Showing 1–40 of 101 postcards

  • Kansas City, Golden Ox Restaurant

    Can’t speak for now, but back in the 1950s when this Curteichcolor 6C-K 972 card was issued, this was quite a place to go. Unmailed card but it has a travel agent’s rubber stamp on reverse.

    Code: 10126001

    Price: $3.00

    Kansas City, Golden Ox Restaurant
  • Kansas City, Wish Bone Restaurant

    How much fun it must have been to eat there. Hey, wait! We did! But we don’t remember the experience. Unmailed card dates from 1950s, and just as a side note it says the restaurant is “Home of the Famous Wishbone Salad Dressing.” It has a travel agent’s rubber stamp on the reverse, and is C.T. Art-Colortone 4C-H164. We throw that in just for the search engines. Grade: 4

    Code: 10126002

    Price: $4.00

    Kansas City, Wish Bone Restaurant
  • Kansas City, Eddys’ Restaurant

    Two of these cards from the 50s are available. Both are unmailed and have the travel agency rubber stamp on reverse. One (Grade 4, $3) has no other marks. One (Grade 5, $1.50) has staining along the reverse edge.

    Code: 10126003

    Price: $3.00

    Kansas City, Eddys’ Restaurant
  • Kansas City, Union Station and skyline

    From the 1950s, a nice view of Union Station and the Kansas City, Missouri, skyline as seen from the Liberty Memorial Monument. Unused card, but has a travel agency rubber stamp on the reverse. Grade: 4

    Code: 10126004

    Price: $2.00

    Kansas City, Union Station and skyline
  • St. Louis, Gateway Arch

    Mailed in 1967, this card has two perforated edges indicating that it was part of a linked series. Postmark is there but obscured by the caption, and the stamp is partly torn. But the front is OK, and the Arch was fairly new at that time. Grade: 4

    Code: 10126005

    Price: $1.00

    St. Louis, Gateway Arch
  • Camdenton, aerial view

    Before the Ozarks became ultra-famous, there was Camdenton. Unmailed card, but has a travel agent’s rubber stamp on the reverse. Probably dates from the 1950s. Grade: 4

    Code: 10126006

    Price: $1.00

    Camdenton, aerial view
  • St. Louis, YMCA

    One of very few cards in such bad condition that we list it for less than $1. It’s torn, the stamps are missing, it has rubber stamp marks on the back, etc., but if you have been desperately looking for a card of the St. Louis YMCA, this will do until you find something better. Grade: 5

    Code: 10126007

    Price: $0.50

    St. Louis, YMCA
  • Lake of the Ozarks, Bagnell Dam

    Once upon a time this was about the only man-made structure of consequence in the Ozarks. See how things change. Blair Cedar & Novelty Works linen card K4944 (and BL72), unmailed but with a travel agent’s rubber stamp on the back. Grade: 4

    Code: 10126008

    Price: $1.00

    Lake of the Ozarks, Bagnell Dam
  • St. Louis, view from Gateway Arch

    The card is called “Arched Angles” (!) and shows the view looking southeast over the Mississippi River. Mailed in 1987, there’s a partial Washington DC postmark, a USPS airmail sticker, and a 33-cent Verville airmail stamp. There’s also considerable postmark and USPS smudging on the front. Grade: 4

    Code: 10126009

    Price: $1.00

    St. Louis, view from Gateway Arch
  • Camdenton, Bowers Resort

    Google isn’t much help on this, making it look like the resort has turned into a Boy Scout camp.  If that’s the case, then good for everyone.  Unused card from the 1950s, and apart from really minor abrasion on the front, it could be as-new today.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10126010

    Price: $3.00

    Camdenton, Bowers Resort
  • Warsaw, The Motts Motel

    The photo goes wayyyyyyyy back, and the card is from the 1950s, unused but with two features on the reverse:  a travel agency rubber stamp, and another rubber stamp with the then-current name of the motel (Motts) over the originally printed name (White Branch Resort Motel).  They could not possibly have made the place look bleaker.  Grade: 4

    Code: 10126011

    Price: $3.00

    Warsaw, The Motts Motel
  • Branson, Old Matt’s Cabin, Shepherd of the Hills Farm

    According to the card, which has serrated edges and was mailed with a 9-cent stamp but no legible postmark, Old Matt’s Cabin is Missouri’s leading historical attraction.  OK, we believe it, but we used to live in Missouri and never heard of it.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10126012

    Price: $1.00

    Branson, Old Matt’s Cabin, Shepherd of the Hills Farm
  • St. Louis, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial grounds

    Mailed in 2010 with one 98-cent stamp and blurry postmark like the new generation of marks always are.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10126013

    Price: $1.00

    St. Louis, Jefferson National Expansion Memorial grounds
  • St. Louis, New Hotel Jefferson, The Rendezvous

    Unused Curteich-Chicago card 5B-H724, back in the day.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10126014

    Price: $3.00

    St. Louis, New Hotel Jefferson, The Rendezvous
  • Independence, Historic Jail and Museum

    Unused Tetricolor card 69658, not to be confused with our entry #10126018 which has a completely different photo but identical caption.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10126016

    Price: $2.00

    Independence, Historic Jail and Museum
  • Kansas City, The Scout statue

    Unused Tetricolor card 050393 of this famous statue by Cyrus Edwin Dallin, in Penn Valley Park.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10126017

    Price: $1.00

    Kansas City, The Scout statue
  • Independence, Historic Jail and Museum

    Unused Tetricolor card 69659, not to be confused with our entry #10126016 which has a completely different photo but identical caption.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10126018

