" Kodak color real photo with excellent composition, no postcard back, caption from writing on back. More precisely, this is Dahr-el-Baydar. $2.00

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"BBM" hand-colored / tinted real photo post card showing a boy flying a kite at low level to amuse 4 other children & a woman, mailed in France circa 1915 but stamp removed, minor corner wear, light toning both sides. The initials are those of the photographer. $6.50 kc*

"Bethlehem, Jordan / 4-15-66 / Water is carried from / community well" by children shown in Kodak photo, writing on back for caption, no postcard back, fresh appearance. $1.50 (jc)

"Birthday Greetings" signed art showing a child with a bunch of flowers, a country scene in the background panels; unused postcard, paper browning with age especially near the edges, soft corners. No you are not seeing double; this is a printing error from the publisher Gartner & Bender in Chicago, with the black color misregistered. $4.00 ecba

"Bonne / Année // A. Noyer / 1320b" with 3 young children holding flowers; nicely hand-tinted real photo post card, short New Year message neatly in French on the back, slight curl to the paper, good edges. $8.00 nc

"Bonne Année" art showing twp young children near an aeroplane, unused postcard made in France, uneven artistic edges as issued, fairly fresh. $2.75 nc

"Bonne et / Heureuse Année" embossed caption & unsigned art on a divided back postcard, capfrom the Artistique Xmas Series (No. 2217), mailed 1912 but stamp removed neatly, message in French, light spotty toning on front. $4.00 mcn

"Bonne Fête / 373  Polo" showing a boy steadying a girl on a flower-bedecked boy's bicycle, intricately hand-tinted (the boy's clothing is striped top & bottom!) real photo postcard, birthday message penned neatly on back in French, light spotty toning on back, good edges. $7.50 cbb

"But what I wonder is did / he get spanked for cutting / down the cherry tree" 2 children regarding a portrait of George Washington, postcard mailed FEB 21 1920 at Quincy Massachusetts to Miss Mattie C. Murphy in New York City, both sides lightly toned, rubber band mark on the back. $2.75 pcw

"B. Vautier / KATECHISATION" cabinet card (slightly wider than a continental postcard), toned both sides, rounded corners as issued. From the Cabinet-Collection, Verlag der Photographischen Gesellschaft, Berlin. Seldom offered. $5.00 r(a)c

"C9RAA" Maputo Mozambique shortwave (10 m) QSL viewcard used 1991 by German operator Rudolf Klos, who complained of local power failures. Front shows several smiling local children, trivial corner & edge wear. $3.25 mc

"Calhoun Park, Springfield, Mass." Including several well dressed children near the water, black-and-white on on undivided back postcard mailed there 1908, part cancel on front, corner wear & rounding, light toning on back, a little extraneous writing on back. $4.50 mc+

"Cartagena.-Casa del Niño." with several Colombian children standing outside its office, sign reading 'JUNTA LOCAL / DE / PROTECCION A LA INFANCIA  Y REPRESION DE LA MENDICIDAD' (local board of child protection and repression of begging); postcard on paper yellowing with age, 2 small corner creases. A rare piece of social history. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 scc

C. BLUFF & K. CITY R.P.O. TR23 / JUN 4 1916 clearly struck as transit marking on post card mailed from 2 days earlier in Wyoming to Palmyra Missouri. Image side shows "Make me an / invalid for life" a line drawing of an injured little boy being tended to by a little girl nurse (named for each child neatly penned beside). One corner bend which does not affect the philatelic markings or the drawing. $15.00 cm-r

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"CENTRAL PARK, MAY PARTY AND FOUNTAIN, NEW YORK CITY / © IRVING UNDERHILL, N. Y." white-border era post card mailed 1922 to Mr. Ezra McCulloh in Morrison Illinois, minor corner wear, a few tiny specks of toning mostly in the front border. These parties were events for children, who often dressed up on Saturday, danced around a May-pole & did homage to the May Queen. $6.00 n(n)c

"'CHILDREN AT STUDY' / STATE EDUCATION BLDG., ALBANY, N. Y." sculpture showing a group reading books, unused sepia-tone Azo real photo (squares in corners) post card with good composition and focus, small spot on back. $3.50 ncse

"Children of a Annam mandarin" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card 1961 at Hazelton Kansas. $2.50 vc

"CHILDREN'S PADDLING POOL. CLEETHORPES 217953" in England, unused Valentine Carbotone postcard, minor wear at corners. $4.00 ec

"CHILDREN'S PLAY ROOM ADJOINING ROOF GARDEN. / H. C. CAPWELL CO., OAKLAND, CAL." post card from Smith Bros, unused, minor corner & edge wear, fairly fresh. One of the best early child care cards. $9.00 c(o)csi

"Christmas Greetings / Merry Christmas" embossed postcard with De Johnge art, numbered 565 on the back, writing on back, minor corner & edge wear. $5.50 (acc)

"City Palace of Young Pioneers / and Schoolchildren" in Ulan-Ude Buryatia Siberia, also captioned in Russian;, unused continental post card issued 1988, fresh appearance, good edges. $1.75 bc

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"Collection des Missions Africaines  13 - Une Ecole Superieur (Dahomey)" black & white post card depicting many native school children, TCV 1905 (French stamp), light toning on back. $17.50 (dc)

"Compliments of / Union Pacific / Tea Company" children playing with a slide trombone; circa-1890 ad card for the Boston company, text over all the back warning recipient to 'Don't be Deceived! ... Beware of Frauds who claim to be Branches of our Concern'. Small lower corner crease, toning at most of the back edges obscures nothing. $5.00 afcm(b)

"Convent of Jesus & Mary, Ipswich, The Little Ones' Dormitory" showing several beds close together in a room, postcard mailed there 1911, piece of one corner gone & additional edge wear. $3.00 (ei(o)c)

"Copyright Lester C. Nagley.  HOOSIER POET WITH LITTLE FRIENDS, GREENFIELD, IND." unused sepia-tone postcard on yellow paper, faint small upper corner crease missed the image. The author is James Whitcomb Riley. $3.50 i(g)ac

"COUTUMES, MOEURS ET COSTUMES BRETONS / 289 -- Enfants du Morbihan.  ND Phot." unused carte postale, small corner bend, minor edge wear. $4.25 f(m)cc

"CRANE FARMS CHILDREN'S CAMP HEADQUARTERS" with several youngsters nearby, monochromatic gray-green postcard mailed SEP 6 1929 from La Grange Illinois to Miss Patricia Lipton in Muscatine Iowa by a child there. Long & conspicuous vertical crease parallels the left front edge, spotty edge wear. Located at the western end of the lake, now in Geneva. Rare: when we searched the Internet there were no other postcards or exhibitions. $9.00 w(g)cc

"CŠOD / Dnevni center Groharjeva hiša" continental Slovenian multiview postcard showing the Grohar House day-care center for children in Sorica Slovenia, excellent condition. Two views; young girl painting, young girl singing with youngsters in the background playing simple instruments. $2.00 smmc

