Cemeteries/Tombs/Funerals – Page 2 – Global Postcard Sales

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Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Little Church of the Flowers (Glendale)
Unused Kashower linen card 1053, browning with age but in excellent condition otherwise. Grade: 1

Code: 36100053
Price: $2.00
Helen Hunt Jackson grave (Colorado, USA)
Unused card but very heavily aged on both sides, with pencil notation in postage area. Grade: 4

Code: 36100054
Price: $0.50
Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah (Georgia, USA)
Unused Plastichrome card P54141 of this “beautiful and historic cemetery, once the home of the Tattnalls.” One hopes they were alive at the time. Grade: 1

Code: 36100055
Price: $1.00
Burial place of Old Chief Joseph, Lake Wallowa (Oregon)
Unused Dexter Press card 18528-B, rounded corners, showing the reburial place of this chief and his friend, early pioneer F.D. McCulley. Grade: 3

Code: 36100056
Price: $2.00
River Side Park Cemetery, Mausoleum (Moline, Illinois)
Unused Dexter Press card 37591-B. Grade: 2

Code: 36100058
Price: $2.00
Johnny Appleseed grave, Ft. Wayne (Indiana)
It happens sometimes, that we get two cards with the same photo on the front, but different captions (and publishers, and index numbers) on the reverse. So, here we have two unused cards, one from Nelson Jones (#30185) and one from Marquart Photo Service (#29951). The captions are completely different, except that each credits the same photographer. Nelson Jones has some visible abrasion on the reverse. Grades: 3

Code: 36100059
Price: $2.00
Johnny Appleseed grave, Ft. Wayne (Indiana)
Unused Dexter Press card 64461 (F-103). Significant abrasions on the front. Grade: 5

Code: 36100060
Price: $0.50
Memorial Park Cemetery, Singing Tower (Sioux City, Iowa)
Unused Dexter Press “Dextone” card 56203 (296-D-9), rounded corners, published by General Tobacco Co. for their customers. Grade: 2

Code: 36100062
Price: $1.00
Memorial Park Cemetery, Garden of Memories (Sioux City, Iowa)
Unused Dexter Press “Dextone” card 56204 (296-D-10), rounded corners, published by General Tobacco Co. for their customers. Grade: 2

Code: 36100063
Price: $1.00
Julian Dubuque (Iowa, USA)
Unused Dexter Press card 58293-B. An odd combination, Greetings over a tomb, but who are we to say … The card is fading and heavily aged (on the reverse). Grade: 4

Code: 36100064
Price: $3.00
Chief’s grave (Fort Riley, Kansas, USA)
Unused Donna Brinkman card 108162. Some explanation: the monument was dedicated in 1961 and honors the U.S. Cavalry. The grave, however, is that of Chief, the horse foaled in 1932, died 1968, and the last cavalry mount on U.S. Army rolls. Whew. Grade: 2

Code: 36100066
Price: $3.00
Grant’s Tomb, New York City
Can’t say when this was mailed because the postmark is not clear, but the writer used a 2-cent stamp. Grade: 3

Code: 36100067
Price: $2.00
Judge Rowan cemetery plot, Bardstown (Kentucky)
The family cemetery plot of Judge Rowan at Federal Hill, My Old Kentucky Home. Unused Mike Roberts card C17483. Grade: 2

Code: 36100068
Price: $2.00
Horse Cemetery, Calumet Farm, Lexington (Kentucky, USA)
The Cemetery is at Calumet Farm. The card is captioned “Picturesque View in the Blue Grass Country.” But it’s still a cemetery. Unused Curteichcolor card 0DK230 (KY.122), fading and aging on reverse. Grade: 3

Code: 36100069
Price: $3.00
Daniel Boone grave (Kentucky, USA)
Not just Daniel Boone, Kentucky’s Foremost Pioneer, but also that of his wife, Rebecca. Unused Curteichcolor card 5C-K1398 (KY.99A) with a long caption. Grade: 3.

Code: 36100070
Price: $2.00
Vaults in St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans
Unused old E.C. Kropp card 5860. Grade: 1

Code: 36100072
Price: $4.00
Jonathan Buck (Bucksport, Maine)
Two of these unused cards (30622-B) are available, each with minor notations on the reverse. There is a reason why the outline of a woman’s leg that appears on this stone is known as “The Witch’s Curse.” Grades: 3

Code: 36100073
Price: $1.00
Petit Jean grave, Morrilton (Arkansas, USA)
The caption on this unused but heavily aged card packs a lot of history into five lines. Grade: 3

Code: 36100074
Price: $1.00
Corinth National Cemetery (Mississippi, USA)
Unused “local” card S-75951 of this cemetery, established in 1866. Grade: 2

Code: 36100075
Price: $3.00
General Herkimer grave (New York)
Two of these unused cards are available, same but different. Both are from Dexter Press. One has rounded corners, reference number 11968-B, and inked initials in the stamp area (Grade: 3, $2). The other has the same photo, squared corners, reference number 11986-B H-2 (it’s the slightly newer card), but is heavily aged on the reverse (Grade: 3, $1). Your choice!

