My Vintage St. Patrick's Day Postcards

Erin Go Bragh - Ireland Forever!!    The Shamrock Forever!  This is for all you Irish and wannabee Irish out there - I don't have a speck of Irish blood in me, that I know of anyway, but that doesn't mean that I won't put out a green item or two!!!

So, once again, it's time to share a few of my vintage postcards.  These old cards just take you back in time, right back to the early 1900's for some of these cards - I especially like them if there's a message on the back.  Wouldn't it be fun to get a card like one of these in the mail this week?  

Some of these cards are unused but this one was used - postmarked from Easton, PA, 1910 to Miss Gwendoline O'Leary, Clayton, New York - doesn't that sound like a good old Irish name - it was signed "Rose" - there was no other message.  This card was printed in Germany, it's also an Ellen Clapsaddle card, I've shared a few of those with you before - her work was beautiful!

To Edith - from Emma - click on any for a better view.

Tessie thinks this card should stir all the patriotism in Jean's veins!!  It was postmarked from Toronto, 1913.

I found that vintage Hallmark card in with a bunch of Christmas cards a few months back - it's sweet!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day - just a few days in advance!!

Linking with Junkin Joe , Thrifty Things Friday and We Call it Junkin

 

Postcard Post

I can't believe I haven't blogged since the 19th of December, it sure has been busy, no time for blogging and even less time for blog reading!  Hopefully, Santa found all of you with no problem and left a few goodies under your tree - maybe a vintage item or two...

Today we are heading out for a couple of days, but I didn't want to let another day go by without posting something.  Here are two more cards from my small postcard collection, both are beautiful Ellen Clappsaddle postcards and are very old.

This card was postmarked 1907 from Ithaca, New York and sent to an address in Alpine, NY - this person was short on words, they didn't write anything.

The message was written on the front of this card, the writing is very hard to make out though.  This card is an undivided back one, also postmarked in 1907, it was sent to Mr. S.C. Vandrame in Galveston, Texas.

These old cards are so pretty, I'm going to look for a couple of New Year's cards, they sure won't look anything like these....

My Vintage Christmas Postcards

It was exactly one  year ago today that I did a post on my vintage Christmas postcards, if you care to go back and look at those cards, click right here.  I collected these cards for a few years, they really are so pretty and every so often I just like to take them out and have a look.

The postcards with artwork by Ellen Clapsaddle were always my favorite - the children are always so sweet.

This card has no postmark but it is written on - it was written to Mary in Kokomo, Indiana from her "bro and sis" - Jack and Pearl.  It has a one cent stamp.

Another Clapsaddle card that was exchanged between friends, from Herbert to Miss Nellie Otto.

This Clapsaddle has the cutest message, I had to scan it too..

I wonder how long it took this card to travel all the way from Ontario to Florida back in 1922..

If you check out my post from last year, there's a card there from the same series as this one.  This card was written from Willa to Eleanor Blanchard.

This card was postmarked in 1916 from Gramma to Mr. Le Mallett

This card is probably the newest one out of this lot, it is postmarked 1924 and sent to an address in Clarksville, Iowa.

I think this one is so cute - looks at his little toolbox, he really wants Santa to know where he is.  This card was postmarked 1913 and sent from Uncle Axel to Master Gordon Wrigel in St. Paul, Minnesota

This one is what you call an undivided card - there are no divisions on the back for the message and address - it was postmarked 1906 from Bellows Falls, VT and sent to Winchendon, MA - from Aunt E to Master Dexter Whittermore.

This card is really cute too - it's a Whitney card.

This card was never postmarked, it must have been hand delivered from Aunt Lillian to Russel.

Don't you wish you could look in your mailbox tomorrow and find a card or two like any of these? 

I'm linking this post over at Dawn's party that has a new name this week -We Call it Junkin

My Vintage Christmas Postcards

I had very good intentions to share Christmas from around the house, but it's not going to happen, as I've been baking all day so instead I'm going to share a few of my vintage Christmas postcards - I was collecting these a few years ago, postcards illustrated by Ellen Clapsaddle were always ones that I was on the lookout for, her work is beautiful..  And, haven't they held up well??

Clapsaddle

Another Clapsaddle - of course, I am partial to redheads!

Wouldn't it be nice to have such beautiful cards to send at Christmas now?

This card was sent to Harold - from Aunt Mary

This card is an undivided back postcard which is older than others - it called for one cent in postage.  This card was written to Gladys Taylor, from Willie Moulds - wonder if they were sweethearts?

Isn't this a bright eyed cutie?  This card was postmarked, 1916

I have a couple that are this style - sweet..

It was hard to select only  a few, I love them all..

This one is a little different, a real photograph but hand colored 

This card has the postage stamp on the front, it was postmarked from England, 1908 and sent to Ontario   

This one is also an undivided back card - it was postmarked from Woodbine, Illinois, 1906.

This one was sent to Mabel from Hazel - in 1909

Hope everyone really does have the merriest Christmas!