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A Collection of Historical and Rare, Beautiful and Strange, Cherished and Forgotten Photographs, Postcards and Paper Ephemera Incidentally Preserved by Would-be Memory Makers of the Past. *Art & Jewelry COMING SOON*

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Mummies of Guanajuato Mexico RPPC
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Mummies of Guanajuato, Mexico - RPPC, c. 1940s
$45.00
1901 McKinley Memorial Turner Hall Washington Mo Cabinet Photo
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McKinley Memorial Service - Turner Hall, Washington, MO - Cabinet Photo, c. 1901
$65.00
McKinley Monument Buffalo NY Postcard
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McKinley Monument- Buffalo NY - Postcard, c. 1910s
$5.50
Cross of Flowers Memorial Wreath CDV Photo
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Cross of Flowers - Memorial Wreath - CDV Photo, c. 1800s
$11.50
Cheers Darling Antique New Year RPPC
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Cheers Darling - New Year RPPC, c. 1910s
$5.50
Bedridden Woman 1910s Antique Photo
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Bedridden - Woman in Hospital Bed - Snapshot, c. 1910s
$25.00
WWI Soldier RPPC Antique Photo
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WWI Soldier - Military Portrait - RPPC, c. 1910s
$5.50
Parlor House of Seven Gables Salem MA Postcard
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Parlor in House of Seven Gables - Salem, MA - Postcard, c. 1910s
$3.50
WWI British Officer Boy in Helmet Antique Cabinet Photo
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WWI British Officer - Father and Sons - Cabinet Photo, c. 1910s
$21.50
WWI French Romance RPPC SET
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Where I Am Attached, I Am Dying - SET of 3 - WWI French RPPC Photos, c. 1910s
$8.50
Victorian Tomboys - Cabinet Photo, c. 1890s
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Victorian Tomboys - Cabinet Photo, c. 1890s
$55.00
Open Chair at the Barber Shop 1920s Cabinet Photo
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Open Chair at the Barber Shop - Cabinet Photo, c. 1920s
$35.00
Downtown Waiting For Him African American Woman Cabinet Photo
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Downtown Waiting for Him - Cabinet Photo, c. 1900s
$18.50
Chicago Garment Workers Strike 1910 Memorial Grave Cabinet Photo
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Chicago Garment Workers Strike Memorial Grave - Cabinet Photo, c. 1910s
$48.50
Jack & Mary's Jello-o Recipe Book 1937 Vintage Booklet
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Jack & Mary's Jello-o Recipe Book - Booklet, c. 1937
$11.50
Love Under an Umbrella Antique Postcard SET
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Love Under an Umbrella - SET of 2 - Postcards, c. 1910s
$5.50
Oh Buy My Flowers Edward Oxenford Raphael Tuck Antique Booklet Card
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Oh Buy My Flowers -Edward Oxenford- Raphael Tuck Booklet, 1890s
$14.50
Nolene Davis Franklin PA Antique Cabinet Photo
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Nolene Davis - Franklin, PA - Cabinet Photo, c. 1890s
$7.50
Victorian Nurse Franklin PA Antique Cabinet Photo
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Victorian Nurse - Cabinet Photo, c. 1890s
$18.50
I Wear A No. 16 Corset - V. Colby Postcard, c. 1911
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I Wear A No. 16 Corset - V. Colby Postcard, c. 1911
$7.50
His and Hers Portraits - SET of 2 - Cabinet Photos, c. 1890s
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His and Hers Portraits - SET of 2 - Cabinet Photos, c. 1890s
$9.50
Book Club Beauties Cabinet Photo
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Book Club Beauties - Cabinet Photo, c. 1800s
$9.50
Lady China John A. Haddock 1879 Antique Trade Card
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Lady China - John A. Haddock - Trade Card, c. 1879
$5.50
Unfriended Antique Victorian Tintype
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Unfriended - Tintype, c. 1800s
$13.50
Victorian Sisters Antique CDV Photo
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Victorian Sisters - CDV Photo, c. 1800s
$6.50
