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Hotel Allen, Sandpoint, Idaho, 1912

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 03:53:22 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of a motel, hotel, tent, or any sort of building or structure used for overnight accommodations while traveling.

Signs: "Hotel Allen." "The Allen House. Meals 25¢."

This is a real photo postcard addressed on the other side to Mrs. Mary Ackley, Wyalusing, Bradford Co., Penna., R.F.D. 38, and postmarked in Sandpoint, Idaho, on May 9, 1912.

Handwritten message: "Sandpoint Ida, May 8, 1912. Mrs. Ackley:-This is our new home. We bought in Feb., are moved and settled, have a fine trade, can seat 30 at once in our dining room. We are both real well and busy, making lots of garden. Wish you would take a start and come out, a change would do you good. Mrs. D. H. Allen. 511 North 2nd Ave., Sandpoint."

Easter Chick Recital

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:04:02 +0000

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"A Happy Easter." These strange but distinguished chick musicians appear on a postcard that was postmarked in Baltimore, Md., on April 5, 1912.

Halloween Party Invitation, Lancaster, Pa., October 31, 1912

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 03:10:50 +0000

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Eight years after Alice Graybill and her sisters held their Halloween party at 718 North Plum Street in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, the 1920 United States Federal Census recorded that the Graybills still lived at the same address. Alice was 31 years old in 1920, and she worked as a weaver in a silk mill. The census listed Alice as the owner of the home and the head of the household.

There were six family members living at the house on Plum Street that year:

-- Alice W. Graybill, 31, single, head of the house, weaver, silk mill
-- Susan W. Graybill, 29, sister, weaver, silk mill
-- Ada W. Graybill, 27, sister, cleaner, silk mill
-- Weidler Graybill, 25, brother, machinist, machine shop
-- Marie Graybill, 15, sister, winder, silk mill
-- Grace Graybill, 12, sister, no occupation listed

So at the time of their Halloween party in 1912, Alice and her sisters would have been about 23, 21, 19, 7, and 4 years old (perhaps they allowed brother Weidler at age 17 to attend, too).

Alice eventurally married, and as Alice Graybill Harrington (1888-1969) she lived to the age of 80.

For some other early twentieth-century Halloween invitations, see:

-- Witches Watch Halloween Party Invitation, October 31, 1914
-- A Halloween Masquerade Invitation! October 23, 1920
-- Greetings for Halloween—Invitation for Revelry on Mystic Halloween, 1923

Yourself and friend are cordially invited to attend
A Hallowe'en Party

to be given at the home of
Alice Graybill and sisters

On Thursday evening, October the thirty-first
nineteen hundred and twelve

No. 718 North Plum Street, Lancaster, Pa.

R.S.V.P.

Halloween Greetings—What's Meant for Thee, Thee'll Have

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 21:04:20 +0000

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A Halloween postcard addressed on the other side to "Miss Bertha Duncan, Cresson, Penna.," and postmarked in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on October 24, 1912.

Handwritten message: "This card is a little soon for Halloween but I will send it anyhow. Aquilla."

Printed on the back: "Printed in Saxony 0624."

In a candlelit room at midnight on Halloween, a young woman gazes into a mirror through the steam from a cauldron so she can catch a glimpse of her future husband.

For other Halloween postcards with a mirror-gazing theme, see:

-- Halloween Greeting—I Gaze in the Mirror My Future There to See
-- Halloween Greetings—Look Out for Ghosts
-- Wishing You a Lucky Halloween

Merry Halloween

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 16:55:02 +0000

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In this Halloween postcard dated 1908, a couple of black cats are looking up at a girl and boy who are leaning over a winking jack-o'-lantern.

Handwritten message on the other side of the postcard, which was postmarked in Nelson, N.Y., on October 30. 1912:

"10/30/12. Dear Nephew, Have you gathered many nuts this fall? Best wishes for a Happy Halloween. With love from Aunt Cora."

Halloween Pumpkinheads at the Gate

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 16:57:04 +0000

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A Halloween postcard addressed to Master Samuel Hauenstein, Lincoln, Pa., and postmarked on Oct. 31, 1912. There's nothing written on the back other than the address.

Printed on the other side: "Raphael Tuck & Sons' 'Hallowe'en' Series of Post Cards No. 174."

Jockey Chicks at the Easter Rabbit Race

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 21 Apr 2019 08:48:02 +0000

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"Easter joy attend you."

For a similar postcard, see A Very Happy Easter to You.

Union Steam Fire Engine and Hose Co., No. 1, Lebanon, Pa., 1912

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 05:41:02 +0000

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"Union Steam Fire Engine & Hose Co., No. 1, Lebanon, Pa. 123-125 S. 9th St. (near Walnut)."

Printed on the back of this postcard: "24224 - Pub. by Harpel's Art Store, Lebanon, Pa. Officers. President - Geo. T. Spang. Vice-Pres. - Wm. S. Rise. Secretary - Wm. A. Spangler. Treasurer - Chas. H. Killinger. Chief Eng. - Levi Hartz. Equipment - 2nd. size Amoskeag Engine, Hose Wagon. Organized Feb. 22, 1780. Chartered as Steam Fire Engine Co., March 19, 1866."

