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San Francisco, skyline
Mailed in 2005 with 70-cent stamp and lots of barcoding on both sides. Grade: 5
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Los Angeles, Glenn Anderson (Century) Freeway (I-105)
Mailed in 2011 from Malaysia (not Los Angeles!) with stamp and partial postmark. The card is stained and heavily handled. Grade: 4
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Greetings from Santa Monica
Mailed in 2011 with Kwanzaa “Forever” stamp but blurred postmark. Grade: 3
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San Francisco Highlights
Photo dated 1988, card mailed in 2012 with three different stamps. Abrasion below the word “Francisco”. Grade: 3
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Pescadero, Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Lighthouse built in 1972 (115′ high), card mailed in 2012 with three different stamps. Illegible postmark, as is the norm now. Grade: 1
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Palm Springs, P.S. I Love You
Mailed from Canada (not Palm Springs!) in 2012 with large stamp. Grade: 3
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Hi from San Diego
Two cards are available. One was mailed in 2011, with three different stamps, USPS barcoding, and address label affixed (Grade: 4, $1) and the other is unused (Grade: 1, $1).
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Redlands TraveLodge
Not postally used, but the original owner typed a one-line note on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Escondido, Avocado Capitol (sic) of the World
Not any more! Not an avocado to be seen in the photo. Two of these unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Chinese slave nurse girl and Chinese baby
Whether the photo comes from California or not, the card 5037 was produced by Cardinell-Vincent Co. of San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles–and was meant for sale in the USA. It’s quite old, and unused. Grade: 2
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Anaheim Disneyland, Mark Twain steamboat
Mailed in 1969 with stamp and postmark. Postmark ink transfer on the front. Grade: 3
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San Diego California in full color – miniature folder (not postcards)
Measuring roughly 2-7/8″ x 4-1/8″, the photos in this little folder all have handwritten notes on the back. Grade: 4
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Yosemite Mountain, Sugar Pine Railroad
Unused card. Some creasing. Grade: 2
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Lassen Volcanic National Park, Climb the Peak
Elevation: 10,457′. Unused card. Grade: 1
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Oceanside Small Craft Harbor, South Basin Shore
We will forever associate this little area with Jolly Roger, whose day may have come and gone but still hangs on–like many of us! Two of these unused cards are available, just starting to age. Grades: 2
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Oceanside Harbor
Two unused cards are available. Grades: 1
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Sequoia National Park, Auto and Tunnel Logs
Unused card. Grade: 1
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Victorville, Roy Rogers – Dale Evans Museum
Unused card captioned “Saturday Morning T.V. Anywhere, U.S.A.” Yes, we can attest to that. Grade: 1
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San Diego Wild Animal Park, White Rhinoceros and South African Ostrich
Unused “Animal Color Series” card no. ZW.1, from the park. Serrated edges. Three cards are available. Grades: 2
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San Diego, Cabrillo National Monument, “Old Spanish Lighthouse”
On Point Loma, and first lighted in 1855. Unused card. Grade: 2
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San Diego, Cabrillo National Monument
On Point Loma, and first lighted in 1855. Unused Plastichrome card P36597, but notably aging. Grade: 2
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Laytonville, Tree House Park
Google is surprisingly coy about the current state of this Tree House Park, but we think they are telling us it’s still there. At any rate, we have two of these unused Mike Roberts postcards C25848. Grades: 1
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Escondido, Escondido Village
Three cards are available. The mall and the cards, both vintage. Unused Amescolor card 44903. Grades: 2
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Santa Cruz Big Tree Grove, “Giant”
Captioned on front and back, this very old Britton & Rey card 6058 is unused but heavily aged. Grade: 3
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California Golden Chain Highway, Highway 49
Mailed in 2012 with a $1.05 stamp but illegible postmark. USPS barcoding. Orange barcoding on the front is virtually invisible. Grade: 1
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Catalina, Douglas DC-3
The informative caption tells about Catalina Flying Boats. The card was mailed in 2012 with four stamps and partly legible postmark. USPS barcoding. Abraded in the sky area on the front. Grade: 3
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Paul Bunyan, Trees of Mystery, Redwood Highway
Maybe we’ve just missed something, but we usually associate Paul Bunyan with northern Minnesota. Here’s proof that he got around, not unlike the wholly mythical Australian folk hero Bronc Morret. Unused Selithco card 812. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Los Angeles, A Palm Drive in California
We wish we could put this up for sale in an exclusive Rodeo Drive bric-a-brac shop and sell it for $900, but who knows, maybe someone will find it and do just that. This very old card is unused but has an (equally old) 1-cent stamp on it, ready to add the additional $1.04 needed for international mailing now. Grade: 3
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San Clemente, Home of Richard M. Nixon
Unused Plastichrome card P86764. Unsure who Nixon was? Google him. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Hollywood, The Glamour City
It has been awhile since this area was glamorous but, who knows, miracles happen, it could come back. It should. Unused Plastichrome card P29702. Grade: 1
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San Francisco International Airport
Mailed in 1955 with 2-cent stamp and full postmark. Grade: 2
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Anaheim, Disneyland
Unused card from a year pre-dating all other Disney theme parks, so it doesn’t say Anaheim anywhere. But we know. Minor abrasion on upper edge. Grade: 2
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San Francisco, Dutch Windmill at Western Entrance to Golden Gate Park
Unused Pictorial Wonderland/Stanley A. Piltz linen card 8A-H2821. Grade: 1
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San Jose, Plaza and Post Office
Not postally used, but with writing and album marks on the reverse. We are not certain if the green area along bottom edge under the building was originally part of the card or not. Grade: 4
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San Pedro, Government Breakwater and Lighthouse
Unused Van Ornum Colorprint card 479. Aging, but still Grade: 2
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San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, The Thinker
Rodin fans should enjoy this. Unused real photo card. Grade: 2
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San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, Windmill
Unused D.N.C. card 192459 (and S.F. 233). Grade: 2
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Palm Springs, Aerial Tramway
Unused Ferris Scott card with impressive index numbers S-55427L2-12 and FS-961. Some staining on the reverse. Grade: 3
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Bakersfield, Bena Station and Locomotive
The caption is long and full of information, but this scene is part of Kern County Museum’s Pioneer Village. Unused card H-5248. Grade: 2
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San Diego, Seaport Village and Harbor Front Hotels
Mailed in 2006 with two stamps and some postal abrasions on the front and back. Grade: 5