"DA NE BI BILI VAŠI OTROCI NIKOLI SAMI" beneath a collage of artwork; unused Slovenian continental-size postcard advising the viewer never to leave children alone, excellent condition. $1.50 sc

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"Die beiden ältesten Söhne unseres / Kronprinzenpaares. / Prinz Wilhelm  Prinz Louis Ferdinand" showing 2 Prussian princes at play on a beach, unused sepia-tone real photo post card with good edges. $13.00 prc

"Die Entführung der Helena  M. von Wunsch / Nr. 282" depicting children & a small boat, undivided back, undisclosed publisher, light album marks on front. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 a(v)c

"DO YOU USE. / R. B. BREAD / ?" circa 1908 advertising postcard with art on front showing a boy & a girl playing with a toy sailboat, the size of a trade card but intended to be mailed. Rare. Shown. $10.00 fca. Different image showing 2 girls sledding, heavy bottom corner crease. Also rare. $9.00 fca. Different image showing a child holding a small dog, album toning both sides. $9.00 fca. Special: all 3 for $26.00. fca

"DR. BARNARDO'S HOMES.--The Gordon Ward in H.M. Hospital, Stepney Causeway." showing several beds for boys & 2 pediatric nurses in attendance, post card, mailed 1906 but stamp removed, extensive light reddish toning near the back bottom obscures nothing, light toning on front, one small bottom corner crease (not into image) . Doctor Thomas John Barnardo was a Victorian social entrepreneur best known for rescuing homeless & afflicted children from the streets. He died in the year previous to this mailing, so the postcard may be part of a fund-raising campaign launched immediately thereafter to fill the void caused by the loss of his considerable fund-raising skills & connections. The first of many homes he established for such children was at Stepney Causeway. $8.00 spegcim(f)

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"Elle m'a tape' dans l'oeil.'" signed Sorneim art depicting a smiling child in tophat, postcard mailed in Belgium 1924, corner crease nowhere near the art, minor edge wear. $3.75 ac

"ELLIS & HELFER CO. / WHEELING, W. VA. / Log Cabin Kisses / Sparrow's Chocolates / Easter Candy Novelties / Soda Fountain Supplies ..." unsigned Frances Brundage art on a circa-1901 advertising card, as tall as most postcards but not quite as wide, very light toning. Rare: when searching the Internet we found no other advertising of any type for the firm--offered, previously offered, or exhibited. Mentions in official documents indicated a small operation employing about 20 people, in business from 1901 to 1920. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 aw(w)a(b)cfe

"En Touraine" showing French children, signed, post card mailed at Filbert West Virginia (2 cancel types), uneven edges as issued, 2 corner creases. $2.75 acf

"FOR BABIES / HERE AND / BABIES NEAR / GIVE / ROSEBUDS / by Carter's" advertising with order form over all the back, unused, long bottom corner crease, regular-postcard size. A brand that advertised mostly in the newspapers during 1956, without much success. Rare. $7.00 ca

"FR9A" shortwave (28 MHZ) QSL postcard used 1989 by a member of L'Association des Radio Amateurs de Monaco et L'Amade (Association Mondaile des Amis de l'Enfance) publicizing the International Week for Children (7 - 15 Octobre 1989), 2 small bottom corner creases. $2.00 f(r)c

"Gare / à l'attelage! / Bonsoir, / ô bientôt // 637" hand-colored  / tinted real photo postcard showing boy & girl aboard a flower-decorated wagon drawn by a toy horse, mailed 1907 in Belgium, brownish paper on back, edge wear. $12.50 tc

"Garfield-Tea Syrup / Babies Like it, It Cures Them. / Best Laxative Syrup / For Infants, Children and Adults. / It Insures Perfect Health." circa 1892 (it was named after the assassinated president Garfield) trade card from the Garfield Tea Company (41st Street & Third Avenue, New York City). Expansive health claims on back include 'It is a very effective cold cure.' Tiny upper corner crease, 2 small spots of toning near the top front, otherwise fairly fresh for its age. Seldom offered, seldom seen. $20.00 amcn

"Garland Stove & Ranges" postcard showing child with extensive lace on clothes, backstamped Finzel of Monroe Michigan, fresh appearance. circa 1890. $12.00

"GG // Cº // 2420/4" showing a kindergarten-age child orchestra comprised of trombone, paid, inexpensive violin & baton; sepia-tone real photo postcard mailed August 10 1915 from Zombor Vojvodina (10-heller Hungarian stamp as appropriate then, Budapest violet transit marking) to Ohio, slight curl to the paper, slight oxidation consistent with age, minor wear to the top corners, noticeable wear to the bottom corners, back cancel hard enough struck to partially raise its impression on front. Charming! $5.00 cm-v

"Gilt Edge / (IN LARGE BOTTLES) / Is the ONLY Gloss / dressing for Ladies' shoes that Contains / OIL to SOFTEN... / SOLE MANUFACTURERS / WHITTEMORE BROS. & CO., / ... / Boston, Mass." trade card with signed Bufford art showing a young boy & girl gathering flowers, violet handstamp on back of Robert D. Smith who was in the shoe business in Philadelphia. Circa 1880 - 1895, when they had their own job printing business in Providence Rhode Island. $8.50 amcpa(b)

"GOING TO THE SEWING SOCIETY / WITH WILLIMANTIC THREAD" showing children with umbrella riding a spool of thread, heavily toned back. $8.50 asc

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"GM5BA" used Berwick-on-Tweed QSL card with an English lassie kissing a Scottish lad at the border nearby, short corner crease. $2.75

"GOD'S OUT OF DOORS / THE METHODIST CHILDREN'S HOME, WORTHINGTON, OHIO" including 2 children playing; postcard mailed FEB 1913 at Plain City Ohio to Mr. Wes Edwards in London Ohio from his cousin Lawrence, long bottom corner crease, a lot of spotty toning both sides. Rare: when we searched the Internet we found no other offers, no recorded sales & no exhibits. The facility, now called the United Methodist Children's Home, serves abused children & children with mental health problems (often both). $19.00 o(w)csg

"Grammar Room 5th and 6th Grades 1908  Pataskala, O." unused sepia-tone Azo (triangles up) real photo post card with good focus & contrast, good edges, back paper starting to show a little age. $8.50 o(p)c

"Grammar Room 7th and 8th Grades 1908  Pataskala, O." unused sepia-tone Azo (triangles up) real photo post card with good focus & contrast, trivial wear to one bottom corner, otherwise good edges. $9.00 o(p)c

"Greetings from Brockton, Mass." showing a brown & white puppy licking the ear of a delighted baby, unused chrome postcard from Tichnor Brothers, minor corner & edge wear. $1.50 dmc

    "Greetings from Burma" appeal for World Vision, which ministers to children & needy lepers, Burmese stamp attached, but meter mailed from California, 1959 (meter reads 1995 incorrectly), black & white postcard, one edge nicked. $4.50 bcm(p)r

"Greetings / from / [Jacksonville Ohio]" fantasy generic postcard for the small village has art showing 2 beautiful children atop a shell being pulled by a very large fish caught by a ribbon, postcard mailed there AUG 20 1910 to Miss Vesta Morrow of North Berne Ohio, mild corner rounding, a light water stain at the top corners. The placename was penned by hand to complete the caption, and its ink has smeared just a bit. The embossing is quite intricate. $6.00 o(j)sffc Generic postcards explained.

