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San Francisco, Chinatown at Night
We took particular care to research this card. It’s not common, and desirable, even more because the 2-cent stamp and 1952 postmark are there. Grade: 1
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Calaveras Big Trees State Park
Unused Dexter Press card 72577-B, aged and with underlining and more handwriting in the caption area. Grade: 4
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Los Angeles, Wilshire Boulevard, through Westlake Park
Unused Tichnor Art card T176, aging slightly. Grade: 1
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Chinatown San Francisco
Unused 1971 Jaqua sketch postcard. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Lincoln Park, Palace of the Legion of Honor
Unused, old J.C. Bardell card B-24. Grade: 2
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San Francisco, Alcatraz Island
Unused H.S. Crocker card 5:SF-17-1/2. Grade: 2
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Pasadena, Huntington Library and Museum
Unused Plastichrome card P8934. Grade: 1
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Los Angeles, Hotel Alexandria, Famous Marble Lobby
Ancient, unused postcard with minor age-appropriate abrasions around the edges. Heavily aged. To our surprise, the hotel seems still to be there as a mix of rooms and apartments, but online reviews don’t make it sound like a place we would want to stay. Grade: 2
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Los Angeles, Museum, Exposition Park
Unused, old and significantly aged real-photo card. Grade: 2
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San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge
No shortage of Golden Gate Bridge cards, but if you’re looking for this particular one, here it is, unused, just for you. H.S. Crocker Mirro-Krome 5:SF-1. Grade: 1
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Mohave Desert near Barstow
Honestly, the card makes this look more like Mars than like California, but maybe we went through there at the wrong time. (California, not Mars.) Unused Phostint card 11955. Minor staining around the edges. Grade: 3
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Donner Lake (Union Oil)
Over the years, Union Oil Company of California issued a series of cards (“Tour the West This Year with 76 Gasoline”) depicting western U.S.A. landmarks. This unused, unnumbered card is one of those, from unknown year. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Ferry Building, Foot of Market Street
Unused, older and aging B&W J.C. Bardeli card B-36. Grade: 1
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Mission San Gabriel – Archangel, Stairway to Choir
Unused, very old Benham Indian Trading card 1005, whose caption takes nearly all of the message area. The reverse was also heavily smudged at the time of printing, possibly due to stacking and ink transfer. Grade: 2
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Hi from Catalina
Unused card 1017 from a “California Girls” series. Hi, Sharon! Grade: 1
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San Diego, Torrey Pine
Unused, older card with a crease diagonally through the upper left corner. Grade: 3
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La Canada, Descanso Gardens
Unused card, beginning to age. Grade: 1
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Monterey Bay, Fishing boats at anchor
Unused H.S. Crocker card C-186, aging and with a small diagonal crease on the upper left corner. Grade: 3
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Carmel, Carmel Mission (San Carlos de Borromeo)
Unused Plastichrome card P60940 showing “One of the oldest and best preserved (missions) in the state”. Grade: 1
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Cedar Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, Grizzly Falls
Unused Mike Roberts card C20060, heavily aged. Grade: 2
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Carmel, Carmel Mission, Serra Memorial Sarcophagus
Unused H.S. Crocker postcard CA-145. Grade: 1
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Carmel, Carmel Mission Basilica
Unused. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Mission San Francisco de Asis
Mailed in 1979 with 10-cent stamp, and postmark. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Lombard Street
Unused Mike Roberts card C16625, not to be confused with our similar entry 10105083. (If we lived on Lombard Street, we would make a collection of these.) Grade: 1
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Lake Arrowhead, motor boats and water skiers
Unused, aging card. Grade: 2
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San Luis Rey Mission
Looking very much like a reproduction, this unused old Pacific Novelty card 8617 is actually an original. Grade: 1
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Ballarat
“The ghost town of BALLARAT between Trona and Death Valley was filled with uproarious life …” unlike the postcard itself. Unused Plastichrome P53998. Grade: 1
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Tall stand the trees
Old, unused, B&W card. Grade: 1
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Giant Redwoods
Old, unused, B&W card. Grade: 1
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San Francisco, Arden Wood, Christian Science Benevolent Association
In 1953, David’s mother wrote to him, saying how happy she was there. But if you Google parts of the front caption on this B&W real-photo card (with stamp and postmark) you might come away confused about what’s where. We have done the homework for you. Grade: 2
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Sonoma, Sebastiani Vineyards
Unused Mike Roberts card SC13195, aging. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Southern California
We remember seeing this card in the racks when we lived in Southern California, back in the Dark Ages. So now the card is an antique, though we’re not. Unused H.S. Crocker GW227-B. Grade: 1
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Largest Rose tree in California
Mailed in 1908, with stamp and postmarks from sending and receiving cities very clear, so you can see how long it took the card to move from California to Illinois. Long ago, someone blotted out the name and street address of the recipient with black marker. Grade: 4-
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Asti, Italian Swiss Colony Winery, exterior view
Unused. Grade: 3
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Berkeley, The Campanile of the University of California
Unused Longshaw Card Co. linen postcard 1340. Grade: 1
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Hydraulic Mining at Dutch Flat
An interesting card, not postally used but it had found its way to the collection of the Topeka (Kansas) High School Library, and has their rubber-stamp as well as another notation on the back. A shame the school chose to disband its accumulation, but maybe to your benefit. Grade: 4
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Glendale, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Church of the Recessional
Unused C.T. Art-Colortone linen card 3B-H292. Grade: 1
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Glendale, Methodist Episcopal Church
Unused E.C. Kropp vintage postcard 27506N. Grade: 1
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Beautiful Homes in the Hollywood Hills
Old, unused, aging card. Grade: 1
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La Jolla, La Valencia Hotel
Old Curteich-Chicago linen card 1B-H2496, serrated edges. As a bonus, the hotel itself is still going strong, with excellent online reviews. We know where this hotel is … but we can’t quite afford it! Grade: 1