An Antique Leap Year Postcard for Fun
Leap Year only occurs once every four years, so we thought we’d show you an amusing old postcard from this unusual holiday, when role reversal was the norm for the day, Victorian behavioral...
View ArticleFanciful Easter Rabbits Inspect Easter Eggs
Happy Easter from two handsome Victorian-era rabbits! This vivid antique postcard shows them checking out some colored Easter eggs for the Easter holiday. Did you color Easter eggs with your mother?...
View ArticleJuly Fourth Holiday Vintage Postcard
What fun! Here’s an unused c. 1907 patriotic Fourth of July postcard with great graphics. The lady has a Gibson Girl-style up-swept hairdo and a finely detailed white lace dress on. She holds aloft a...
View ArticleUncle Sam Wishes You a Patriotic Merry Christmas
There’s finally a chill in the air and Christmas is closer than we think. (We know, you didn’t want to hear that!) As an early Christmas present, we thought we’d share this unusual Christmas postcard....
View ArticleHappy Thanksgiving from Lady Liberty
Happy Thanksgiving to all! Here’s a noteworthy 1908 Thanksgiving greetings postcard of a patriotic Lady Liberty, clad in a flag costume and perhaps shepherding two turkeys to their ultimate fate!...
View ArticleWelcome Winter, with Children Sledding
Although winter doesn’t officially start until December 22, it’s been abnormally chilly here, with snow flurries and temperatures down to about 15 degrees F. As we sipped hot chocolate, we were...
View ArticleHappy New Year from Two Vintage Postcard Artists
Happy New Year from VintagePostcards.org! Each year at this time, the world is full of hope and promise, that things can and will be better in the New Year. And that’s our wish for you — that your New...
View ArticleEaster Bunny Mother and Child, a Fantasy Holiday Postcard
With the Easter holiday fast approaching on April 12, we just had to share this charming new arrival with you. This c. 1907 fanciful Easter holiday postcard, embossed and gilded, depicts a mother...
View ArticleHappy April Fool’s Day from France
Happy April Fool’s Day! During the “golden era” of postcard collecting, from about 1901 to 1915, the French loved to send one another postcards celebrating this improbable holiday. April Fool’s Day...
View ArticleFanciful Fourth of July Postcards with Uncle Sam and Children
Happy Fourth of July to our readers! July Fourth, with its patriotic images of Uncle Sam and Lady Liberty, and the holiday’s association with fireworks, led to fanciful, festive postcards with...
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