Group of well-dressed children standing together outside a house, real photo postcard mailed at Manchester Iowa July 19 1908 (flag cancel). Writer lists the names, including Marguerite & Elva Madden, Dorothy R., Marjorie A., Amber D. & Ernest & Janette Kinne. The get-together was for Mr. Madden & the sender was Mrs. W. D. Horst. $8.00 ic

"Happy days -- Native children, Panama" color from I. L. Maduro Jr., numbered 70a on back, writing on back, light toning on back, good edges. $5.00 pc. Another, mailed 1908 to Lancaster Pennsylvania, clumsy stamp removal attempt by a certifiable cretin damaged the stamp, 2 small corner creases, lightly but unevenly toned back. $2.75 pc

   
"HAPPY / HALLOWE'EN" with embossed art depicting Buster Brown frightening a young girl with a giant smiling pumpkin; post card mailed OCT 28 1908 Wellington Virginia (an unincorporated community, almost complete DPO cancel) to Miss Agnes & Madge Metcalf in Catharpin Virginia, inviting them to a dance, minor corner wear. Painting only copyright 1908 by the International Art Publishing Company. $17.50 hc-v

"HENRI / Henri, vous saurez bien qui peut dans une fleur / En ce beau jour cacher un souhait de son coeur…" with name in large letters & 3 more lines of French poetry starting with the letters from the name, hand colored / tinted real photo postcard showing 2 children resting on the crossbar of the letter H, mailed but stamp removed, long internal crease, long but light mark on front & other light toning. Nicer than it sounds, as you can see. $3.75 (lcp)

"Here's the best Soda! / Established 1852 / De Land & Co's / 'Gap Sheaf Brand Soda / Fairport, N. Y." with a boy holding a package of baking soda, blank back, small corner crease, tiny tear in top margin, circa 1890. $5.00

"Hjertelig til Lykke paa Fødselsdagen" art depicts children boarding a propeller aircraft; postcard printed in Germany & airmailed to New York in 1946 (3 stamps removed), good edges. Danish translates roughly 'Heartfelt congratulations on your birthday'. $3.00 bdc

"Honest Dad, all I did was / pick up the phone!" with child sitting amidst piles of money, continental-size postcard advertising consolidated loans from Freedom Mortgage in Salt Lake City Utah, mailed at a presort-first class rate, excellent condition. $1.00 tcu(s)

"HOWER / BUTLER PA." Embossed imprint for caption, unused sepia-tone Azo real photo (triangles up) postcard shows child with appealing smile standing on a sturdy wooden chair, faint corner crease, toning along back edges. $3.00 p(b)pc

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"How Many Girls Should Bathe Baby? / Kamehameha Schools Use Six / Seniors in home economic learn child care with a / live model. the infant, on loan from parents..." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1964 from Scotch Plains New Jersey, 3 tiny indents in the top border. Unusual subject matter. This is in a private school system established by an estate that is Hawaii's largest private landowner. Unusual subject matter. $2.25 h(k)ec

   
"Human Flag, 2000 Children, Wright Bros. Celebrations / June 18-19, 1909, Dayton, Ohio." postcard mailed MAR 23 1910 from Dayton, internal crease within the sky, minor corner wear. $7.50 fc

   
"Human Flag (composed of 2500 school children), Wright Bros. Celebration, Dayton, Ohio, June 18th, 1909" monochromatic-brown Liddy & Iddings post card mailed OCT 10 1909 from Dayton to Miss Ida Kel(l)enbarger in Tippecanoe City Ohio from Gertie (who says she got a letter from Wilbur that morning), tiny upper corner crease, minor wear to the bottom corners. Sender is possibly Gertie Tracy, a classmate of Wilbur Wright. $10.00 fc

   
"Human flag composed of over 2,000 children and platform where the medals were presented" uncaptioned (so we use most of the writing on the back) sepia-tone Azo (triangles up) real photo postcard, oxidation consistent with age, light toning near the back edges. Sold but both sides still available for scholarly study & research as enlarged 300-dpi scans (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75 either or $7.25 both. fco

"HUMPHREYS' / WITCH HAZEL OIL / (COMPOUND)" reads the advertising banner borne aloft by a Wright flyer, unsigned art copyrighted 1909 by Humphreys' Homeopathic Medicine Company on an advertising postcard for W. H. Teague of Lewiston Maine, preaddressed to manufacturer in New York City & requesting a free sample, blanks on back not filled in unevenly toned back. Message area lists very detailed claims for the oil's applicability Surely one of the earliest suggestions that aircraft could carry advertising banners, but the placement of the banner would have made more sense trailing behind the fast-moving aircraft, rather than hanging straight below it as if there were no wind. Another variant of this card replaces the aeroplane with a kite having such text. Either way, it's a rare image. $11.50 m(l)g(t)ac

"I'LL ALWAYS BE PULLIN' FOR YA, HONEY, WHEREVER I GO! / 124" with little boy pulling a girl in a red wagon, unused linen-era post card with a touch of toning along one edge. $2.00 cc

"I'm broadcasting merry Christmas to you" fanciful art depicting child ham radio operators, publisher & artist both undisclosed, unused postcard with unevenly toned back. Rare: we could find no others when we searched the Internet. $7.00 cc NEW / NY / NOVO

"Indianermissionsausstellung der Kapuziner, Altötting / Barspiel in Valdivia / P. Michael Schuster von Mauth mit spielenden Indinerknaben" postcard from A. Adolph in Passau. The Franciscan Order held this Indian mission fair in Valdivia Chile; one of the fathers is shown with native children who are playing stickball, fresh appearance & unusual subject matter. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 cc(f)c

"In this / mirror by / candle-light, / I'll see / my fate this / Hallowe'en / night." Art shows boy holding large pumpkin & girl with mirror & candle, mailed circa 1915 judging by the stamp used. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

"IOLANDA di SAVOIA  MAFALDA di SAVOIA / FOTOGRAFIA TOPPO, NAPOLI.  3856 ALTEROCCA-TERMI." showing 2 young royal children, black & white on postcard with undivided back, toned back, soft corners. $7.00 rci

"J. & P. COATS 200 YARDS / BEST SIX CORD / WE BEAT THEM ALL" with boy riding locomotive towards viewer, interesting table of needle & thread numbers on back, copyright 1881. $7.50

