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Tomb of President Warren G. Harding and wife
Unused but very heavily handled C.T. American Art card A-96347. Grade: 4
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The Bush Decision (Ann Telnaes)
You need to be familiar with American politics to understand what the artist was saying here. It’s clever. Card mailed from US in 2012 with 98-cent stamp and postmark. Orange postal barcoding on the front, black on the back. Grade: 3
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Home of Richard M. Nixon, San Clemente (California)
Unused Plastichrome card P86764 showing the 37th president. Grade: 1
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Roosevelt Monument at Grand Coulee Dam (Washington, USA)
Mailed in 1955 with 2-cent stamp and full postmark. The Roosevelt here is Franklin, not Theodore. Grade: 2
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Summer White House (Harry S Truman), Independence (Missouri)
Unused Curteich-Chicago card 6B4-N of the home of President Harry S Truman. Grade: 1
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Grant’s Tomb, New York City
That’s Ulysses S. Grant. Unused Illustrated Post Card Co. card 145. Grade: 2
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Herbert Hoover Library, West Branch (Iowa)
Not quite being old enough to remember this U.S. President when he was in office, we do remember the theme song of a popular American TV show, All in the Family, that included the words: “Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.” This card is as close as we are going to get. Mailed in 1981 with 12-cent stamp and postmark. Grade: 3
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Eisenhower Museum, Abilene (Kansas, USA)
Unused Plastichrome card P38847 of the museum of President Eisenhower’s life. Starting to age, but still, Grade: 1
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Abraham Lincoln Home (Indiana)
Unused, somewhat aging Curteichcolor card 6C-K430. The caption takes up more than half of the message space–it does go on and on. Abraham Lincoln lived somewhere near here from 1816-1830, and his mother died there. Grade: 2
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Nancy Reagan and Freebo, Rancho del Cielo (California)
If you are an absolutely devoted Reagan Family fan, you will love the caption on the back of this unused Mike Roberts card. Words don’t often fail us, but this time they do. Grade: 1
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Ronald Reagan inspecting Indiana flood damage, 1982
President Reagan was probably more folksy than this photo of him in a coat and tie lugging something through the mud after a Fort Wayne tornado, made him appear to be. Unused Mike Roberts card. Grade: 1
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Ronald Reagan and Jose Lopez Portillo
Unused 1981 card of Presidents Reagan and Lopez Portillo (Mexico) at Camp David. The caption makes it clear these two men did not always see eye-to-eye. Grade: 1
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Ronald Reagan and Press Secretary James Brady
Unused 1981 card, aging, explaining President Reagan’s love of horses. Grade: 1
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Ronald and Nancy Reagan, and Edward Seaga
Jamaican Prime Minister Edward Seaga and his wife at the White House in 1981. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Ronald Reagan and Andrei Gromyko
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and President Reagan during a 1984 meeting at the White House. Unused Mike Roberts card. Grade: 2
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Jimmy Carter and Pierre and Margaret Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and his wife at the White House on 21st February 1977. Unused Mike Roberts card, some staining. Grade: 3
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Mrs. Jimmy Carter during Panama Treaty negotiations
Rosalynn Carter, Mrs. Omar Torrijos, and Mrs. Orfila at a 1978 reception, shown on this unused Mike Roberts card. Grade: 2
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Rosalynn Carter in India
President Jimmy Carter’s wife Rosalynn during a January 1978 visit to India. Unused if somewhat dark Mike Roberts card. Grade: 1
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Jimmy Carter and European leaders
Those leaders included Helmut Schmidt, Valery Giscard d’Estaing, and James Callaghan, during a Guadalupe summit in January 1979. Unused Mike Roberts card. Grade: 1
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The Lincoln Cabin, Hodgenville (Kentucky)
Abraham Lincoln was born on 12th February 1809 in this cabin. The Curteich-Chicago linen card 7A-H3270 however was mailed from Buffalo, New York, in 1942 with stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Abraham Lincoln’s Original Cabin, Hodgensville (sic) (Kentucky)
Unused Lusterchrome card (Tichnor Bros. K-9421) from the Kentucky series. The name of the town is Hodgenville. Grade: 2
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Entrance to Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site (Hodgenville, Kentucky)
Unused Color King card 88209 with minor spotting on the back. Grade: 2
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The Washington Tomb at Mount Vernon (Virginia, USA)
Unused “local” card, beginning to age and mottle on the reverse. Grade: 3
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First Berry-Lincoln Store and U.S. Post Office, New Salem State Park, Lincoln’s New Salem (Illinois)
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 7B-H1256. Grade: 1
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Eisenhower Center, Abilene (Kansas)
Unused Dexter Press card DT-18832-C, dated 1966, showing a set of Pylons dedicated to President Eisenhower’s family by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Soroptomist Clubs of Kansas. Though the card is beginning to age, it is still Grade: 1
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First Monument to George Washington, Boonsboro (Maryland)
Unused “local” card with a long, explanatory caption; also with someone’s name and date (1974) inked on bottom reverse. Grade: 3
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The Eisenhower Home, Gettysburg (Pennsylvania)
Very well-done art (not a photo) of U.S. President Eisenhower’s home–or at least one of them. Unused Mike Roberts card C7406. Grade: 1
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Woodrow Wilson Birthplace, Staunton (Virginia)
This unused Tichnor Lusterchrome card K-5426 is just barely old enough that persons of the time would have been more familiar with President Wilson than they are now–so the caption doesn’t say too much. Grade: 1 (WE MUST VERIFY AVAILABILITY)
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Mt. Rushmore Memorial from Spiral Bridge (South Dakota, USA)
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card OB-H1845 with the most florid of captions. The designers were being generous to claim Mt. Rushmore as the focus of this card. Grade: 1
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Clinton Presidential Center, Little Rock
Unused, official card from the Center, showing President G.W. Bush along with Presidents Clinton, Carter, and G.H.W. Bush in 2004. Grade: 1
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Presidents and wives
Unused, official card from the Center, showing President and Mrs. Clinton hosting a celebratory dinner in November, 2000. Notably absent from the photo: Nancy Reagan. Grade: 1
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Woodrow Wilson House, Kitchen (Washington, DC)
Unused card of the 1915-1924 kitchen in President Wilson’s house, which is a “museum property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation”. Grade: 1
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Monticello, West front after a snowfall (Virginia)
Nice, high-quality unused card of the home of President Thomas Jefferson. Grade: 1
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Monticello, Jefferson’s Gardens (Virginia)
Nice, high-quality unused card of the home of President Thomas Jefferson. Grade: 1
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Lincoln Cabin, Hodgenville (Kentucky)
C.T. American Art postcard R-66360, unused. Grade: 1
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Abraham Lincoln’s Home, Springfield (Illinois)
Unused old C.T. American Art card 88492, showing a bit of handling over the years. Grade: 2
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Abraham Lincoln statue at State Capitol grounds, Springfield (Illinois)
Unused E.C. Kropp card 8008 N, with that stain on the upper left corner. Grade: 4
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Indianapolis, President Harrison Memorial Home (Indiana)
Ah, but which President Harrison? The caption tells us exactly where, but not who. We should Google this. But we have other cards to enter. Unused Curteichcolor card 2DK-636, aging. Grade: 2
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Birthplace of LBJ, Stonewall (Texas)
Unused Curteichcolor card 5DK-412, with minor staining on the back. Grade: 3
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Monticello, Charlottesville (Virginia)
Mailed in 2013 with round “Global Forever” stamp and Richmond postmark, this card shows Thomas Jefferson’s home. But if you’re reading this, you knew that. Grade: 2