Showing 201–240 of 338 postcards

  • Upper Dells, Stand Rock

    Unused, aging, but yet somehow aggressive Mike Roberts card C2949, showing “the most famous rock formation in the Dells of the Wisconsin River” and “one of the most famous in the world”.  Though we’re not so certain about that claim, both the card and the natural feature are impressive in their own ways.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150209

    Price: $3.00

    Upper Dells, Stand Rock
  • Lower Dells, Baby Grand Piano

    Unused “local” card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150210

    Price: $2.00

    Lower Dells, Baby Grand Piano
  • Lower Dells, Hawk’s Bill

    Unused “local” card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150211

    Price: $2.00

    Lower Dells, Hawk’s Bill
  • Lower Dells, Lone Rock

    More of a caption on this unused “local” card — actually a bit gushing — than on some others.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150212

    Price: $2.00

    Lower Dells, Lone Rock
  • Lower Dells, The Sugar Bowl

    Some explanation of the scene, in the caption of this unused “local” postcard.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150213

    Price: $2.00

    Lower Dells, The Sugar Bowl
  • Wisconsin Dells, The “Badger” entering Cold Water Canyon

    Unused Dexter Press card 88626.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150214

    Price: $2.00

    Wisconsin Dells, The “Badger” entering Cold Water Canyon
  • Wisconsin Dells, Chimney Rock, The “Badger”

    Unused Dexter Press card 88629.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150215

    Price: $2.00

    Wisconsin Dells, Chimney Rock, The “Badger”
  • Lower Dells, Duck and the High Rock Formations

    Some local publishers seem to be using older photos and reproducing them on more contemporary descriptions.  Like this one — but no guarantees.  The card was mailed in 2014 with a round Global Forever stamp and postmark.  USPS barcoding straddles the lower reverse.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150216

    Price: $1.00

    Lower Dells, Duck and the High Rock Formations
  • Wisconsin Dells, Duck at Hawk’s Bill

    Unused “local” card J4275, not really an ad card but promoting the tours.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150217

    Price: $2.00

    Wisconsin Dells, Duck at Hawk’s Bill
  • Wisconsin Dells, Hornet’s Nest

    Unused, aging, Curteich-Chicago linen card 0B-H16.  We’re not certain if “tautology” is exactly the right way to describe the caption on the reverse, but it says “HORNET’S NEST has the shape and general appearance of an immense hornet’s nest.”  Whatever, we like this card more than some of the newer cards showing the same general area.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150218

    Price: $4.00

    Wisconsin Dells, Hornet’s Nest
  • Wisconsin Dells, Lost Canyon

    Unused “local” card CP4621.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150219

    Price: $2.00

    Wisconsin Dells, Lost Canyon
  • Blue Mounds, Little Norway

    This outdoor museum in “The Valley of the Elves” on an unused Curteichcolor card 8C-K1782.  It’s starting to age a bit.  The card, not the museum.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150220

    Price: $1.00

    Blue Mounds, Little Norway
  • Hayward, Teal Lake, Johnny’s Hidaway

    Maybe if they had spelled “Hidaway” correctly (Hideaway), or if they had not chosen a generic Dexter Press S-73474 design of a yearling black bear cub instead of showing their own property, they might still be in business.  Yes, yes, we know, easy for us to say from so far away in time and distance.  Unused, and we have two of these.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150221

    Price: $1.00

    Hayward, Teal Lake, Johnny’s Hidaway
  • New Glarus, Floral Clock

    While the unused older postcard describes New Glarus as “home of the Wilhelm Tell Drama”, Wikipedia expands on this somewhat and describes the town as “a popular tourist destination best known for its Swiss heritage, old world architecture, ethnic dining, small independently owned craft brewery, and outdoor festivals”.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150222

    Price: $2.00

    New Glarus, Floral Clock
  • Horicon Marsh, migrating Canada geese

    This unused L.L. Cook card 103354 does show a lot of geese.  For more about just where Horicon Marsh is, Wikipedia writes:  “Horicon Marsh is located in northern Dodge and southern Fond du Lac counties … the site of both a national and a state wildlife refuge. The silted-up glacial lake is the largest freshwater cattail marsh in the United States”.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150223