"J. A. Larkins Co's. / 'BORAXINE" / IS CHEAPER THAN SOAP" with boy & girl in pretend wedding attire, copyright 1882 advertising card, blank back, light toning on back. $15.00 ac

"J. A. Larkins Co's. / 'BORAXINE" / MAKES HOUSEKEEPERS HAPPY" with boy spinning a top on his hand, copyright 1882, blank back, light toning on back, circa 1890. $15.00

"'JUST FOUND HIS MAIL POUCH' / ANTI-NERVOUS -DYSPEPTIC / OVER // Valuable Articles / for users of MAIL/ POUCH / TOBACCO ..." circa-1890 trade card. There are many variants of the front & back of this card. For example: one front includes the word 'tobacco'; one back mentions the Bloch Brothers; etc. So be sure to check your albums. $9.50 atc

"KAISER & CO., BERN.  7742. Déposé." showing 2 Swiss children in costume with an alpenhorn, black & white Postkarte, mild corner wear & rounding, lightly toned. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mscc#

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"KHB 7569 / Barefoot Boy / Swiss Miss" QSL card with Runnin' Bare style commissioned art depicting children, fresh appearance. $1.50 wcq

"Lead, but never / Follow" with boy riding running rabbit, ad for Henry J. Mann of Monroe Michigan on the back, fresh appearance. circa 1890. $10.00

“LE BAIN DE BEBE / BABY’S BATH” showing a baby in a small tub being attended by a monkey, unused black & white continental postcard, copyrighted, excellent condition. $1.00 c

"LE PETIT FRÈRE / THE LITTLE BROTHER / ©Suzanne SZASZ / Photo Researchers Inc." unused black & white continental postcard. $2.00 nc

"Les Baisers / Comme des fleurs fraiches écloses, Et qui se frôlent doucement, / Le baiser de ces lèvres roses, / C'est le baiser innocent. / A. G." depicting a boy kissing a girl lightly on the cheek, poetry in French on a post card mailed TCV circa 1904 at Vienne France, toned back, front marred by numerous small scrapes. As is. $0.75 cp

"Lola / 45" showing a group of young children playing with a toy push-auto, hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard made in France for the New Athens Book Store in Boston, writing on back, front quite fresh, good edges. $12.50 tc

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"Loving Easter / Wishes" showing a little girl with a basket of chicks & a rooster, unsigned embossed art on postcard, Series 76 D, mailed APR 7 1917 in Orrville Ohio (clear hand cancel), good edges, fairly fresh. $4.50 ec

"Lyme Regis, England" showing young children playing on the sandy beach, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed in Uxbridge Massachusetts, 2 small corner creases. $1.50 ec

"Madeira, Costumes" showing a boy & girl in traditional attire, postcard mailed there 1932 to Master Freddie Davenport in Cheshire England (Portuguese  75-c stamp well centered), corners clipped off, minor edge wear. $3.25 mcc

"Marcel Delboy, phototypie, Bordeaux / 61 -- ARCACHON (Gironde) - Les Enfants font des trous dans la sable  M. D." showing several French children digging trenches in the sand near a pier, carte postale mailed 1911 to Ohio. $5.00 f(a)c

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"Marken  Broertje passen." showing a Dutch girl pushing a home-made baby stroller, unused briefkaart, Serie 601 No. 1, back with light edge toning, trivial corner wear. $4.50 nc

"MC INTYRE CHILDRENS HOME, ZANESVILLE, O." postcard wtih undivided back from A. C. Bosselman & Company, mailed there 1908, minor edge wear, toning at 2 corners. $4.50 ocb+

"MIDVINTERS" third series (1907), signed E. B. art showing 3 children in a rowboat, mailed 1908 from Stockholm Sweden, small corner crease, browning paper, partial cancel on front, writing on front includes names for the children. This postcard is full-size, suggesting that the uneven cut on the left edge was the printer's fault. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 asc

"MONROE COUNTY CHILDREN'S HOME, WOODSFIELD, OHIO" an orphanage; unused Photo Tone postcard with fresh appearance & good edges. In the Bowden Collection at Miami University, also the West Virginia & Regional History Center of West Virginia University. Seldom offered. $5.00 o(w)sc

"Motorcycling is great / sport in / Hamilton, O. / '674" unused postcard with unevenly divided back, minor wear to 2 corners, a few tiny spots of toning on back. Surprisingly hard to find for any town. The top 2 lines of the caption also accompany other drawings of the children (e.g. kissing); but they too are surprisingly hard to find. $7.50 mo(h)c

"NEEDLES AND PINS, NEEDLES AND PINS, WHEN A MAN MARRIES HIS TROUBLE BEGINS…" wonderful bi-fold showing flowers on one panel & children in a kitchen scene on the other, illustrated ad for Michigan Stoves & Ranges, edge wear & a little separation at the crease, circa 1890. $15.00

"Nepal, Himalayas" shows 2 children, the girl bearing a basket of wood; well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post cards mailed 1966 at Brooklyn New York. $1.75 nc

"NEW YEAR GREETINGS TO AN OLD / FRIEND / I'll endeavour to make my sentiment clear / By wishing a friend 'A prosperous year.'" hand-colored  / tinted real photo postcard depicts 2 children with a stringed instrument & its bow, published by E. A. Schwerdtleger & Co., writing on back dates to 1916, tiny internal crease. $7.50 nc

"NOTHING / THANKS / IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE STOPS" cartoon art shows car of children rushing to restroom while attendant looks on, post card from Noble, minor corner wear & rounding, small ding in the top edge, very light toning shows in the front borders. $2.00 gcc

"N. Y. K. LINE" intricately embossed art in color on a postcard showing the children's room aboard one of their ocean liners, mailed JAN 3 1937 with Japanese 5-sen stamp (tied by Shanghai PAQUEBOT cancel) to Lebanon Pennsylvania. The view side is hard to find ... and so is the cancel! $50.00 s(o)c-cpj

"Oh Mama! I need a Cascaret / over" advertising card thick stock (shown left) which when flipped over reveals "Cascarets / CANDY CATHARTIC / ALL DRUGGISTS 10¢  BEST FOR THE BOWELS / Mama! I feel much better now" (shown right), just a little toning & edge wear. Effective & made by Sterling Products Inc. in Wheeling West Virginia since 1896, it contained Cascara Sagrada (a Native American remedy from British Columbian tree bark). $8.00 acmw

"ONE BRANCH OF WORK OF THE CHILDREN'S MISSION HOME ' THE GUARDIAN ANGEL" beautiful art in vertical format showing an angel protecting 2 children, monochromatic dark gray-green postcard mailed 1915 from Dillsboro IN by 'Papa Simon' (who preached at Olean & Friendship Indiana) to Elizabeth (Mrs. J. B.) Adkins in Lima Ohio. Two corner creases not into the image, a little corner rounding. $4.00 acg(a)

