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Petersburg, The Onstott Cooper Shop at Old Salem State Park (Illinois)
In 1934, someone visited this place, got the card, and wrote a long addendum to the caption. Not postally used. Quoting the card’s real caption, “Here Lincoln studied by the light of the Shavings.” Grade: 4
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Abraham Lincoln’s Home, Dining Room (Springfield, Illinois)
Unused Dexter Press card 10xDT-86275-B from 1964. Aging. Grade: 2
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Hodgenville, Abraham Lincoln (Kentucky)
Curteich-Chicago linen postcard KE 6, mailed in 1951 with stamp and partial postmark. Grade: 1
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Mount Vernon, Home of George Washington (Virginia)
We have before referred to how similar cards from this angle can be. Here’s yet another version. Unused View Gram card BSS 120 (1355). Grade: 1
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Main Hall, Mt. Vernon Mansion (Virginia)
Very old, unused yet heavily handled Leet Brothers card R-22580. Grade: 3
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Reagan, Ford, Carter, Nixon
Unused Mike Roberts card C35457 of a White House ceremony on 8th October 1981. Grade: 1
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Canton, Aerial View of McKinley Memorial and Canton’s Park System (Ohio)
Unused Curteich-Chicago card 1C78-N. Grade: 1
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Mt. Rushmore National Monument (South Dakota)
We hope the Monument will remain as “imperishable” as the caption on this unused Dexter Press card 80774-B promises. Slight aging. Grade: 1
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Shrine in Stone Frame (South Dakota, USA)
In the pantheon of Mount Rushmore postcards, here’s one where you can’t really see it, through the tunnel in the Black Hills. Unused “local” card DK-124. Grade: 1
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Eisenhower Medical Center, Palm Desert (California)
Unused H.S. Crocker Mirro-Krome card CFS-1405-C, serrated edges. Did you know the hospital was built on land donated by Bob Hope? Neither did we. Grade: 1
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Sunset at Mt. Rushmore (South Dakota)
Mailed in the 1970s, with 15-cent stamp and faint postmark and airmail sticker. Serrated edges. Is there room for one more head? Grade: 1
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Ford’s Economic Drive
Unused and unattributed. That’s Jimmy Carter lurking under the hood/bonnet. Grade: 1
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Donald Trump
We pondered what we could write here, and came up with this question: What do James Buchanan, Franklin Pierce, and Donald Trump have in common? They are (or were) all presidents of the United States. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Donald Trump and Mike Pence — 2017 Inauguration
Let a smile be your umbrella on a rainy day. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Rutherford Birchard Hayes
America’s 19th President, and yet another who lost the popular vote (to Samuel Tilden) but won in the Electoral College. He is also, for reasons we won’t go into, a national hero in Paraguay. Unused card from the Hayes State Memorial in Fremont, Ohio. Grade: 1
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Benjamin Harrison
Old (though must be 1901 or later), unused, embossed, and the perfect addition to a collection of American presidents postcards. Grade: 1
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Calvin Coolidge
This postcard dates itself as 1923 (or later) and because of its pristine, unused condition, it would be easy to think this was a reproduction. We genuinely believe it to be an original card because the printing style on the reverse is similar to other cards of that era. Regardless, if you are searching for a Calvin Coolidge postcard (and who isn’t?), here it is, right here waiting for you. Grade: 1
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President Taft at Brockton Fair
This unused card, dated 1912, commemorates President Taft’s visit to the Brockton Fair (Massachusetts) on Oct. 3, 1912. Grade: 1
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Lincoln’s Birthplace, Hodgenville (Kentucky)
Unused E.C. Kropp card 5440 N, not to be confused with similar cards in our site. Grade: 1
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Jefferson Davis Monument, Fairview (Kentucky)
Even in today’s charged climate, monuments like this still abound. Noting the irony that Abraham Lincoln was born not too far from here, we learn from Wikipedia about this monument: “The Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site is a Kentucky state park commemorating the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America… The site’s focal point is a 351-foot (107.0 m) concrete obelisk. In 1973, it was believed to be the fourth-tallest monument in the United States and the tallest concrete-cast one.” Not certain about now. Unused, heavily aged Curteich-Chicago C.T. Art-Colortone linen postcard 2B-H1282. Grade: 1
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J.F. Kennedy and Tito (of Yugoslavia) in 1963 (magnetic)
Sourced from Belgrade’s Museum of Yugoslav History, this unused and contemporary B&W card is flexible and magnetic. The yellow sticker should be able to be peeled off. Grade: 1
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John Quincy Adams
An old, unused, embossed card with an almost invisible thumbtack hole through the eagle’s wing. Slowly, slowly we are edging towards our goal of having at least one card with something about each president, but if you acquire cards randomly, this isn’t so easy — especially if, like Adams — they were born in 1767. Grade: 4