According to an article that appeared in the Lebanon Daily News on April 22, 1970, p. 19, this was one of a series of fire company postcards published by Harpel's Art Store for the thirty-third annual convention of the Pennsylvania State Firemen's Association, which was held in Lebanon on September 10 to 14, 1912.

For another Lebanon fire company postcard, see Liberty Steam Fire Engine and Hose Company, No. 3, Lebanon, Pa., 1912.

Class of 1912, Clearfield, Pennsylvania

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 04:59:22 +0000

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A real photo postcard with "McDowell Studio, Clearfield, Pa." embossed in the lower right-hand corner. "The Brown Family" is the only thing written on the other side.

Nineteen graduating seniors—seventeen young woman and two young men—posed for this photo in 1912. Given the location of the photo studio, these may be Clearfield High School graduates, but I haven't been able to confirm that (one site—Old C.H.S. Yearbooks - The "Bison Project"—reproduces yearbooks from the school but the earliest one currently available is the1915 edition).

I Am Simply Killing Time!!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 08:06:02 +0000

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"I am simply killing time!!"

Boy Scout Campfire Cookery—Big Flavor from a Spectacular Spud

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 08 Aug 2017 03:49:28 +0000

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Wisconsin photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr., created this fanciful scene of Boy Scouts roasting a larger-than-life potato over a campfire and published it as a postcard in 1912.

This copy of the card was addressed to Mrs. Galen Groff, Kirkwood, Lanc. Co., Pa., R.F.D. #1, and was postmarked in Quarryville, Pa., on October 7, 1913.

Handwritten message: "Oct. 7, 1913. Dear Aunt, As Ernest said, we were to come down for chestnuts. I thought I would write and tell you that Roy and I will be down on Sun. if it suits you and it don't rain, but if it doesn't suit you please let me know as it will be all right. Maud E."

How Is This for High?

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 17:36:49 +0000

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"How is this for high? Farmers' National Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa."

A postcard addressed on the other side to Blair Echard, R.R. No. 2, Duncansville, Pa., and postmarked Jan. 23, 1912.

Handwritten message: "Dear Buz, We are stepping high in Pittsburgh, as you can see in this card. It is pretty cold here. Hope you are going to school every day and learning something too. Elmer."

For other Pittsburgh postcards with similar illustrations, see Out for a Stroll in the Park and This Beats Walking (below).

Je vous l'offre de bout cœur

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:52:16 +0000

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"Je vous l'offre de bout cœur."

Translated as: "I offer you this with all my heart." [Thanks to John FitzGerald for the translation.]

A French real photo April Fools' Day postcard from 1912.

It's Leap Year! Sh-ss-h! Here Comes One!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:24:56 +0000

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"It's Leap Year. Sh-ss-h! Here comes one!. Dwig."

Postmarked Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 23, 1912, and addressed to Miss Lettice Mitchel, Beaver Springs, Pa. Unsigned message: "Guess?"

A Leap Year postcard by "Dwig," otherwise known as the American cartoonist named Clare Victor Dwiggins (1874-1958).

Have a Devilishly Happy Halloween

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 22:06:55 +0000

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Artist's initials: "HBG" (H. B. Griggs). Postmarked Oct. 31, 1912, on back.

Sani-Phone Hygienic Telephone Discs Ad, World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1912 (Internet Archive)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:21:10 +0000

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This Sani-Phone Hygienic Telephone Discs advertisement is a screen capture from the World Almanac and Encyclopedia, 1912, p. xiv, which is available via the Internet Archive.

For an example of a disc imprinted with a hotel's name, see Hygienic Telephone Disc, Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa., 1906:

Out for a Drive at the Morrow-Umatilla County Fair, Oregon, ca. 1912

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 03:45:02 +0000

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A flowers or trees photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

This is a real photo postcard of two men sitting in an automobile decorated with flowers. The painted backdrop behind them depicts a tree-lined country road.

The sign in the upper left-hand corner of the photo appears to be one for the "Morrow-Umatilla County Fair." This is now the Umatilla County Fair, which is still held in Hermiston, Umatilla County, Oregon. According to the fair's Web site (archived version), Morrow and Umatilla counties both sponsored the fair for its first year in 1912. Beginning in 1913, however, Umatilla County was the sole sponsor. If this is correct, then this postcard probably dates to 1912.

The banner that the man on the left is holding says, "The Round-Up, Let 'er Buck, Pendleton," which refers to the Pendleton Round-Up, a rodeo that's been held in nearby Pendleton, Oregon, since 1910. Another Pendleton banner is partially visible on the wall behind the man on the right.

This Is Leap Year, I Want to Propose

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:24:46 +0000

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"This is Leap Year, I want to propose; give me a chance before the year goes. 1912."

To My Valentine, A Lobster I Am and Always Will Be

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:18:08 +0000

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To My Valentine
A lobster I am
and always will be;
But won't you have pity
and please marry me?

The early twentieth-century meaning of "lobster" was similar to today's "sugar daddy."

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Postmarked: Richland Center, Pa., Feb. 13, 1912.
Sent to: Miss Lizzie Krout, Lansdale, Pa.
Message: Guess.

Hallowe'en Greeting

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:01:27 +0000

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"Hallowe'en Greeting. Ellen H. Clapsaddle. Painting only copyrighted by the Int. Art Pub. Co. 1912."

Handwritten: "Annie Miller, 1912."