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San Diego’s Zoo
“Considered by many experts to be the greatest zoo in the world.” Unused card. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Cable Car Sepia
Unused. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Golden Gate Fisheye Reflection
Unused card with an unusual perspective. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, China Town – Peking Bazaar
We like to think it’s an unintended irony that this card was printed in China. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Cable Car Tracks
Unused, high-quality cards. Two are available. Grades: 1
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San Francisco, Alcatraz and Diving Pelican (Version B)
Two of these unused cards are available, high-quality. Compare with the design–and the same caption–of our item 10105582. Grades: 1
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San Francisco, Alcatraz with Seagulls
Unused. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, 18 April 1906 Earthquake
Contemporary card, mailed in 2013 with five different stamps (two are uncancelled), faint postmark, and address label glued on. Grade: 4
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Los Angeles, Coliseum and skyline
Mailed in 2013, the card has a US Postage Meter label, bar coding, and no postmark. Grade: 2
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San Francisco, Chinatown
Classico card 710-009, mailed in 2013 with three different stamps, and postmark. Postal barcoding on both sides, though only barely visible on the front. Grade: 2
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San Diego, Ramona’s Mariage Place
This ancient, unused B&W card takes more explaining than it’s worth. Real name: Casa de Estudilloo, an adobe structure dating back to 1827 and one of the oldest surviving examples of Spanish architecture in California–now well renovated. Consider this card to be the “before” view. Grade: 2
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San Francisco, Powell Street Cable Cars
Unused Mike Roberts card B238 (S25), serrated edges. Aging. Grade: 2
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California Desert Animals
Unused Colorscope card S-6049, with every one of the animals identified in the caption. Grade: 1
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Sacramento, multiple views
Among the views on this unused Smith Novelty card S-079: Imax Theatre; Sacramento, K-Street and Light Rail; and the Visitor’s and Convention Center. Grade: 1
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Sacramento, The Delta King
Unused Smith Novelty card S-039 of a 1927 vessel now permanently docked in Old Sacramento as a hotel and restaurant. Grade: 1
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Sacramento, State Capitol, multiple views
The caption on the back of this unused Smith Novelty card S-029 gives a surprising amount of detail in a short space. The sculpture is by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, is called “Columbus’ Last Appeal to Queen Isabella,” weighs 40 tons, is made of carrera marble; and that’s just some of it. Grade: 1
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“All Aboard,” California State Railroad Museum
Unused Smith Novelty card S-038. Grade: 1
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Old Sacramento, horse-drawn buggies
Unused Smith Novelty Co. card S-067. Grade: 1
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Sacramento, map
Something for everyone on this unused Colorscope card S-5072. Grade: 1
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West Sacramento, Raley Field
Built in 2000 and currently home to the Triple A Sacramento River Cats baseball team. Unused Colorscope card S-3095. Aging slightly. Grade: 1
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Sacramento, River and Tower Bridge
Unused Smith Novelty card S-080. Grade: 1
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Sacramento, Fireworks over Tower Bridge
Unused Smith Novelty card S-054. Grade: 1
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Sacramento, aerial view down Capitol Avenue
Unused Smith Novelty card S-055. Grade: 1
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Sacramento, The Pony Express Statue
Unused Smith Novelty card S-019. Grade: 1
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Streets of Old Sacramento, multiple views
Unused Smith Novelty card S-077. Grade: 1
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Hi…from California Sun Buns
Unused Colorscope card S-5015. Yes, they have pretty much nailed California. Grade: 1
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Georgetown, multiple views
Once a 19th century gold mining camp, now living on as “The Pride of the Mountains” on this unused Colorscope card S-763. Grade: 1
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Auburn, Placer County Courthouse
Unused Colorscope card S-46. Grade: 1
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Placerville, Gold Bug Mine
Unused Colorscope card S-22. Grade: 1
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Coloma, Old Chinese Store
There’s more: this is in the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park. Unused Colorscope card S-3228. Grade: 1
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Coloma, Sutter’s Mill Then and Now
Unused Smith Novelty card S-028. This is where James Marshall discovered gold in 1848. This also leads us to wonder: why isn’t it called “Marshall’s Mill”? Oh well … Grade: 1
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Lake Tahoe, map
Informative, unused Impact card 66487. Grade: 1
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Lake Tahoe, Emerald Bay sunset
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Lake Tahoe, ski (42352)
Unused card #42352, one of several different photos with essentially the same caption. Grade: 1
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Lake Tahoe, ski (42353)
Unused card #42353, one of several different photos with essentially the same caption. Grade: 1
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Heavenly, Lake Tahoe, cable car (47534)
Unused card #47534. Grade: 1
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Heavenly, Lake Tahoe, ski
Unused card #47509. Grade: 1
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Lake Tahoe – Did You Know?
From the popular “Did You Know?” series, an unused and embossed card. Grade: 1
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Lake Tahoe, black bear
Somehow they made this young specimen of Ursus americanus not look cute. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Lake Tahoe, Emerald Bay
Unused Impact card #42339. Grade: 1