    Price: $2.00

    Horicon Marsh, migrating Canada geese
  • Tomahawk, Greetings

    Greetings from Tomahawk, Wis. imprinted on the front of this unused, generic card whose caption reads “Fishing in a Likely Spot”.  The only trouble is, he doesn’t seem to be fishing.  Grade: 2

    Code: 10150224

    Price: $1.00

    Tomahawk, Greetings
  • Milwaukee, Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, domes

    Unused card J4959 from the park itself.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150225

    Price: $2.00

    Milwaukee, Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, domes
  • Fond Du Lac, Galloway House Museum

    (Yes, we know the D in Du should be small, but this is how the Postcard does it in the caption.)  Leaving that aside, this unused “local” card does sort of make us want to visit, if only because we ourselves go back far enough to recall some places not so different from this in real life.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150226

    Price: $3.00

    Fond Du Lac, Galloway House Museum
  • Racine, The Old Mill Dam

    Even before Curteich attribution, there was C.T. Art-Colortone, as it is on this unmailed old linen card 9A-H425 with some lightly penciled writing on the back.  Is the dam still there?  When we Google, all we find is old postcards.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10150227

    Price: $3.00

    Racine, The Old Mill Dam
  • Wausau, Rib Mountain State Park

    Unused Dexter Press card 45390 (W-3), a nicely laconic and brief caption.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150228

    Price: $2.00

    Wausau, Rib Mountain State Park
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin Avenue

    An unused L.L. Cook card (3DK-907) (116Z), beginning to age on the back but clearly showing the Science Building of Marquette University and Gesu Church.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150229

    Price: $3.00

    Milwaukee, Wisconsin Avenue
  • Greetings from Wild Rose

    An unused, generic card captioned “Yellow Gold!” and imprinted with “Greetings from Wild Rose, Wis.” on the back.  Significant staining renders this postcard as Grade: 5

    Code: 10150230

    Price: $0.50

    Greetings from Wild Rose
  • Greetings from Wisconsin

    Modern version of an older design for large letter postcards … mailed in 2021, with round Global Forever stamp, and postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150231

    Price: $2.00

    Greetings from Wisconsin
  • Wausau, Winter Scene – Rib Mountain

    We suspect from the “real” caption on the reverse of this unused Dexter Press card  82565 (317) that it’s generic and was adapted by Wausau/Rib Mountain for their own use.  A dim caption appears on the lower right front corner.  Either way, it’s a nice and tranquil view.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150232

    Price: $2.00

    Wausau, Winter Scene – Rib Mountain
  • Milwaukee, The Grand Avenue

    You might think:  what’s there to say about a card with a shopping mall?  Wikipedia to the rescue:  “The Avenue (previously known as The Grand Avenue, The Shops of Grand Avenue and Shops of Grand Avenue) is an urban shopping plaza currently under renovation that spans three city blocks in the downtown neighborhood of Westown.  The Avenue has been the only major indoor shopping facility in Milwaukee with the closing of Capitol Court in 2000 and the Northridge Mall in 2003 due to competition from newly renovated malls in nearby suburbs.”  True now or not, this unused card makes it look Grand indeed.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150233

    Price: $3.00

    Milwaukee, The Grand Avenue
  • Crystal Lake, Reigh’s Resort

    This real-photo card was first mailed in 1912 — postmark is there but stamp is not.  The message could have been written yesterday!  Resort is long-gone, though.  Heavy handling, but authentic.  Grade: 4

    Code: 10150234

    Price: $6.00

    Crystal Lake, Reigh’s Resort
  • Cambridge, Lake Ripley, Arbor Dell

    A real-photo card mailed in 1912, with stamp and clear postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150235

    Price: $8.00

    Cambridge, Lake Ripley, Arbor Dell
  • Eagle River, Road to Tysons

    Mailed in 1923, this real-photo card has half its postmark and a quarter of its stamp.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10150236

    Price: $3.00

    Eagle River, Road to Tysons
  • Elkhorn, Hotel Sterlingworth

    Online, someone had a different card of this hotel along with the description we are borrowing:  “Sterlingworth hotel on Lauderdale Lakes … The hotel burned sometime in the late 60’s … A new one was built, and I remember going out to eat in their dining room in the early 70’s. Sometime after that, it was converted to condos, and became closed to the general public.”  Honestly the picture makes it look more like a sanitarium but the card itself is good, mailed in 191_ (can’t make that out) with stamp and postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150237

