SEBASTOPOL, CALIFORNIA : BUSY STREET SCENE : OLD CARS: GREAT SIGNAGE : RPPC c1934

This real photo postcard features a street scene in Sebastopol, California. The postcard pictures a street in the business district. This postcard view includes a number of shops, old cars, and much signage. Note the signs advertising a drug store, two bakeries, the Fleming Market, and a clothing store. Sebastopol is in Sonoma County and is located a little more than an hour north of San Francisco. 
This postcard’s photograph was taken by Peck Photo. The card’s stamp box indicates that it was published sometime between 1925 and 1942.  SOLD

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FINLEY, NORTH DAKOTA : MAIN STREET : OLD CARS & PICK-UP TRUCK : COCA COLA SIGN : RPPC

This vintage real photo postcard features a street view in Finley, North Dakota. The photograph shows Main Street. Note the old cars and the old pick-up truck. There is also interesting signage. Examples are signs advertising Coca Cola, REA Sheyenne Valley Electric Co-operative, and two cafe signs. The message on the card indicates that it was written by someone who recently moved into Finley. The writer mentions a new apartment and someone’s new job at a military base. The base is extremely likely to be the Finley Air Force Station which was a General Surveillance Radar Station just 1.5 miles from Finley. The base was opened in 1951 and closed in 1979.
 The postcard has a 1956 Finley postmark.  SOLD

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SANDPOINT, IDAHO :STREET SCENE : MOBIL GAS SIGN : PEGASUS : OLD POSTCARD (1956)

This vintage lithographic postcard features a street scene (First Avenue) in Sandpoint, Idaho. Note the old cars, parking meters, and mountains in the background. The street scene includes a number of signs advertising a grocery, a camera store/studio, hotel, cafe, and a big man store. The most “cool sign” is the Mobil Gas sign with the Pegasus logo. The caption on the reverse of the card states that the street is situated near the beach and marina on Lake Pend Oreille. The town was associated with forest products, agriculture and the tourist trade. At the time of the publication of this postcard, Sandpoint had a population of about five thousand. This postcard was published by The Ross Hall Studio, located in Sandpoint. The card was postmarked in 1956. SOLD

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STREET SCENE : FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA : CLASSIC CARS, W T GRANT, WOOLWORTH’S

This lithographic chrome vintage postcard features a street scene in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The card shows Caroline Street, which according to the caption on the reverse of the postcard, is the town’s major retail street. Judging by the classic cars shown on the postcard; this card is likelky from the 1950’s. Note the signs for Peoples Drug Store, W. T. Grant, and Woolworth’s. Other interesting details seen in this image, include two buses and a parked red car. The car has lettering on it’s door. It is difficult to decipher the words on the door but it appears to me that they state “Official Car”. The postcard was published by Curteichcolor and distributed by Cussons, May & Company (Richmond  Virginia). (SOLD)

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