Swastika Sodas Antique Photograph
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Swastika Sodas - Snapshot, c. 1900s
$7.50
Wooden Shoe Be My Valentine Vintage Card
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Wooden Shoe Be My Valentine - Card, c. 1930s
$2.50
Swimsuits and Seaweed 1920s Vintage Photo
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Swimsuits and Seaweed - Snapshot, c. 1920s
$4.50
Daisies 1940s Hand Tinted Photo 8 x 10
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Coming Up Daisies - Hand Tinted - Photo, c. 1940s
$9.50
Tomb of Napoleon Les Ivalides Museum Paris, France Antique Postcard
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Tomb of Napoleon - Les Ivalides Museum - Paris, France - Postcard, c. 1900s
$5.50
Typical California Orchard Antique Postcard
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Typical California Orchard - Postcard, c. 1920s
$4.50
Labor and Rest Charles S Pearce Library of Congress Antique Postcards
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Rest and Labor - SET of 2 - Charles S. Pearce - Postcards, c. 1900s
$6.50
Victorian Girl in Mourning Antique Photo CDV
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Victorian Girl in Mourning - CDV, c. 1890s
$18.50
Hurry Up You Two in Front Antique Postcard
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Hurry Up, You Two in Front - Postcard, c. 1900s
$5.50
Mercer Cavern Murphy CA Cave Antique Postcard
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Mercer's New Calaveras Cave - Murphy, CA - Postcard, 1910s
$5.50
Are You Waiting Till I'm Dead Dutch Kid Pennant Plainfield Postcard
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Are You Waiting Till I'm Dead - Dutch Kid Pennant Flag - Postcard, c. 1900s
$5.50
Good Boy Waits For Carriage Ride Cabinet Antique Dog Photo
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Good Boy Waits for Carriage Ride - Cabinet Photo, C. 1910s
$5.50
Carving on Staircase Capitol Building Albany New York Antique Postcard
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Carving on Western Staircase - State Capitol Albany, NY - Postcard, C. 1900s
$3.50
Melopomene Muse of Tragedy Edward Simmons Postcard
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Melopomene Muse of Tragedy - Edward Simmons - Postcard, c. 1900s
$5.50
Justice of the Peace Chevalin 1928 Antique Photo
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Justice of the Peace Chevalin - Photograph, c. 1928
$18.50
Glen Lake New York Hand Tinted RPPC Photo
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Glen Lake, NY - Hand Tinted RPPC, c. 1900s
$4.50
You Can't Get My Goat - Postcard, c. 1950s
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You Can't Get My Goat - Postcard, c. 1950s
$5.50
Museum of Science and Industry Lagoon Chicago RPPC
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Museum of Science and Industry Lagoon- Chicago RPPC, c. 1940s
$4.50
Getting A Little Behind in Her Diet - SET of 2 - Postcards, c, 1940s
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Getting A Little Behind in Her Diet - SET of 2 - Postcards, c, 1940s
$5.50
Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin Museum of Science and Industry Chicago RPPC
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Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin - Science and Industry - Chicago RPPC, 1940s
$7.50
I Quit Smoking Plastichrome Vintage Postcard
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I Quit Smoking - Plastichrome Postcard, c. 1950s
$4.50
Focusing Sound Science and Industry Museum Chicago RPPC
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Focusing Sound - Science and Industry Museum - Chicago RPPC, c. 1940s
$7.50
Should We Tell Him His Wife Just Had Twins - Postcard, c. 1940s
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Should We Tell Him His Wife Just Had Twins - Postcard, c. 1940s
$5.50
Paratrooper - Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago RPPC, c. 1940s
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Paratrooper - Museum of Science and Industry - Chicago RPPC, c. 1940s
$6.50
Alfred Mainzer Cats Postcard No. 4905
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Cats at the Pier - Alfred Mainzer - Postcard, c. 1950s
$5.50

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