Code: 36100076
Price: $1.00
Grant’s Tomb, New York City
If you are American, and of a certain age, you will remember the old quiz show consolation question, “Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?” If not, you’ll just want to buy this card. (Hint: President Ulysses S. Grant). Curteich-Chicago linen card 1B-H2408 was mailed in 1944. The stamp and postmark are there and undamaged. There is a section on the right reverse that looks like it got caught in a cancellation machine but this does not affect the front of the card. Grade: 4

Code: 36100077
Price: $6.00
Walnut Grove Memorial Cemetery (Ohio)
Unused “local” card 108239, with inked initials in postage area. Betty Zane, FYI, was “heroine of the siege of Fort Henry, when indians led by British soldiers attacked the fort in 1782 …” Grade: 3

Code: 36100078
Price: $2.00
Will Rogers tomb (Oklahoma)
Unused but heavily aged Mirro-Krome H.S. Crocker card LD-511. Grade: 3-

Code: 36100079
Price: $2.00
Will Rogers Memorial Museum and tomb (Oklahoma, USA)
Unused Curteichcolor card 6C-K142 (ONK-377) with an overview of this compound. Grade: 3

Code: 36100080
Price: $2.00
Will Rogers Tomb and Garden (Oklahoma)
Unused Curteich-Chicago card ONC-79. Grade: 3

Code: 36100081
Price: $2.00
Tomb of Unknown Soldiers of the American Revolution, Philadelphia
Most Americans would know of the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington. Relatively fewer would know of this one, located in Washington Square–and thousands of soldiers are there. Unused Dexter Press card DT-86378-B (P-128), dated 1964. Grade: 3

Code: 36100083
Price: $2.00
Grandview Cemetery, Johnstown (Pennsylvania)
Unused Natural Color Card 105759. The cemetery is distinctive for holding remains of victims of the May 1889 flood. Grade: 2

Code: 36100084
Price: $2.00
Benjamin and Deborah Franklin, Philadelphia
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 7A-H2330, minor notations on reverse. Note that Benjamin’s wife Deborah is also here. Grade: 3

Code: 36100085
Price: $2.00
Benjamin Franklin’s Grave, Philadelphia
Two unused Wyco Product cards 319, dated 1965, are available. One is unmarked (Grade: 2, $2) and the other has initials inked into the postage area (Grade: 3, $1).

Code: 36100086
Price: $2.00
Benjamin Franklin’s Grave and plaque, Philadelphia
Unused Mike Roberts card PHI-23 (C4993) showing the Christ Church location. Grade: 1

Code: 36100087
Price: $2.00
Grave of Chief Cornplanter (Pennsylvania)
Beyond what the caption tells us, this took more than a little Google research. The Chief was a Seneca Indian. The grave overlooks Kinzua Dam, across from Willow Bay recreational area, on a lake located between Salamanca New York and several Pennsylvania towns. Unused Natural Color card 112055. Grade: 3

Code: 36100088
Price: $2.00
William Atkinson Jones monument and grave, Warsaw (Virginia)
Unused “local” card S-40628. Grade: 1

Code: 36100091
Price: $1.00
General Douglas MacArthur Memorial (Virginia)
Lusterchrome card K-12855 showing everything about General Douglas MacArthur, including his crypt after his burial on 11th April 1964. Grade: 2

Code: 36100092
Price: $2.00
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington (Virginia)
Unused, highly aged Plastichrome card P29924 (W-144). Grade: 3

Code: 36100093
Price: $1.00
Patrick and Dorothea Henry graves, Virginia
Unused, yet somehow smudged Curteichcolor card 0DK1107 of this burial place at “Red Hill.” The caption on reverse only refers to Patrick, not to his wife. Grade: 3

Code: 36100094
Price: $2.00
George and Martha Washington mansion and tomb, Mt. Vernon (Virginia)
Unused Capsco Wholesalers card K-10964. Grade: 2

Code: 36100095
Price: $2.00
Willie Keil’s grave, Menlo (Washington)
The unused card is so dark (front and back) that it’s nearly impossible to know the story of Willie Keil. You may need to Google. Grade: 4

Code: 36100096
Price: $1.00
Gunner Phillips’ grave (Saskatchewan, Canada)
You might need Google to know who Gunner Phillips was, or, I suppose if you’re Canadian, you don’t, which is exactly as it should be. Now, to the card: unused, with an odd strip of brown (aged?) running down the reverse middle. Grade: 4

Code: 36100097
Price: $1.00
Dorothy Vernon’s Tomb, Rutland Chapel, Bakewell Church (England)
B&W card mailed in 1904, stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 36100098
Price: $9.00
The Graveyard of Rasos, Vilnius (Lithuania)
If you’re looking for a contemporary card mailed from Vilnius (or Lithuania), you won’t do better than this. Good stamp, fully legible postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 36100099
Price: $7.00

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