    Price: $8.00

    Elkhorn, Hotel Sterlingworth
  • Genoa Jct., “Snowed In”, Jan. 1910

    An unused postcard in as good condition as that freshly fallen snow.  It was Wisconsin.  It was winter.  What did they expect?  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150238

    Price: $12.00

    Genoa Jct., “Snowed In”, Jan. 1910
  • Grand Rapids, Grand Ave. looking East

    Unused card from long ago.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150239

    Price: $7.00

    Grand Rapids, Grand Ave. looking East
  • Grand Rapids, Wisconsin River Dam

    Unused card, clean but with a small part of the lower right corner missing.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10150240

    Price: $4.00

    Grand Rapids, Wisconsin River Dam
  • A View of Holy Hill

    Unused and old.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150241

    Price: $3.00

    A View of Holy Hill
  • Janesville, Milwaukee St. Looking East from Franklin

    An unmailed postcard with a priceless message written on the reverse … John was so proud of himself, rightly so.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10150242

    Price: $5.00

    Janesville, Milwaukee St. Looking East from Franklin
  • Kenosha, Penoyer (sic) Sanitarium

    From the Wisconsin Historical Society, “The Pennoyer Sanitarium, later called the Pennoyer Home, was built in 1890 on the north end of Milwaukee Avenue. It was later used as St. Catherine’s Hospital until it was razed about 1930.”  The unused postcard has been handled a lot, and folded horizontally although this is quite a faint flaw.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10150243

    Price: $9.00

    Kenosha, Penoyer (sic) Sanitarium
  • Norwalk German Lutheran Church

    Clearly not *just* a church, and a routine Google search has more blindsides than a Survivor Tribal Council.  Here’s a condensed excerpt from the Waymarking website:  “This church is identified on searches as St Jacob. The signs say St John. When WWI came to America, the government expected full cooperation for the war effort and all things non German. This caused a serious problem the Wisconsin Synod Lutheran church as they were of German background. The church itself refused to preach with support for the war effort … This caught the ire of both patriotic Americans and the government. One such target was Rev Otto Engel, who was the pastor at St Jacob. Rev Engel formed the American Liberty League (and) ultimately (he) was targeted by the Justice Department. He soon became the most detailed and intrusive target of the entire Wisconsin Synod.  The Department of Justice went after Rev Engel so fiercely that they interrogated children, raided his house three times after he left Norwalk, and tried many times to trap (him) into being guilty of the Espionage Act.  In the end Rev Engel was not indicted and ended up going to Poland to start a new church for war torn Germans there.  The building itself is still in amazing condition. It has the year AD 1900 embossed at its base and is very well maintained.”   We tell you all this because, first, it’s interesting; second, the card has Rev. Engel’s name; and third, the card almost steers you to La Crosse as the location, which it’s not — not to mention the different name of the church itself.  Martha could not have known all this when she mailed the card to Emma in 1910, with stamp and postmark.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150244

    Price: $6.00

    Norwalk German Lutheran Church
  • Ladysmith, Street Scene

    We can picture ourselves transported there as part of a Twilight Zone episode … the photo is that evocative.  Unused, B&W, real-photo card.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150245

    Price: $8.00

    Ladysmith, Street Scene
  • Lake Geneva, Moonlight Silhouette

    Mailed in 1928 with stamp and nice postmark, the concept behind this card may have been better than the muddled execution but the writer was pleased with everything.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150246

    Price: $3.00

    Lake Geneva, Moonlight Silhouette
  • Little Cedar Lake, Hotel Wolfrum Landing

    In 1912, Aunty Virginia kindly wrote the date she mailed this real-photo card to her nephew.  The card survives, with stamp and postmark, as a nice reminder of “wish you were here” thoughts.  Grade: 1

    Code: 10150247

    Price: $6.00

    Little Cedar Lake, Hotel Wolfrum Landing
  • Little Cedar Lake, Wolfrum’s Resort

    Somewhat formally mailed in 1912, with stamp and clear postmark, and some not-disfiguring creasing.  Grade: 3

    Code: 10150248

    Price: $4.00

    Little Cedar Lake, Wolfrum’s Resort