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"On the Sands, Carnoustie" with several people, including some children mounted on donkeys, mailed 1922 to England. Nice. 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 sc

"OPEN CALL / FOR SUBMISSIONS / Bloomberg Emerging Artists / Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation Programme ..." unused continental post card, tiny corner bend, otherwise excellent condition. (2 available) $1.00 each. hc

"PASSIONSSPIEL OBERAMMERGAU 1910 / Offizielle Postkarte No. 10: Kindergruppe" showing a group of children with palm fronds in the Bavarian Passion Play; unused real photo postcard, oxidation consistent with age, good edges. $5.00 r(d)bc

                                      
        
Pedal car lot of 3 real photo postcards. Top: Unused Azo (triangles up), heavy upper corner crease, minor corner wear otherwise, back heavily toned but front toning is very light. Bottom left post card mailed JUN 2 1908 from Malden Station in Boston to Mrs. S. A. Bowen in Bethel Vermont by her cousin May, trivial corner wear. Bottom is an unused Azo (triangles up, light toning near the back borders, trivial wear at 2 corners. $12.00 tc

                            
Pedal car lot of 4 real photo postcards in vertical format. Top left: Unused Azo (triangles up), high contrast, good edges, slight oxidation. Top right: Cyko, pre-1913 Indiana home-made plate ('23 IND'), good edges. Bottom left: divided back, lightly toned back. Bottom right: Azo (triangles both ways), store-bought brand name may be recognized by a knowledgeable collector, top corners rounded, bottom corner crease, toning both sides. The home-made plates were permitted on the back of automobiles pre-1913, just had to have the state-issued number displayed on the dash in front; then the kid could 'inherit' it in a subsequent year. $16.00 tc

         
Pedal car lot of 4 better: 3 real photo postcards & 1 slightly smaller photo. Top left card annotated 'Auto made by Howard Masters', an Olds with stretch body. Top right card in the shape of an aeroplane bearing an encircled USA insignia. Second row left includes an equally proud girl with her occupied doll carriage. Second row right a photo with Mascot brand on the pedal car front. Sold but front sides still available as a group for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. tc

                           
                   
Pedal car lot of 8: 2 unmailed circa-1910 Azo (triangles all up) real photo postcards with familial annotations on back; 3 unmailed circa-1925 Azo (squares in corners) real photo postcards & 3 smaller circa-1914 photographs of children in pedal cars. $27.50 for all. tc

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"Perfumed /  with / 'FOREST FLOWERS'" circa 1890 advertising card for a cologne from W. J. Austen in Oswego New York, offered by J. F. Colburn in Newport Michigan, toning both sides, worn corners. Shown. $5.00 (anpcg) Another on paper with more browning, offered by W. H. Thayer a dealer in drugs, medicines & chemicals in Carson City Michigan. $5.00 acpn(o)

"Pennsylvania Dutch Country / The AMISH are a peace loving, God fearing / group. Their manner and dress is different from / ..." unused chrome post card showing several children. $1.50 ac*

"Prosit Neujahr / Serie 213" embossed & gilt art depicts 7 children with a large snowball, writing on front, mailed Celle Germany to Paris France in 1904 (clear cancels), 2 small corner creases, light toning on back. $4.75 nc*

“PUSHING BABY BACK HOME / PHOTOGRAPH BY BETSY CAMERON” showing a little girl pushing a stroller, unused continental postcard, copyrighted, excellent condition. $1.25 pc

"RADIO STATION KWTO--BURGE / HOSPITAL (POLIO WARD DRIVE) / 1950" postcard picturing Gwinn Hinkel (age 9, in iron lung) & Randy Rogers (age 20 months) & George Earle (KWTO 'Man on the Street' & Judy Wallender (age 2, on crutches) in black-and-white, metered there December 20 1950 & sent to thank a donor, mild corner & edge wear. KWTO is in Springfield Missouri. $10.00 m(s)rcm

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"River Cliffs and Spring on Dug Road, Zanesville, Ohio" showing a boy & girl gathering water from the pipe there, unused color lithochrome postcard published by Claude Y Ross (his no. C13223), made in Germany circa 1908, light toning both sides, minor corner wear & rounding. This old spring gave rise to Zanesville's early name of Springfield Township; at that time the road was called Lovers' Lane. In our experience, most views of this location are scenic, rather than showing the spring in actual use. Providing an additional distinction from most children postcards, these youngsters are performing a chore suitable for their age, rather than just standing around looking cute. $8.50 o(z)c

"RTB / 5492" showing a child playing with a toy he constructed, unused beautifully hand-colored / tinted real photo post card from the Meccano erector set series, made in Belgium, trivial wear to the corners. $14.00 tc

                      RUSSIAN CHILDREN'S ART BOOKLET (1966)
                                       
Booklet of 20 different children's art--probably national contest winners. Includes explanatory insert & booklet cover all in Russian. Quantity printed only 36,500. Wide range of ages but the quality is there throughout. Cover a bit worn, but the postcards are not. $30.00 cra
                            

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Russian Red Cross art card, signed V. Bobrov in Cyrillic, unused. One of the finest art postcards we have ever seen. Put this next to 1,000 cards and your eye will go to this one every time. $47.50 (arc)

"R. W. BELL MFG. CO. / TO INTRODUCE / 'FRENCH VILLA SOAP" with young boy chasing a girl down a path leading from church, ad card from the maker in Buffalo New York, brownish paper. Some of the printing on back shows through to the front. $8.00 acn

"Safety Village, U. S. A., Tampa, Florida" teaching children ages 6 to 12 the principles of traffic safety, chrome postcard mailed there 1977, small upper corner bend, unusual subject matter. Sadly, this facility has been demolished. $2.00 cf(t)

   
"SAY YOU'RE / MINE, / VALENTINE, / O'ER MY / HEART / TO REIGN // THEN WE'LL / RIDE, / SIDE BY SIDE / IN MY / AERO- / PLANE" art in an embossed heart-shaped frame depicts 2 children riding a biplane; postcard with undivided back mailed 1914 to Mr. Mitchell Strohman in Lancaster Pennsylvania, misaddressed, 'Delayed in searching / Directory' & 'Called Out' violet handstamps, mild corner & edge wear includes a short internal crease, tiny traces of cancel ink on front. $2.50 vc. A brighter, taller example from a different printing, mailed FEB 1913, a little cancel ink at the left front edge, back paper starting to brown with age. $2.75 vc

"SCENE IN SUNSET PARK, / SALINA, KANSAS" including some small children near the lily pads, unused linen postcard, yellowish paper, faint corner crease, trivial corner & edge wear. Would make a nice painting. $2.00 kc

