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Columbus, The Storage Dam on Scioto River
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 2A-H750. Grade: 1
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West Liberty, Ohio Caverns, The Colonnade
Unused but heavily aged and tape-marked Curteich-Chicago linen card 1B-H2563. Grade: 5
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Ashtabula County, Giddings Road Covered Bridge
The bridge dates only from 1995 and the card from 2012, mailed with three stamps (one uncancelled) and blurred postmark. Grade: 1
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Lighthouse at Grand Lake
Unused card #3 in a series of “Let’s Explore Ohio” available from Standard Oil gas stations. The lighthouse itself is a reproduction of England’s Eddystone Lighthouse at Land’s End. Card has the SOHIO logo. Very minor fingermarking. Grade: 1
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Put-In-Bay, South Bass Island Lighthouse
Unused Curteichcolor card 7C-K1892, gently aging, of a structure built in 1897. Grade: 1
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Cleveland, Coast Guard Station and Lighthouse
Unused Curteichcolor card 1DK-1820 (K.53), aging but still Grade: 1
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Fairport, Lighthouse and Marine Museum
Unused Plastichrome card P44745 of a lighthouse dating back to 1825. There’s a small smudge on the reverse. Grade: 2
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Columbus, The Storage Dam
Unused Valentine-Souvenir Co. card 21165, heavily handled and well-loved over the years. Grade: 3
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Five lion cubs born at the Cincinnati Zoo
The front of this old local unused card is OK. But it had been pasted into an album, so the reverse is severely disfigured by marks where that was done. Grade: 5
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Columbus, Ohio State University
If this postcard was meant to represent the entire school, there’s no doubt where priorities lie! Mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1
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Columbus, Ohio State University, Medical Health Center
Dated 1961 and mailed in 1968, with 5-cent stamp and partly readable postmark. Grade: 1
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Greetings from Ohio
Mailed in 2013, with round “Global Forever” stamp and blurry postmark. Grade: 1
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Kent, Erie Crew
“Local” card showing the crew of Erie Steam Engine #1407 way back in the day. The card is contemporary, however, mailed in 2013 with round “Global Forever” stamp and faint postmark. Abrasion on bottom right front corner. Grade: 4
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Columbus, Ohio Historical Center Auditorium
The caption on this unused card can praise the Auditorium all it wants, but what you see is what you get. Dexter Press 77888-C, aging. Grade: 2
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Greetings from Bucyrus
Nice, clean, unused, large-letter, Curteich-Chicago card 5C25-N. Grade: 1
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Lake Erie, Marblehead Lighthouse
Unused 1996 postcard. Grade: 1
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Put-in-Bay, Perry Memorial
As there’s no further caption on this unused card, you’re expected to know who Perry was. Easy enough to find out. Grade: 2
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Cleveland, Carter Hotel
Mailed in 1952 but the stamp is gone and the card is in poor condition. Grade: 5
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Columbus, Ohio Historical Society, Diary of David Zeisberger
Flimsy old, unused, smudged card issued by the Society. Grade: 3
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Cleveland, Browns Stadium
Mailed in 2014, with round “Global Forever” stamp and much of the postmark. Grade: 1
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Toledo, Masonic Temple
Genuinely antique postcard, B&W, attributed as The Toledo Blade Souvenir. Unused. Grade: 2
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Dayton, View of Main St.
Mailed in 1907, with stamp and sending/receiving postmarks overlapping each other. Grade: 3
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Cleveland at dusk
Mailed in 1978, with two stamps and partly legible postmark. Grade: 3
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Bellevue, Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum
Unused 1996 Mary Jayne card J17918 showing Nickel Plate Road’s No. 900, an EMD GP-30 donated by Norfolk Southern (all this is from the caption). Grade: 1
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Bellevue, Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum, Plymouth Diesel Switcher
Unused 1996 Mary Jayne card J18070. The caption gives plenty of information about this switcher. Grade: 1
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Bellevue, Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum, Wheeling & Lake Erie RR Depot
Unused 1996 Mary Jayne card J18042. The Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad’s Curtice (Ohio) depot, built in 1882, was moved to the museum. Grade: 1
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Carroll County, Top o’ the Farm Restaurant
If this restaurant is still there, at Conestoga Farm, it’s well hidden inside Google. We couldn’t find it on our first search. Unused Koppel card 155349. Grade: 1
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Cleveland, Bird’s-Eye View of Art Museum and Fine Arts Garden
Unused, old and heavily aged linen C.T. Art-Colortone card 5A-H1763 (C.22). Grade: 2
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Greetings from Cleveland Ohio
Unused Curteichcolor card 9CK2986 with a nicely eclectic caption. Grade: 2
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Ore Boat Leaving Port, on Lake Erie
Not postally used, this Curteich-Chicago linen card 7A-H772 has a vacation notation written into the message area. Grade: 4
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Cincinnati, Eden Park Conservatory, Palm House Scene
Unused Plastichrome card P54851, aging. Grade: 1
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Cincinnati, Eden Park Conservatory, Easter Display
Unused Plastichrome card P54850. Grade: 2
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Cincinnati, Columbia Avenue Viaduct
Only the front of this linen card is good. The back has major stains from an album and causes Grade: 5
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Cincinnati, Sunlite Pool, Coney Island
The front of this unmailed linen card is OK. The reverse is badly disfigured by album remnants. Grade: 5
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Cincinnati Art Museum, “Ruins of the Chateau Pierrefonds” (J.B.C. Corot)
Unused real-photo card. Grade: 2
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Cincinnati, Fountain Square at Night
Unmailed Plastichrome card P8658 with “1960s” inked above the address area. Grade: 3
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Cleveland, Terminal Tower
Significantly aged, unmailed Plastichrome card P72469, with a note inked into the stamp area. Grade: 4
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Coshocton, Muskingum River
Unused, aging E.C. Kropp card 17345N. Grade: 2
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Dayton, Mutual Home Bldg.
Pasted black album remnants on the back of this unmailed card mean it is Grade: 5
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Greetings from Parkman
Mailed in 1924, with stamp and full Cleveland postmark. Grade: 2