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Mount Rushmore National Memorial (South Dakota)
Unused Mike Roberts card C19208 (B-65) whose captions on the front and back are the same. Grade: 1
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Benjamin Harrison
Mailed in 1909, with stamp and clear Texas postmark. Some postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 2
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Zachary Taylor
We vaguely remember from history class that Taylor didn’t really want the job. Would he want it now? Unused, very old, embossed postcard with a small notch missing from the upper edge. Grade: 4
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Mt. Rushmore (South Dakota, USA)
Nice close-up view on an unused, older card whose caption misspells the first name of the sculptor, Butzon (sic) Borglum. Grade: 1
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James Monroe Home, Charlottesville (Virginia)
The caption in this unused Tuck’s Post Card “In Old Virginia” series 2567 might not be clear, but this view of Ashlawn, President James Monroe’s home at least for awhile, shows a pine tree he planted. It seems the house, now called Highland, is now there as a museum but we’re not certain about the pine tree. A great card for collectors of presidential ephemera. Grade: 1
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President Taft, vacation home (Millbury, Massachusetts)
Arguably one of the most obscure Presidential postcards you’ll ever find, but that makes it even better: divided-back card mailed in 1910, with stamp and most of a postmark, the message makes it apparent that the writer was the niece of Delia C. Torrey, whose home had been President Taft’s vacation destination. The writer adds a note: “He called to see Aunt Delia”. So … only four degrees of separation between you (with the postcard) and Taft. Grade: 1
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Gettysburg Address
Not postally used, but with a message filling the reverse. (And, if you don’t already know, the connection is to President Abraham Lincoln.) Grade: 4
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Grover Cleveland
Yes, an ancient ad card, and so much more. The sales pitch from Bass-Hueter Paint Company fills the message area, and the card was mailed in 1911 with stamp and full San Francisco postmark. Contents on the front, punctuated by President Cleveland, make this a genuine historical relic, worth every penny. Grade: 1
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Jefferson Memorial (Washington, DC)
Dedicated in 1943 to the memory of Thomas Jefferson, and still an imposing and iconic element of the Washington scene, as you see on this unused H.S. Crocker card S-160. Grade: 1
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Springfield, Abraham Lincoln’s Home (Illinois)
One might say the caption in this unused Curteichcolor card 8C-K616 is actually too long, too detailed for most people: costs, dates, reasons, and so on. But there it is, and it can all be yours. Grade: 1
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Washington Monument, Cherry Blossom Time (District of Columbia)
Another unused card, another view — Capsco K-17415 — aging somewhat, but clean. Grade: 1
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Lincoln Memorial and Reflecting Pool (Washington, DC)
Unused old B.S. Reynolds card 40669 (M561) with an impressively unpopulated Arlington, Virginia, in the background. Grade: 1
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Mount Vernon, The West Parlor (Virginia, USA)
Official card 170504 from the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union, featuring Martha Washington’s Chinese export tea service in the foreground. Grade: 1
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Mount Vernon, East Front (Virginia, USA)
Nice, clear view of George Washington’s mansion in this unused “local” postcard PE-102. Grade: 1
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Mount Vernon, Family Dining Room (Virginia, USA)
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 1B-H1269. We look at this scene and can’t help wondering what the Washington family talked about around the dinner table. Grade: 1
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Mt. Vernon, Washington’s Mansion (Virginia, USA)
Unused, old linen Curteich-Chicago card 8A-H3041. The caption says Washington died in the second-story room with the end window, but doesn’t say which end. All we know is that he met his end. Grade: 1
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Mt. Rushmore (South Dakota, USA)
Did you ever wonder where the name “Rushmore” came from? Wikipedia tells us (condensed): “Beginning with a prospecting expedition in 1885 with David Swanzey (husband of Carrie Ingalls), and Bill Challis, wealthy investor Charles E. Rushmore began visiting the area regularly on prospecting and hunting trips. He joked with colleagues about naming the mountain after himself. The United States Board of Geographic Names officially recognized the name “Mount Rushmore” in June 1930.” It had various other names before that, and joking with friends hardly seems like a valid basis to rename a mountain, but there you go. We have two of these unused Dexter Press cards 30863-B. Grades: 1
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Washington Monument and Cherry Blossoms (Washington, DC)
Unused Plastichrome card P5757 (W-128) showing this “tapering Shaft, capped with pure precious aluminum”. (The caption writer had a bright future.) Grade: 1