"SCOURENE" with delicately colored seated baby & small roses, ad card from The Simonds Soap Co. of New York on back. This corporation moved for dissolution in the City Court of New York in 1891. Printing by Donaldson Brothers, Five Points NY, who also ceased operations in 1891. Five Points is a neighborhood in lower Manhattan, New York City. $8.50 acn(n)n(m)

"SEE PREMIUM OFFER ON OTHER SIDE, COPYRIGHT 1894 BY WOOLSON SPICE CO…" circa 1890 advertising card with girl in drapery & baby nearby, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, fresh appearance, small ink spot on back can be seen through. $8.50 ac

"SEE PREMIUM OFFER ON OTHER SIDE, COPYRIGHT 1894 BY WOOLSON SPICE CO…" with girl in green dress rolling a hoop with her stick while boy watches, fresh appearance. postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, fresh appearance. circa 1890. $14.00 (tga)

"SEE PREMIUM OFFER ON OTHER SIDE, COPYRIGHT 1894 BY WOOLSON SPICE CO…"  advertising card with young girl playing jacks with baby watching, fresh appearance, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, a little toning near the lower right corner. $14.00 act

"SEE PREMIUM OFFER ON OTHER SIDE, COPYRIGHT 1894 BY WOOLSON SPICE CO…" circa 1890 advertising card with kneeling boy spinning a top on his hand while a girl watches, fresh appearance, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, fresh appearance. $14.00 act

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"SEE US FOR YOUR NEXT SUIT / THEO. BIEKER & SON / 4 MAIN STREET HAMILTON, OHIO" with a drawing of girl sewing up embarrassing tears in a boy's pants, undivided back mailed 1907, slight yellowing of the paper with age, corner & edge wear. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 ocs

"SER. 7" fantasy art shows 5 children playing with a trombone, embossed post card with unevenly divided back, mailed 24 -9 06 from Brussels Belgium to another in that city, sender's writing on front in French, fairly fresh with good edges. $4.00 fcm

"Slum Babies  / Orange Box Nursery" showing numerous Salvation Army women standing next to several orange boxes serving as cradles for underprivileged babies; postcard solicitation for the Salvation Army Home Service Fund, heavy pencil writing on back raises the front surface a bit, small corner crease, corner wear, toned back. Circa 1919, masterfully educating the public about the other work of the Salvation Army (just after their program of sending personnel directly to the American Expeditionary Force at the front lines in France provided the initial publicity so needed to raise millions instead of tens of thousands of dollars). An unforgettable & important image. $16.00 sc

"Spersallerg®" with art showing a boy & girl cavorting in a field with flowers, butterflies & a dog; advertising anti-allergy eye drops from Novartis Ophthalmics & Medis; unused continental post card, upper corner creases. $1.50 smc

"Squeeki De Clown / Not Just Another Pretty Face!" unused chrome advertising post card for a Columbus Ohio children's entertainer & magician, near mint. $5.00 mcoa

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"Standard / Sewing / Machine / Co. / CLEVELAND, O." monochromatic green showing a girl being kissed by a baby she holds, circa 1890 ad card / trade card, ad of T. F. Sullivan of Lewiston Maine handstamped on back, light toning on back. $12.00

"Standard / Sewing / Machine / Co. / CLEVELAND, O." monochromatic blue-green art showing a girl being kissed by a baby she holds, circa 1890 ad card / trade card, ad of T. F. Sullivan of Lewiston Maine handstamped on back, lightly toned back. $10.00 sm(l)coa

"Standard / Sewing Machine Co. / CLEVELAND O. / JOHNS & CO. LITH. CLEVELAND, O." 2 seated children embrace with a dog at their feet; circa-1890 lithographed advertising card with the neat blue handstamp of the 'T. F. Sullivan, & Co. / 33 Lisbon St., / Lewiston Maine" on back. $10.00 m(l)scoa

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"STAND STILL!" M.D.S. signed art on a postcard mailed 1910 from Dayton Ohio; a lot of scrapes, surface wear & thinning on both sides. From a series -- cay  you believe it? -- that showed a preoccupation with the underwear of black children. Surprising that an 'artist' would sign such stuff! As is. $1.00 bc*

"Strawberry Farm, Van Buren, Ark." including a large number of children, black & white post card with green tinting, mailed there 1909, small bottom corner crease, back printing a bit high. Hard to find! $10.00 a(v)ac

"STROLLER™ / STRIDES / fitness for mom / fun for baby!" unused continental-size postcard about 2005 fitness classes in Cincinnati Ohio, near mint. (2 available) $1.25 each. cfwo

"Sweets to the Sweet" signed HDS art depicting a black girl giving a black boy a taste of her cookie, Tuck Oilette Postcard 9049 (from a series that used a racial epithet in its name) mailed 1906, a few tiny speckles of cancel ink show in the sky, a little raindrop smearing of ink on the back, minor corner rounding. $13.00 btca(s)*

"TA-MO-TA-POVI (MORNING GLORY) / COO-CAG-ZA (CORN FLOWER) / TEWA INDIAN FAMILY TWINS / GARD OF GODS, COLO." showing a smiling little boy & girl, unused Kodak real photo postcard, tiny corner crease, internal crease, tiny spot of toning at one back edge. $7.00 ic

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"Tatry. Wykład historii Polski na Podhalu" showing children in traditional attire hearing a lecture on the history of women, location is Podhale in the Tatras; sepia-tone karta korespondencyjna mailed 2014 to Columbus Ohio (attractive 20-gr & 5 zł stamps), 2 small upper corner creases, small bottom corner bend. $1.75 pwcc

"THE ALLIGATOR EXPRESS, FLORIDA" showing a small unprotected child riding an alligator cart, postcard from the Florida Artistic Series, a little writing on the lightly toned back, small corner crease not into the image, mild corner & edge wear. Unbelievable that someone would put their child in such danger! $8.50 uac

"THE C & H SUGAR KIDS IN A HAWAIIAN CANE FILED / PHOTO COURTESY OF C & H. SUGAR REFINING CORP." unused chrome-era post card published by Hawaiian Service Inc. in Honolulu, toning at the bottom back corners, front is fresh, good edges. $1.25 h(g)c

"THE CHILDREN'S BOATING POOL, WITHERNSEA. H9303" Valentine's sepia-tone real photo post card, unused, fairly fresh. In Yorkshire England. $8.00 (ec)*

'THE ELLANDBEE' Dutch Art Series No. 111, postcard with gorgeous uncaptioned art depicting children, mailed 1905 from Great Britain to Rhode Island. long corner crease that is hard to see. $5.00 (dc)

"'THE ESTEY' ORCHESTRA CLUB / COPYRIGHTED 1897 BY TRAUTMANN BAILEY & BLAMPEY, NEW YORK" ad card the size of a regular post card, picturing the Estey Organ Works in Brattleboro Vermont on the back, toned back but the front has been spared. $6.00 amc

