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Vintage and original 1950s used Easter Greetings Card.  Features a bouquet of Purple Violets and Pussy Willow branches.

Front reads: Easter!

Opens to a verse inside.

Reads: An Easter wish that's most sincere: May the days be glad ones through the year! Happy Easter!

Card measures 3 3/8 inches wide x 4 1/8 inches tall.

No publisher mark.

Condition is fair.  It does have a handwritten date of 1950 on the front, and the back has scrapbook paper and glue residue. Used with ink inscription on the inside.  And it appears to have been trimmed along the right edge.

No envelope.

Radio Favorites of the Blackwood Brothers. A book of Special Songs, compiled for Radio Programs and Evangelistic Services. Compiled by Blackwood Brothers Quartet. KMA Radio, Shenandoah, Iowa.

Vintage circa 1940s softcover religious song book measuring 5 1/4 inches wide x 7 3/4 inches long with 111 pages. 

Includes:

• Photo of the Blackwood Brothers Quartet
• Hymns
• Index

Condition is good with previous owners name written on the front cover and the title page.  Cover has some soiling and general wear. Pages have some age toning.

Vintage Little Golden Book.

Raggedy Ann and Andy Help Santa Claus.

Fourth Printing, 1980.

Hardcover book measuring about 6 3/4” wide x 8” long.

Book is in used condition with cover wear and tear and scuffing. Pages are clean other thank a small soiled spots on the opening page (see all photos).

Really cute kids book!

Vintage postcard showing the Railroad Bridge at Fairbury, Nebraska. Card is hand colored. Used with 1912 Fairbury cancel.  Mailed to Mr. Henry Child at Unionville, Missouri.

Measures 5.5 x 3.5 inches.  Condition is good with some edge and corner wear.

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Original antique old paper ephemera.  Embossed postcard featuring beautiful red carnation flowers.  Intricate border design in yellow and blue.

Reads: A Joyous Birthday.

Samson Brothers Series No. 7074. Printed in Germany.

Measures 5.5 inches wide x 3.5 inches tall.

Divided back postcard dating to circa 1910.

Card is used with pencil correspondence on the back.  Has a one cent stamp and Bremen, Kansas postmark. 

Addressed to Mrs. John Bartels at Bremen, Kansas.

Condition is good with some edge and corner wear and light album impressions at each corner.

Original antique 1910s Birthday Postcard. Features large red and pink roses atop a tranquil farm scene.  Gold metallic lettering and scene border design.

Reads: Sincere Birthday Wishes

Printed in Germany. Series No. 7067.

Card is used with pencil writing on the back.  Addressed to Miss Sophia Bartels at Bremen, Kansas.  Card was never mailed.

Condition is good with edge and corner wear and paper loss at lower right corner.

A very pretty card!

Endicott Redbird Memoir.

Vintage original 1948 Yearbook for Endicott, Nebraska.

This is a hardcover book measuring 8 1/2 x 10.75 inches with approximately 80 pages.

Includes sections for:

• Faculty
• Seniors
• Under Grads
• Activities
• Athletics
• Autographs (blank)
• Advertising

Condition is very good with no marks or tears on the pages.  There is some age toning/yellowing to the pages.  

Some wear to the cover edges.

Antique original embossed 1910s Christmas Postcard. Features a snowy winter church scene with reindeer, in a circle of holly and berries.

Reads: A Joyful Christmas 

Measures 5.5 inches wide x 3.5 inches tall.

Card is written on in pencil.  Addressed to Miss Sophie Bartels at Bremen, Kansas.  No postmark or stamp.

Condition is good with some light edge and corner wear and soiling.

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Vintage Original Report on 4-H Club Activities in the Republic of Korea.  July 1959.  Institute of Agriculture. Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry Suwon, Korea.

Soft cover book measuring  7 3/8 inches wide x 10 1/4 inches long.  Staple binding.

Contents include:

• Development of 4-H Club movement in Korea
• Organization
• Accomplishments
• Project activities
• 4-H Club meeting & other activities

Many black & white photos throughout.

Condition is good with wear and soiling to the cover and a crease to the lower right edge of the front cover.  Blue ink notation on page 2.

Antique original 1910s embossed Christmas Postcard. Features a Robin on a gold triangle, holly at the upper and lower corner.

Reads: To Greet You at Christmas

Series 224 D

Measures 3.5 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall.

Card is unused.

Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear and some light soiling.

A very sweet card!

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Vintage hardcover book.  Romola, Volume I. Dates to circa 1900.  No copyright date. 

By George Eliot.

Published by Hurst and Company, New York.

Small book measuring 4 1/4 inches wide x 6 1/4 inches long, with 344 pages. 

Condition of book is good with some foxing and soiling to covers.  Notation written in ink, on front endsheet.  Inside pages are very good.

Beautiful Victorian lady and red flower cover on this book.

Antique original 1900s embossed Congratulations postcard. Features a large wicker basket filled with pink Roses and purple Violets.

Reads: Congratulations

Printed in Germany. Series 1620 a.

Card is written on in pencil and postmarked 1910 Hanover, Kansas. Mailed to Sophia Bartels at Bremen, Kansas.

Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear.

Vintage and original circa 1950s die cut embossed Valentine Card. Features a boy with golf club and bag.

Front reads: Of course I want you for my Valentine.

Card measures about 5 1/2 inches wide  x 7 inches tall.