    Price: $2.00

    Independence, Historic Jail and Museum
  • Hannibal, Entrance to Mark Twain Cave

    Real photo card, written and mailed in 1943.  The postmark is there, but the stamp isn’t.  One can easily imagine Tom Sawyer running in and out of there.  Grade: 4

    Code: 10126019

    Price: $3.00

    Hannibal, Entrance to Mark Twain Cave
  • St. Louis, Union Station

    Terrific old Buxton & Skinner card S39, mailed in 1913 with stamp and full postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10126020

    Price: $9.00

    St. Louis, Union Station
  • Cape Girardeau, Main Street looking south

    Unused Curt Teich linen card 4A-H446 from Strom’s News Agency.  A quieter time.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10126021

    Price: $3.00

    Cape Girardeau, Main Street looking south
  • Kansas City, Country Club District, Verona Columns

    Mailed in 1941 with stamp and full postmark.  For whatever reason, some–not all–of the pencilled message and address, basically the names, have been erased.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10126022

    Price: $4.00

    Kansas City, Country Club District, Verona Columns
  • St. Louis, Jefferson Memorial Building

    Unused “local” card dated 1964, not aging well at all.  Grade: 4

    Code: 10126023

    Price: $1.00

    St. Louis, Jefferson Memorial Building
  • Kansas City, Swope Park Zoo, sea lion pool

    Unused Tetricolor card 30363.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10126024

    Price: $1.00

    Kansas City, Swope Park Zoo, sea lion pool
  • St. Louis, statue of St. Louis

    Unused “local” card with lots of information in a short caption.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10126025

    Price: $1.00

    St. Louis, statue of St. Louis
  • St. Louis, Old Courthouse and Gateway Arch

    Unused “local” card #A1232, incredibly similar to our entry #10126015 but not the same.  See if you can spot the differences.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10126026

    Price: $2.00

    St. Louis, Old Courthouse and Gateway Arch
  • Branson, Old Matt’s Cabin

    Old linen card.  The reverse is completely obliterated from having been pasted in an album.  Grade: 5

    Code: 10126027

    Price: $0.50

    Branson, Old Matt’s Cabin
  • Shepherd of the Hills, monument

    Unused Mike Roberts card C8204, aging.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10126028

    Price: $1.00

    Shepherd of the Hills, monument
  • Joplin, Air View of Business District

    Unused Curteich-Chicago card OB70-N, at a time when Joplin had 35,000 people.  “The Land of a Million Smiles.”  (So each person smiled 28.57 times?)  Grade: 1 

    Code: 10126029

    Price: $5.00

    Joplin, Air View of Business District
  • Hannibal, Mark Twain’s Swimming Pool

    Unused S.H. Knox card A-10221 somehow makes the pool look like it’s on the side of a mountain.  That may be true but we don’t know.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10126030

    Price: $6.00

    Hannibal, Mark Twain’s Swimming Pool
  • Malden, Greetings

    Generic card with Malden greetings, and the writer (mailed in 1957, stamp and postmark there) was as skeptical as we are about the view you see here.  A bit of staining on the reverse.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10126031

    Price: $3.00

    Malden, Greetings
  • Marceline, Greetings

    Unused Curteich-Chicago card S-1151 (and 7B-H351), could be anywhere.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10126032

    Price: $2.00

    Marceline, Greetings
  • Hannibal, Lovers Leap and Mississippi River

    Take away all those buildings and it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine that it’s Tom Sawyer sitting on that bluff.  Unused C.T. American Art card 1756, heavily handled over time.  Grade: 4

    Code: 10126033

    Price: $3.00

    Hannibal, Lovers Leap and Mississippi River
  • St. Louis, Conservatory, Shaw’s Garden

    Mailed in 1910, with stamp and full postmark, we wonder whether Louis ever collected his lunch from Nan.  We hope so.  Papa must have deserved it.  Postmark ink transfer on the front of the card.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10126034

    Price: $3.00

    St. Louis, Conservatory, Shaw’s Garden
  • St. Louis, Busch Stadium

    Mailed in 2012 with stamp, readable modern postmark, and an abrasion in the sky on the front.  Grade: 4

    Code: 10126035

    Price: $2.00

    St. Louis, Busch Stadium
  • St. Louis, Lambert-Saint Louis Municipal Airport

    Mailed in 1964 with 4-cent stamp and mostly legible postmark, and a fully informative caption.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10126036

    Price: $2.00

    St. Louis, Lambert-Saint Louis Municipal Airport
  • St. Louis, Lambert Field, St. Louis Municipal Airport

    Mailed in 1940 with stamp and full postmark.  A small bit of the lower right corner is missing.  Grade: 4

    Code: 10126037

    Price: $3.00

    St. Louis, Lambert Field, St. Louis Municipal Airport
  • Independence, Summer White House

    Unused Curteich-Chicago card 6B4-N of the home of President Harry S Truman.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10126038

    Price: $2.00

    Independence, Summer White House
  • St. Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden

    Mailed in 2009 with two stamps and fuzzy postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10126039

    Price: $1.00

    St. Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Lake Ozark, Bagnell Dam

    Unused Curteich-Chicago card 38350-N that tells us something we didn’t know before this:  at the time the card was printed, “The Lake of the Ozarks, created by the building of the dam, is one of the world’s largest wholly artificial bodies of water.”  Grade: 1

    Code: 10126040

    Price: $3.00

    Lake Ozark, Bagnell Dam
  • St. Louis, Forest Park, Rest House and Electric Fountain

    Unused card.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10126041

    Price: $1.00

    St. Louis, Forest Park, Rest House and Electric Fountain