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"THE KINDERGARTEN BAND / Japan is being won for Christ in mission kindergartens. / Copyright by Young People's Missionary Movement, New York" postcard mailed at Pittsburg Pennsylvania MAR 1908 to Mr. D. W. Stewart in Beaver Falls Pennsylvania. Pertinent message on back relates this scene to the 1904 best-seller 'The Lady of the Decoration' written by Frances Little aka Frannie Caldwell. Rare: when searching the Internet we found but one recorded sale & no other current offers. $11.00 jrmc

"The Michigan / Stove Company / GARLAND STOVES AND RANGES / …" bi-fold in monochromatic green showing two youngsters one dozing at a table, 2-color illustrated range ad on the back. Fairly fresh, circa 1890. $20.00

"The trouble with Perrysville / is, there's too much / competitions" with signed Witt art depicting small children, postcard mailed there 1915, two internal creases (one of which is long), light toning both sides, minor corner wear. Perrysville is a small town in Ohio. $2.00 o(p)ac

"THE WINNEBAGO INDIAN MISSION AND COMMUNITY CENTER" showing its exterior, black & white postcard, numeral written on the back may not erase well, minor wear at a bottom corner. The facility is also a children's shelter and is maintained by the Reformed Church in America. $5.00 nci

"THIS CARD / IS PERFUMED WITH / HOYT'S GERMAN / COLGNE / FRAGRANT & LASTING / Trial Size 25 Cts…" with youngsters painting a fence in shade of an umbrella, copyrighted 1887, light toning on front, light toning on back, circa 1890. $6.50

"To My Sweetheart // If you / want this heart / of / mine, / you must catch / your Valentine." embossed child skips in grass surrounded by a border of red & white hearts, a short dedication in pencil on the back of the postcard, just trivial wear at one corner, otherwise quite fresh because it was hand-delivered to (& then cherished by) a grandmother. $14.00 vc

"To My Sweetheart // My little love, my little love, / I will be full of bliss, / If you will promise to be mine / And seal it with a kiss" with signed Ellen H. Clapsaddle art depicting 2 small children, post card mailed 1923 from Newark Ohio to Elmer Boyer (c/o Leo Boyer) in Hanover Ohio, trace of cancel ink at one front corner, spotty toning on back, good edges. $5.50 vca

"Travel in the Springtime, Travel in the Fall - / ... // Write for our beautiful Catalog. We send it free. It de- / scribes our perfectly appointed Pony Carts, Traps, Governess / Cars for Children ... / The Walborn & Riker Co., Dept. 3 Saint Paris, Ohio" circa 1906 - 1907 hand-colored advertising post card published by Adolph Selige, unused, faint internal crease, light toning on front, trivial corner 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 o(s)auc

   
TUCK SERIES 700 EASTER POST CARDS. "Easter / Greetings" with art on an embossed post card mailed 1909 to Elmer Schwarz in Cleveland Ohio, printed in Saxony, trace of cancel ink at left front, tiny pitting of high surfaces, light toning near the back edges. Shown left. $4.50 tce. Another example, mailed 1909 to Parkertown Ohio (Doane 2 receiving mark), stamp removed, heavily toned both sides, more tiny pitting, corners heavily worn & rounded. As is. $1.75 tce

TUCK SERIES 700 EASTER POST CARDS. "Easter / Greetings" embossed art on a postcard printed in Saxony, showing two children with several baby chicks, mailed 1909 to Mrs. Minnie Glade in Holly Michigan, minor corner & edge wear, trace of cancel ink at the top front. Shown left. $4.00 tce. "Easter Greetings" with embossed art depicting several chicks & their nest, mailed 1910 from Ontario to Miss Mildred Lorenze in Detroit Michigan, mild corner & edge wear, light toning shows in the front borders, shown right. $3.00  tce

"Ufficio Revisione Stampa N. 2344 - Milano / PRODUZIONE ITALIANA" caption from back, signed art by Pietro Villani depicting a baby, writing on back, minor corner & edge wear, toned back. $7.50 ac

Uncaptioned & unsigned art showing a boy & girl seated around a table with the dolls they are playing with, unused, printed in Holland. $2.50

Uncaptioned, art showing boy & girl decorating a small Christmas tree, ad card for Boos & Holbrook & Anchor Coffee, lightly toned back with red ink from the printing process itself, good edges. $15.00 acc

Uncaptioned but signed art depicting 5 Alsatian children on a carte postale produced by La Cigogne in Strasbourg, back unevenly toned but front is spared, 2 tiny corner bends. $7.50 a(h)ac

Uncaptioned hand-colored  / tinted real photo post card of 2 young children trying a pipe, decorated with paste beads, ad for Clarinda Lawn Mowers' Easy Adjusting Line on the back, printed in Germany, fresh & unused. $10.00

Uncaptioned real photo post card showing a baby outside a house & near a stone wall, mailed in 1910 from a buyer of 21 lots of real estate in Canton Ohio. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. o(c)cr

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Uncaptioned sepia-tone Azo real photo (triangles both ways) showing a baby laid out at its funeral, datestamped Nov 22 1920 on back, toned back, name written on back is hard to read, heavily toned back, mild yellowish paper. A sad scene. $15.00 mcc**

Uncaptioned, signed M. B. Cooper art, printed in France, unused postcard, brownish paper. $5.00 (a(c)c)

Uncaptioned real photo post card showing three children on a horse, message mentions Chautauqua, mailed at Seven Mile Ohio JUL 18 1910 1908. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. o(s)ch

Uncaptioned & unsigned art showing a boy & girl seated around a table with the dolls they are playing with, unused post card, printed in Holland. $2.75 (dc)

Uncaptioned & unused Azo (triangles up) real photo postcard of the human flag formed by children for the Wright Brothers Celebration in Dayton Ohio, 1909; oxidation consistent with age, very light toning both sides, good edges. Possibly unique. $12.00 fc

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Uncaptioned, art showing a boy & girl seated in chairs outdoors, ad on back for Anchor Coffee from George W. Boos, toning along one back edge, also 2 small dark spots on back, circa 1890. $7.00

Uncaptioned, art showing baby by a large basket of flowers, ad on back for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio, spot of toning on back, minor edge wear, circa 1890. $6.50

Uncaptioned, art showing boy and girl playing with a plate of cherries while seated, embossed floral border, circa 1894, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, fresh appearance. circa 1890. $20.00

Uncaptioned, art showing boy in sailor suit with small net by the sea, ad on back from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio, circa 1890. $10.00

Uncaptioned, art showing boy moving girl in wheelbarrow in fancy embossed border of moon and flowers, circa 1894, postcard-sized but offer entitled Meditation fills the back, fresh appearance. circa 1890. $20.00

Uncaptioned, art showing girl & child in baby carriage in fancy embossed border of flowers, circa 1894, postcard-sized but ad for Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio fills the back, fresh appearance. circa-1890. $20.00

Uncaptioned, art shows boy & girl with large egg on cart, Anchor Coffee ad from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio on back, brownish paper, circa 1890. $5.00

