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 GGIE CA SF Buildings Official Photo Postcard SF CA 1939 $9.95 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 36m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Yellowstone National Park Postcard Photo of Bear $1.34 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 14h 30m |
 1950 CHICAGO IL FAIR Souvenir PHOTOGRAPH Photo Postcard Set $6.00 Time Remaining: 15d 10h 16m Buy It Now for only: $6.00 |
 1962 Burlesque show Seattle Worlds Fair Night In Paradise Photo Postcard $8.00 Time Remaining: 15d 22h 43m Buy It Now for only: $8.00 |
 1910s Automobile Thrill Ride Long Beach California Two Real Photo Postcards $25.00 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 48m |
 Real Photo Postcard 1939 Golden Gate Intl Expo GGIE Court of the Moon 2 $5.25 Time Remaining: 29d 15h 52m Buy It Now for only: $5.25 |
 Real Photo Postcard 1939 Golden Gate Intl Expo GGIE Temples of the East $5.25 Time Remaining: 29d 15h 52m Buy It Now for only: $5.25 |
 Real Photo Postcard 1939 Golden Gate Intl Expo GGIE Court of the Moon 1 $5.25 Time Remaining: 29d 15h 52m Buy It Now for only: $5.25 |
 32 Diff Postcards Expo 85 Tsukuba Japan Exposition 1985 Great Photos ofPavilions $9.95 Time Remaining: 21h 1m Buy It Now for only: $14.95 |
 CHIEF SEATTLE DAUGHTER 1909 PACIFIC EXPO PHOTO POSTCARD $13.99 Time Remaining: 3d 15h 14m Buy It Now for only: $13.99 |
 3 Antique Period ORIGINAL Circus Elephant Mating Trainer Photos RPPC Postcards $120.00 Time Remaining: 28d 16h 16m Buy It Now for only: $120.00 |
 1948 Yosemite National Park Photo Postcards License 1956 Menu Ahwahnee Hotel $10.51 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 13h 43m |
 FLEA CIRCUS Rare Antique FREAK SIDESHOW PHOTO POSTCARD Color Carnival History $29.99 Time Remaining: 7d 22h 35m Buy It Now for only: $29.99 |
 Vintage Pioneer Mother University Oregon Eugene OR Original Photo Postcard EKKP $9.95 Time Remaining: 11d 19h 2m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Elizabeth Weiss San Francisco Midget Photo Postcard $24.99 Time Remaining: 25d 14h 50m Buy It Now for only: $24.99 |
 Vintage Circus Horse Drawn Cart w Zebra on Parade Real Photo Postcard $5.00 Time Remaining: 1d 39m |
 Vintage Seattle Worlds Fair Queen Anne Hill City View Photo Print Postcard 1962 $9.95 Time Remaining: 21d 18h 19m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 1947 Real Photo Circus Postcard Woman Riding an Elephant $9.99 Time Remaining: 15d 20m Buy It Now for only: $9.99 |
 GOLDEN GATE EXPO 1939 POSTCARD PACKET FAIR TREASURE ISLAND COLOR PHOTOS $19.00 Time Remaining: 3d 16h Buy It Now for only: $19.00 |
 1966 Coney Island Mall shot on postcard real photo color Cincinnati Coney $1.50 Time Remaining: 20h 12m Buy It Now for only: $2.00 |
 Vintage Volcano House Hawaii National Park HI Color Picture Photo Postcard $9.95 Time Remaining: 24d 19h 23m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 GGIE State Buildings Official Photo Postcard SF CA 1939 $9.95 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 36m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Vtg 1933 CHICAGO World Fair SKYSCRAPER SOUVENIR POSTCARD Color PHOTO Package LOT $12.50 Time Remaining: 1d 2h 6m |
 Vintage Photo Postcard Knotts Berry Farm 621962 $3.99 Time Remaining: 25d 23h 30m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 |
 REAL PHOTO SESQUI CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION POSTCARD PLAIN ON BACKSIDE $15.99 Time Remaining: 18d 11h 51m Buy It Now for only: $15.99 |
 GGIE Tower of th Sun Official Photo Postcard SF CA 1939 $9.95 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 36m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Danbury Fair Connecticut CT Photo Postcard Boy on Horse The Early Days 1923 $9.99 Time Remaining: 3d 13h 12m |