Condition is very good with a light soiling and pencil writing on the back.

A really cute vintage Valentine's Day Card!

Vintage and original circa 1930s embossed Valentine Card. Features a rosy cheeks boy dressed in green and blue checkered pants, black jacket, and black hat.  Boy is holding a red and gold heart.

Front reads:O.K. My Valentine

Marked on back Made in U.S.A.

Card measures 2 1/2 inches wide  x 6 3/4 inches tall.

Condition is very good with pencil writing on back.

Super cute vintage Valentine!

Vintage Children's Book, Roy Rogers and the Gopher Creek Gunman. An original story featuring Roy Rogers, famous motion picture star as the hero.  By Don Middleton.  Illustrated by Erwin L. Hess. Authorized Edition.

Hardcover Whitman book copyright 1945.

Book measures 5.5 inches x 8 inches with 248 pages.

Book is in good used condition.  Cover is nice with bumped corners and some wear at the top and bottom of the spine. Pages are clean with some age toning and a few pages with a wrinkle near the top right edge.  There is also a round 1/2 inch long hole running through the lower right corner of pages 225 - 248.

Overall a nice clean book!

Vintage Whitman Tell A Tales Children’s book.

Roy Rogers’ Bullet Leads the Way.  Story by Frances Wood.  Illustrated by Bart Doe.

Book measures about 5 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches. 

Copyright date of 1953.

Condition is used with  scuffing to the cover, some soiling, and wear around the edges of the cover and wear to the spine.  

Interior pages are very good with no tears or marks. There is some age toning to the pages.

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Really cute illustrations.

Lot of 2 vintage softcover children's books. 

Rumpelstiltzkin, copyright circa 1940 by The Saalfield Publishing Co. This is a softcover, linen like book, that measures 7 1/8 inches wide x 8 1/4 inches tall.  Twelve pages including front and back covers.  Fair condition with some small tears along the page edges, and spine.  And some creased page corners.

The Three Little Pigs, copyright 1940 by The Saalfield Publishing Co. This is a softcover, linen like book, that measures 7 1/8 inches wide x 8 1/4 inches tall.  Twelve pages including front and back covers. Condition is poor for this book with some large tears.

These books would be super cute just to read, or use the pages for artwork!

Old original antique paper ephemera.  Lightly embossed postcard featuring an adorable boy and girl inside a yellow and purple floral wreath.  Girl is holding a tray with pink and red flowers and boy is holding an envelope with a red heart seal.

Reads: Hearty Greetings.

Samson Brothers Series No. 7061. Printed in Germany.

Measures 3.5 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall.

Divided back postcard dating to circa 1910.

Card is unused. 

Condition is very good with light edge and corner wear and light album impressions at each corner.

Original old vintage embossed New Year paper postcard. Features a snowy winter house scene with a wishbone as a frame. Spray of greenery along the right edge, and star near the upper left corner.  Red and blue background with a white border.

Reads: My New Year Greeting.

Samson Brothers Series No. 7044 B.  Printed in Germany,

Measures 3.5 inches wide x 5.5 inches tall.

Divided back postcard dating to circa 1910.

Card is used with pencil writing on the back.  Addressed to Miss Sophie Bartels at Bremen, Kansas. 

Condition is very good with some edge and corner wear and light impression marks at each corner from being in a postcard album.

Original antique embossed Christmas postcard. Paper Post card featuring Santa Claus holding a bag of toys.  Includes a holly branch and two gold bells which read "Dec 25"  all on a light green background with icy white border.

Reads: Christmas Greetings

Back of card is marked:  Samson Brothers 31 F. Made in U.S.A.

Divided back card dating to circa 1910.

Measures 3 1/2 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches long.

Card is used with correspondence written in pencil.  Has a 1913 Herkimer, Kansas postmark, one cent stamp and an Evangelical Lutheran Sanitarium Wheatridge, Colorado Christmas seal.

Addressed to Miss Sophie Bartels at Bremen, Kansas. 

Card has edge and corner wear, creases, some soiling and light impressions at the corners from being mounted in a postcard album.

Cute Christmas Santa post card!

Vintage Little Golden Book.

Santa’s Surprise Book by Joan Potter Elwart. Illustrated by Florence Sarah Winship. 

Original copyright 1966 by Western Publishing Company. This book is Ninth Edition, 1979. 

Hardcover book measuring about 6 3/4” wide x 8” long.

Book is in used condition with cover wear and tear and scuffing. Pages are clean. Last page has a 1” tear at the center bottom. Last few pages have a light vertical crease (please see all photos).

Adorable book!

Science Fiction Adventure From Way Out. Hardcover Whitman book, copyright 1973.

Stories by Poul Anderson, Andre Norton, Mack Reynolds, Barry Malzberg, Raymond F. Jones, Gail Kimberly, Bill Pronzini, and B.J. Lytle..

Illustrated by Dan Spiegle.

Book measures 5.25 inches x 7.75 inches, with 212 pages.

Book is in used condition. Covers show wear and some soiling. Appears to have never been read. Binding is nice and tight. Pages are clean with some age toning. 

Vintage Embossed September Birthday postcard circa 1910. Features the birthstone Sapphire and Red and White Aster floral design.

Card is used.

Condition is very good with age toning to the back and rounded corners.

Great for altered art projects or collage. Shipped in clear rigid plastic sleeve suitable for storage or display.