Uncaptioned, art shows seated boy with butterfly net and bottle, embossed, postcard-sized but ad for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo covers back, small corner crease, circa 1890. $12.50

Uncaptioned, art shows a kneeling young boy in sailor suit helping girl don her ice skates, Anchor Coffee ad from Boos & Holbrook of Toledo Ohio on back, fresh color, three small toning spots on back, circa 1890. $12.00 (aocs(i))

Uncaptioned Azo real photo (triangles up) post card showing 2 girls, a boy, a baby & 2 dolls; unused, toning at front edges, album marks on back, small spot of toning on back. Possibly one-of-a-kind. $5.00 (dc)

Uncaptioned circa-1890 trade card, art shows child with rattle in a weighing scale, embossed, postcard-sized but ad for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo Ohio covers back, very light toning on back. $12.50 aocb

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Uncaptioned trade card, art shows seated child in sailor's hat holding a small basket of flowers, embossed, postcard-sized but ad for Lion Coffee from Woolson Spice Co. of Toledo covers back, trivial corner wear. $12.50 aco

"Un Centavo, Señor" showing a barefoot Mexican girl beggar carrying her little brother on her back. 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 mscp

UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund). There are some interesting covers on UNICEF themes in our United Nations postal history offers.

"Union Park, Akron, Ohio." with children enjoying the wading pool & beating the summer heat, under motherly supervision; post card mailed NOV 20 1912 (YOUNGS. & DAYTON R.P.O. cancel) to Toledo, toned back, noticeable corner & edge wear. An uncommon view that was shown (in black & white) in the  Autumn 2008 newsletter of the Special Collections Division of the Akron0Summit County Public Library. $4.50 o(a)c

"UNIVERSAL / STOVES / AND / RANGES" circa 1890 trade card for William Parnitzke of Stockport Iowa (much later, of St. Petersburg Florida), picturing a small boy & girl gathering flowers on front, light fingerprint toning on front, minor edge wear, faint but long corner crease, small scrape on back but everything legible. The only advertising for him we could find when we searched the internet. $5.00 agci

"Use Acme (CUT FULL POUNDS) BEST BAR SOAP MADE" with four girls & a baby & a parasol, blank back, fresh appearance. circa 1890. $6.50

"USE LAUTZ BROS. & CO.'s Acme Soap. (CUT FULL POUND) BEST BAR SOAP MADE" with boy & girl roller skating with arms entwined, circa 1890. $9.00

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"USE LAUTZ BROS. & CO's / Acme SOAP (CUT FULL POUNDS) / BEST BAR SOAP MADE" with boy whittling a stick, light toning on back, circa 1890. $8.50

"Use / LAUTZ BROS. & CO'S / 'PURE and HEALTHY SOAPS. / BEST IN THE / MARKET" with young boy kissing girl, fresh appearance. circa 1890. $10.00

        "Volendam" showing a circle of many children & a windmill in the distance; sepia-tone post card, Edition J. H. Schaefer No. 217, unused, just a little wear on the bottom edge. Shown left. $3.50 wnc. Another example, minor wear to 2 corners, very light toning near one back corner. Shown right. $3.25 wnc

Wanted to buy--French post cards postcards showing children at breakfast. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars or Euros. cc*c

Wanted to buy--Furman S. Baldwin's tinted photograph of  "The Kiss", dated 1947. Pleas offer us an example in good enough condition to be framed, priced in US dollars or Euros, postpaid to Columbus Ohio! *c

"Watching / For / Santa" signed, showing a youngster crouched before a fireplace, unused post card, faint corner crease, lightly toned back. $4.00 acc

"We can shoe the children / with long wearing, perfect / fitting and stylish Shoes.../ A. W. FRIEND / Pleasantville O." advertising message on the back of a Statue of Liberty postcard, mailed at Pleasantville in 1908 (bold cancel). 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 oagfc

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"WE HAVE AN / A. B. CHASE / PIANO // COPYRIGHT 1890. THE GAST. LITH. & ENG. CO. N.Y." with image of a smiling baby in color, trade card for the Norwalk Ohio firm, tiny corner crease not into image, other corner wear is minor. Original size is that of a regular postcard. 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 amco#

"Who could ignore / a child in distress? // Some in Washington are ignoring the health of our nation's children, especially / kids living with asthma, by attempting to delay necessary measures to / clean-up air pollution. // AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION / Fighting for air" unused continental-size card which continues all over the back explaining the importance of the Clean Air Act. Near-mint condition. (2 available) $0.75 each. cme

"WILLING PUPILS" art depicting 3 small children teaching their dogs how to sit up on a bench, one dog has small pipe in mouth; postcard mailed AUG 2 1908 (bold ASHLAND & MILW. TR.6 R.P.O. RMS hand cancel), 3 corners creased (2 are long), minor corner rounding, lightly toned both sides. $2.25 cd

"Will send you a card of my 3 grandchildren, the boy holding the colt is my hired hand ... love to my niece Aunt Jill?" [writer, unfamiliar with back message writing, ran out of room so her name is hard to read], divided-back sepia-tone real photo postcard mailed AUG 19 1907 at Lodi Ohio to Mrs. Maggie Duncanson in Lynchburg Ohio. $15.00 g(d)cho(l)

"Wishing you / a happy / New Year" embossed art depicts 2 children holding a horseshoe & some violets, from United Art Publishing, 2 small corner creases, postcard mailed 1907 from Chambersburg Pennsylvania (clear flag cancel), pencil writing on front may not erase completely. $3.00 mc

"Wishing You / the best of / Christmas Joys / 501" art depicting 2 children, a sled with presents & a wreath; unused post card made in the USA, publisher or artist not disclosed. A charmer. $8.00 cc

"Won't you be my Valentine / And exchange your / heart for mine?" embossed postcard with children, mailed 1915 from Roseville Ohio to Mrs. Emma Merckle in New Lexington Ohio by her cousin Amanda, Balboa commemorative stamp, light toning both sides, 2 short internal creases not into the design. $2.50 vcg

"Wouldn't you think it would be nice / To glide with me across the ice, / ..." Valentine poem with signed art showing child couple skating towards a dangerous spot on the ice labeled 'LOVE', Tuck Buster Brown postcard mailed 1908 in Kansas, toning near 3 front corners & the top edge, minor corner wear. $8.50 (a(o)vcps)

"Y. M. C. A. Play Ground, Flood at Hamilton, Ohio." including 3 bewildered children; with caption repeated at lower left corner, black & white postcard with sky tint, unused, from Feicke-Deach Printing Company, trivial edge wear. $7.00 o(h)fdc

"Your one vote makes a difference" 2 children, one in an Uncle Sam outfit holding a large rolled-up ballot, unused continental postcard from J. Kenneth Blackwell (Ohio Secretary of State), near mint. 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 up(o)c

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