 Vintage Tree Fern Forest Hawaii National Park HI Color Picture Photo Postcard $9.95 Time Remaining: 24d 19h 23m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Vintage Rose Porch Mills College Oakland CA Colorized Photo Postcard Mitchell $9.95 Time Remaining: 11d 19h 2m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 GGIE Admin Building Official Photo Postcard SF CA 1939 $9.95 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 36m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 1947 BW Photo Postcard Columbia River Grand Coulee Dam $0.99 Time Remaining: 2d 22h 9m |
 GGIE Crt Reflections Official Photo Postcard SF CA 1939 $9.95 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 36m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 GGIE Arch of Triumph Official Photo Postcard SF CA 1939 $9.95 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 36m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OSLO NUDE SCULPTURE PARK $2.99 Time Remaining: 18h 45m |
 Vintage Postcard 1982 Worlds Fair Knoxville Tennessee TN Aerial Photo Unused $5.59 Time Remaining: 2d 23h 59m Buy It Now for only: $5.59 |
 1904 St Louis Worlds Fair Souvenir Miniature Photo Postcards Festival Palace $35.00 Time Remaining: 2d 20h 30m Buy It Now for only: $35.00 |
 Vintage Woodland Park Zoo Tiger Seattle Worlds Fair Photo Print Postcard 1962 $9.95 Time Remaining: 21d 18h 19m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 VINTAGE REAL PHOTO POSTCARD PARIS AERIAL PHOTO ARC DE TRIUMPH BUILDING MONUMENT $2.99 Time Remaining: 2d 18h 45m |
 Vintage Postcard Coca Cola Pavilion 1964 New York Worlds Fair Chrome Photo NYWF $6.40 Time Remaining: 3d Buy It Now for only: $6.40 |
 Vintage Art Building Mills College Oakland CA Photo Print Postcard Albertype $9.95 Time Remaining: 11d 19h 2m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Vintage Campanile Mills College Oakland CA Colorized Photo Print Postcard PNC $9.95 Time Remaining: 11d 19h 2m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 1939 New York Worlds Fair Photo Postcard $1.99 Time Remaining: 1d 35m |
 NEW YORK CITY THE BIG APPLE RAILROAD CONEY ISLAND AMUSEMENT PARK RESORT PHOTO $15.96 Time Remaining: 3d 16h 56m Buy It Now for only: $15.96 |
 1961 Russia SOVIET CIRCUS CLOWN B Vjatkin Advertising Collage Photo Postcard $14.90 Time Remaining: 23d 9h 7m Buy It Now for only: $14.90 |
 1939 New York Worlds Fair Photo Postcard $1.99 Time Remaining: 1d 36m |
 1915 Pan Pacific Expo PPIE The Yacht Harbor Real Photo Lithograph Postcard $6.05 Time Remaining: 12d 21h 15m Buy It Now for only: $6.05 |
 MIDGET COSTUME ACT dancer clown gypsy PHOTO 1930 circus vaudeville $32.00 Time Remaining: 3d 11h 1m Buy It Now for only: $32.00 |
 GGIE Court of the Moon Offl Photo Postcard SF CA 1939 $9.95 Time Remaining: 3d 14h 36m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Yosemite National Park Jeffrey Pine Sentinel Dome Old Real Photo Postcard $9.95 Time Remaining: 3d 18h 58m |
 Vintage Photo Postcard Knotts Berry Farm 621966 $3.99 Time Remaining: 25d 23h 31m Buy It Now for only: $3.99 |
 1933 PHOTO POSTCARD ELECTRICAL BLDG CHICAGO COP STA CAN $10.00 Time Remaining: 11d 3h 50m Buy It Now for only: $10.00 |
 1895 NIAGRA FALLS WINTER PHOTO STEREOVIEW CARD+RAILROAD TRESTLE POSTCARD $3.65 Time Remaining: 3d 21h 48m |
 PPIE Italian Pavilion XV Room Photo Postcard SF CA 1915 $9.95 Time Remaining: 23d 14h 10m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 PPIE Italian Pavilion Sacristy Photo Postcard SF 1915 $9.95 Time Remaining: 23d 14h 10m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 PPIE Italian Pavilion Tribune Photo Postcard SF CA 1915 $9.95 Time Remaining: 23d 14h 10m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Photo Postcard New Orleans Louisiana World Exposition 1984 Used $9.99 Time Remaining: 5d 9h 8m |
