Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked three times; one with a possible date of 1905. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is used. Addressed to Miss Zilpha M. Wood in Fort Plain, New York. Tipped-in green Benjamin Franklin stamp is faded. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a black and brown illustration of an Egyptian man holding the reins of a camel. An accent of color appears to the side of the camel. A couple Egyptian pyramids are visible in the background. Origina... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked 1906 twice in Syracuse, New York and Fort Plain, New York. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Faded text with a name and date of 1906. Postcard is used. Addressed to Miss Zilpha Wood in Fort Plain, New York. Tipped-in green Benjamin Franklin stamp is cracked and faded. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a man leaning against a fire hydrant with a speech title containing the title. Original holes are located along a... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked with the date, 1906. 3 1/2" x 5 1/4." Title printed on the front. Tipped-in red stamp on back. Postcard is used. Addressed to Miss Olive E. Grudds in Stockton, California. Postcard is very clean and intact. Slight age and surface wear. Stamp is chipped and faded. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows pear on a leafed stem. The leaves and stem are illustrated and colored green. The pear is made of fabric and features colors of gradated greens and reds. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather postcard... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1915. 5 1/4" x 3 1/2." Title printed on the front. Postcard is used. Initials written in lower-left corner on front. Name and address on back. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. Back is rubbed. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows flowers decorated with yellow fabric as a way to add color and texture to them; the stems and leaves are painted green. Leather postcards were first made in 1903. Most were made of deer hide and featured period humor of the day. Many featured text... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1915. Postmarked twice on back. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is used. Addressed to Miss Zilpha M. Wood who is in Toaasville, Otsego County, New York. Tipped-in red stamp is faded. Faded text in lower-right corner on front: "From Gordon." Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a man holding up a shot glass as a drinking invitation. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather post... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked twice; one is dated March 27, 1906 in Kansas City, Missouri. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2." Title printed on the front. Tipped-in green Benjamin Franklin stamp on back (parts of it are missing). Postcard is used. Name and address etched on back. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows the title with the image of a canoe as a visual pun. Four original holes are in the corners. Leather postcards were first made in 1903. Most were made of deer hide and featured period h... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked twice, both with the year of 1906. One postmark is from Fort Plain, New York. The other postmark is a bit faded. 5 1/8" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is used. There is handwriting in ink on front and back but it is faded. A stamp that was tipped in on the back has been removed. Postcard is very clean and intact overall except for age wear and slight surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a man holding a horn up to his ear which points to the title, "I Am Waiting to Hear... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1915. 5 1/4" x 3 1/2." Title printed on the front. Postcard is used but has no postage. Name and address on back; location is Woodland, California. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. Back is rubbed. Illustration on front was partially made with paper, about half of which is missing. A Good copy. This leather postcard shows a young African-American boy. He was decorated with illustrated paper but the portions for his face, right shoulder, and left leg are missing. There are two hearts... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked 1906 in Cleveland, Ohio and Fort Plain, New York. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is used. Addressed to Miss Zilpha Wood in Fort Plain, New York. Tipped-in red stamp is faded. Faded handwriting on front. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a weary-looking man holding two children, a visual pun on the title. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather postcards which were common during the... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked September 11, 1906 in Memphis, Tennessee. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2." Title printed on the front. Tipped-in red George Washington stamp on back. Postcard is used. Name and address in Arkansas on back. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. Front has handwriting in black ink which covers part of the etched image. Ink has been added to the man's face at center. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a man between two Indigenous (Native American) men. The man to the left and man at center both look surpr... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1915. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a man looking wistfully upward as he smokes a pipe. The image of a woman appears in the smoke. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather postcards which were common during the early twentieth century. Leather postcards were first made in 1903. Most were made of deer hide and featured period hum... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked twice; one with the date of 1905. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is used. Addressed to Miss Zilpha M. Wood in Toaasville, Otsego County, New York. Tipped-in stamp is faded. Letter, "G.," on front. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a couple sitting next to one another in an embrace, under an apple tree with a smiling crescent moon overhead. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather po... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1909. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is unused. There is a faint ink inscription etched into the surface at the bottom on the front, but it is faded. Postcard is very clean and intact overall except for slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a man who has seemingly been bucked off a horse and landed at his destination, a visual pun on the title. "Fort Plains" refers to Fort Plains, New York. Original holes are located along all of the edges.... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1915. 3 1/2" x 5 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a coat of arms with a bird at top and a smiling skull and crossbones at center with the initials, "FCB." Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather postcards were first made in 1903. Most were made of deer hide and featured period humor of the day. Many featured text and illustrations that were etched into the surface via pyrog... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Circa 1900 or 1906. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. Upper-right corner dog-eared. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of the American flag with an excerpt from Lord Byron's The Corsair (1814), a tale told through poetic verse. The excerpt reads in whole, "Oer the glad waters of the dark blue sea / Our thoughts as boundless, / And our souls as free. / Far as the breeze can bear / And billows foam, / Survey our... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Circa 1908 (postmarked but date slightly faded). 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Postcard is used. Addressed to Mr. R. R. Raymond in Fort Plain, New York. Stamp was removed. "Sunday?" written faintly in lower-right corner on front. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a bee that acts as a visual pun for the word, "be," in the title. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather postcards which were common durin... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked twice but date is partially obscured, circa 1907. The location of one of the postmarks is Portland, Oregon. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2." Title printed on the front. Tipped-in red stamp on back. Postcard is used. Postcard is very clean and intact. Slight age and surface wear. Parts of the stamp are missing. Handwriting on back is faded. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a printed ditty on the front with an illustration of a rooster and a hen and her chicks. The rooster complains to the hen that she hasn't laid an egg in a while an... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked May 29, 1907 in Portland, Oregon. 5 1/4 x 3 1/2." Title printed on the front. Tipped-in red George Washington stamp on back. Postcard is used. Postcard is very clean and intact. Slight age and surface wear. Handwriting is faded. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a pair of cherries made of red fabric. Original holes are located along all of the edges. Leather postcards were first made in 1903. Most were made of deer hide and featured period humor of the day. Many featured text and illustrations that were etched into ... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. Postmarked twice; one with a possible date of 1905. Possible date of 1906 on front. 5 1/4" x 3 1/4." Title printed on the front. Faded text in lower-right corner on front: "From Gordon." Postcard is used. Addressed to Miss Zilpha M. Wood in Fort Plain, New York. Tipped-in red stamp is faded and part of it is missing. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a color illustration of a couple mid-kiss and in an embrace. Original holes are located along all of the edg... View More...
Original brown leather folk art postcard. No date, circa 1903-1915. 5 1/4" x 3 1/2." Title printed on the front. Postcard is unused. Postcard is very clean and intact overall. Slight age and surface wear. A Very Good copy. This leather postcard shows a woman in a traditional Dutch outfit doing laundry outside. Leather postcards were first made in 1903. Most were made of deer hide and featured period humor of the day. Many featured text and illustrations that were etched into the surface via pyrography. Pyrography is an etching process that involves the use of a heated instrument su... View More...
