Cartes de Visite were small portraits on card stock, generally measuring 2.5 by 4 inches, that were especially popular in the 1860s. If ther...

More portraits from Susquehanna, Pennsylvania. These are from the J.B. Kirby studio and its successor, the Frank Kirby studio. The portraits...

Susquehanna Depot, Pennsylvania, also known simply as Susquehanna, currently has a population of 1,643.  There are no names on these portrai...

Nathaniel Ferguson and Amanda Davenport on their honeymoon. The writing on the back of the card is in ballpoint pen, obviously writt...

You can be sure that few 12-year-old girls would appreciate being called 'my little fat girl' as a term of endearment today, but bac...

Once again we have cute Dutch stereotypes relaying greetings on an American card. These seem to have been particularly popular around 1910 i...

May Day is no small event at Bryn Mawr College. It has been a well-loved and much-anticipated annual tradition at the private Pennsylvania w...

One of the most popular posts on this blog, for reasons totally unknown to me, is another card sent to Walter Till.  I'm perplexed by it...

This is sort of an odd combination Memorial Day/Groundhog Day postcard. Anyway, it's as close as I get to a Groundhog Day postcard, beca...

This card has a lot to offer. It has the full names and mailing addresses of both the sender and the recipient. Although there is no stamp o...