 PPIE Italian Pavilion Fountain Photo Postcard SF 1915 $9.95 Time Remaining: 23d 14h 10m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Vintage Administration University Oregon Eugene OR Colorized Photo Postcard WA $9.95 Time Remaining: 11d 19h 2m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Vintage Sterling Library Yale University CT Colorized Photo Postcard Schneider $9.95 Time Remaining: 11d 19h 2m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 vtg RARE Sideshow freak show photograph postcard The Frog Boy Half Man $0.99 Time Remaining: 6d 19h 51m |
 Vintage Wyoming Union University of WY Laramie Colorized Photo Postcard Wilson $9.95 Time Remaining: 11d 19h 2m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Vintage Wrexham Tower Harkness Yale University CT Colorized Photo Postcard Hahn $9.95 Time Remaining: 11d 19h 2m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 vtg RARE Sideshow freak show photograph postcard Tiny Tim The Fat Boy $0.99 Time Remaining: 6d 20h 3m |
 GOLDEN GATE EXPO 1939 POSTCARD PACKET BAY GG BRIDGE COLOR PHOTOS $19.00 Time Remaining: 3d 16h Buy It Now for only: $19.00 |
 Photo Postcards Yosemite National Park Scenics 664169 $4.99 Time Remaining: 4d 3h 27m Buy It Now for only: $4.99 |
 Vintage Walter Camp Field Yale University CT Colorized Photo Postcard Hahn 29728 $9.95 Time Remaining: 11d 19h 2m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Vintage Hagenbeck Wallace Circus Shows Real Photo Postcard $19.95 Time Remaining: 6d 2h 40m |
 Vintage Woolsey Hall Yale University CT 15 Colorized Photo Postcard Hahn 1270 $9.95 Time Remaining: 11d 19h 2m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 Vintage Villard Hall University of Oregon Eugene OR Colorized Photo Postcard WA $9.95 Time Remaining: 11d 19h 2m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 1984 Worlds Fair Post Cards Photo Book Assortment $9.95 Time Remaining: 20d 16h 21m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 1920S ORIGINAL CIRCUS PHOTO LOT 6 GRACE AND HARRY MIDGETS 3 CUT DOWN POSTCARDS $9.99 Time Remaining: 7d 19h 30m |
 YOSEMITE REAL PHOTO POSTCARD BUILDINGS CAR ETC 1932 $19.95 Time Remaining: 21d 15h 1m Buy It Now for only: $19.95 |
 GGIE Japan Pavilion Official Photo Postcard SF CA 1939 $9.95 Time Remaining: 12d 22h 42m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 VINTAGE REAL PHOTO POSTCARD PARIS FRANCE GATES TO COURT HOUSE SAINT CHAPEL $2.99 Time Remaining: 3d 20h 4m |
 GGIE Court of 7 Seas Official Photo Postcard SF CA 1939 $9.95 Time Remaining: 12d 22h 42m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 GGIE Tower of Sun Official Photo Postcard SF CA 1939 $9.95 Time Remaining: 12d 22h 42m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 GGIE Eastern Towers Official Photo Postcard SF CA 1939 $9.95 Time Remaining: 12d 22h 42m Buy It Now for only: $9.95 |
 VINTAGE REAL PHOTO POSTCARD PARIS 1930S 40S CARS STREET SCENE BUILDINGS $2.99 Time Remaining: 3d 20h 4m |
 1960 Russia SOVIET CIRCUS ANIMAL TRAINER BUSLAEVA Adv Collage Photo Postcard $14.90 Time Remaining: 23d 9h 5m Buy It Now for only: $14.90 |
 YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 1949 MINI PHOTO POST CARD SET $21.00 Time Remaining: 3d 19h 16m Buy It Now for only: $21.00 |
 Ringling Bros Famous Paul Arley Real Photo Postcard $18.47 Time Remaining: 18h Buy It Now for only: $18.47 |
 REAL PHOTO POSTCARD NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL PARIS $2.99 Time Remaining: 6d 12h 5m |
 RALPH THE ELEPHANT MAN sideshow freak photo postcard $35.00 Time Remaining: 1d 19h 4m Buy It Now for only: $35.00 |
 1960 Russia SOVIET CIRCUS CLOWN Oleg Popov Advertising Collage Photo Postcard $14.90 Time Remaining: 23d 8h 44m Buy It Now for only: $14.90 |
 REAL PHOTO POSTCARD OSLO NORWAY NUDE SCULPTURE PARK $2.99 Time Remaining: 6d 12h 5m |
 1961 Russia SOVIET CIRCUS ANIMAL TRAINER Advertising Collage Photo Postcard $14.90 Time Remaining: 23d 8h 46m Buy It Now for only: $14.90 |
 Vtg Worlds Fair Lot PostCard 1939 NY Orig old Photo Mug PLUS Junk Drawer Chicago $29.35 Time Remaining: 12d 18h 17m Buy It Now for only: $29.35 |
 scarce old circus freak post card photo midget family $23.00 Time Remaining: 12d 1h 56m Buy It Now for only: $23.00 |
 REAL PHOTO POSTCARD PANORAMIC VIEW FROM EIFFEL TOWER PARIS FRANCE $2.99 Time Remaining: 6d 12h 5m |
 Artist Toda Ort Circus Antique Photo Postcard 176837 $39.90 Time Remaining: 11d 5h 20m Buy It Now for only: $39.90 |
 Vintage PANAMA PACIFIC EXPO PHOTO PPE art sculpture pretty lady old POSTCARD 686 $19.99 Time Remaining: 21d 18h 37m Buy It Now for only: $19.99 |
Vintage Illustrations on Postcards: the Old Still Appeal to the New
Vintage postcards are the thing nowadays. Illustrations that are vintage have been the most popular pictures and images used in many postcard printing projects. In fact, many have even made a collection of vintage postcards as a hobby.
One major factor of these vintage postcards being popular is that the vintage illustrations have helped the postcard printing project to stimulate curiosity and interest of those who are not familiar with a certain era. Attraction have been generated for most people that made it easy for most vintage postcard printing design to catch the eyes of their target readers.
It’s a proven fact though that people are most certainly attracted to things that are unfamiliar to them. Likewise, anything that speaks of, or illustrates an era gone by piques almost anyone’s curiosity. What do people of a certain time have in fashion? Or what is the lifestyle during a particular time?
It seems that the less modern graphics are used, the more attention your postcard printing project can get from your target readers.
But do you know how these vintage postcards came to be? When did they start becoming popular?
From 1939 to the present times, vintage postcard printing first came to being during the photochrome era. This is during the late 1930s. Also known as the Modern Chromes, the postcard printing pieces of that age were catching the eyes of many collectors mostly because of the colors applied. The colors appealed to a population that has embraced color images not only in their postcards, but most importantly in their movie industry. Hence, the popularity of The Wizard of Oz film.
The very first “Chrome” postcard printing pieces were launched by the Union Oil Company in their service stations in the western part of the US. In 1939, they were the most widespread print material in the marketing industry. They were quickly reproduced, with high quality results, and most significantly, they were printed in color.
The spread of these vintage postcard printing pieces were momentarily subdued during WWII because of shortage in supply. But they were later revived and eventually replaced both linen and black-and-white postcards in 1945.
From 1900 to the present, there was also the vintage Real Photo Postcards that were produced from photos and developed onto photographic paper. It is very difficult to know their exact dates because most have lost their postmark or the photographer have not been able to indicate it in their postcards. Hence, there is much confusion in identifying them in the present time as there is nothing to indicate if they are reproductions or not.
Collectors of vintage postcards tell the real from the reel by looking at these postcard printing pieces with a magnifying glass. A real “Real Photo Postcard” has solid picture, while a reprinted one is made up of a lot of little dots.
Then there’s the Art Deco Era (1910 to 1930s) that made popular the vintage postcards that have vibrant colors as their design. Art Deco subjects are usually of the past such as the ancient Greeks, Middle Eastern themes, and Egyptian artifacts, among others. The most common illustrations on Art Deco vintage postcards were ladies in fancy vogue style clothing; as well as the presence of sharp angles and straight lines.
Although these vintage postcard printing has supposedly ended around the 1930s, it was during this era that the greatest volume of postcard printing pieces have been produced.
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