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Madison, Lake Mendota
Linen, unused, C.T. Art-Colortone card 3A-H318 (103). We have two of these, and someone lightly penciled the date 1936 on the back of one — easily erased. Grades: 1

Code: 10150249
Price: $3.00
Madison, Moonlight on Lake Mendota
In 1905, with some of the finest handwriting we’ve ever seen (or ever will see), this undivided back card went from Madison to Milwaukee in about ten hours. We know this because the stamp, and sending/receiving postmarks, are there. Not bad for then; unthinkable for now. Minor edge abrasions on this E.C. Kropp card 1357. Grade: 2

Code: 10150250
Price: $8.00
Vista of Madison and Water Front of Lake Mendota
Mailed in 1911 with stamp and one of the clearest postmarks we’ve ever seen anywhere, this undivided back postal has survived but has a small tear at the bottom and some ink transfer on the front. We’ll be generous with the grade because of that postmark. Grade: 3

Code: 10150251
Price: $2.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Lakefront Terrace – Lake Mendota
We begin an extended series of University of Wisconsin postcards with one that — for us, at least — is unusual because the whole card’s message and address are typed instead of handwritten. This was in 1968; stamp and postmark are still there. Grade: 1

Code: 10150252
Price: $3.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Approach to Agricultural Hall
Unused, linen, C.T. Art-Colortone card 3A-H325 (1536). Grade: 1

Code: 10150253
Price: $3.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Ann Emery Hall
From the UW Alumni Association website, slightly condensed, “Ann Emery Hall opened on Oct. 22, 1930, as an independent women’s dorm. Named for a beloved Dean of Women, it swiftly became one of the largest and most popular independent halls on campus. (and) was more reminiscent of a medieval manor house than an institutional dormitory. Sadly, after four decades of service, the hall closed in 1971 due to the increasing demand for off-campus apartments. Ironically, the building on Langdon Street is now a private apartment complex.” The Hall lives on, right here, in this unused Tichnor Quality Views card 63062. Grade: 1

Code: 10150254
Price: $3.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Lathrop Hall
Wikipedia tells us that “Lathrop Hall was built in 1908 as a women’s gym and union of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1985 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places, significant because it is the site of founding of the Athletic Conference of American College Women in 1917, and the site of courses for the first dance major in the U.S. in 1926.” This unused, linen, C.T. Art-Colortone card 3A-H317 (109) has the years 1936-1939 lightly penciled on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 10150255
Price: $3.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Armory, Gymnasium, YMCA
The best way to describe this 1912 postcard is “busy”. Very. With the multiple facilities, stamp, postmark, forwarding, expansive caption (did you know Madison was the “Venice of America”?), extra rubber stamp mark, and absolutely indecipherable handwriting … it has everything. Grade: 2

Code: 10150256
Price: $6.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Henry Quadrangle, College of Agriculture
Mailed in 1931, with stamp and postmark, this card had been folded in half vertically but it is not really disfiguring. There’s a lot to read into the writer’s message … she was a busy gal. Grade: 3

Code: 10150257
Price: $6.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Chadborne (sic) Hall
Interesting background from the University’s Alumni Association: “Dr. Paul A. Chadbourne was chief administrator of UW, from 1867 to 1871. Chadbourne believed that because women were a distraction for men, they were not serious students. He fought to have a sexually segregated campus. So, Ladies Hall was constructed in 1871 to house the Wisconsin Female College. In 1874, after Chadbourne left UW, education was desegregated, and men and women began to share classes. It was then that Ladies Hall stopped housing classes and became just a women’s dormitory. In 1901, Dean Edward A. Birge renamed Ladies Hall as “Chadbourne Hall”. The current Chadbourne Residential College, built in 1959, stands where old Chadbourne Hall previously stood. The Chadbourne facility was occupied by women only until 1995, when it opened its doors to coeducational living.” And the postcard was mailed in 1909, with stamp and postmark, and written by a student whose concerns are timeless. Grade: 1

Code: 10150258
Price: $6.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Chadbourne Hall
Mailed in 1920 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10150259
Price: $6.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, aerial view
A real-photo card mailed in 1909, with stamp and postmark intact. Reading the old messages can be incredibly transporting. Grade: 1

Code: 10150260
Price: $7.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Main Building
Black & white card mailed in 1907 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10150261
Price: $5.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Alpha Epsilon Phi
“Alpha Epsilon Phi is a national sorority, founded October 24, 1909, by seven Jewish women, dedicated to helping women become the best they can be.” This exact sentence is what you learn about the sorority on innumerable websites, though if you want to know when the UW chapter opened … good luck. This postcard is quite old itself, B&W real-photo, unused. Grade: 1

Code: 10150262
Price: $6.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Bascom Hall
Again borrowing from the UW Alumni website, and condensing a bit, “Bascom Hall is one of UW’s oldest and most iconic buildings. While its bones are mostly the same, the current façade has seen quite a few changes since its construction in 1859, then called University Hall or Main Hall. A rounded portico was squared off in 1895, and remains today. The next major change came in 1898 when construction began on the south wing. Enrollment at the university reached 3,000 students by 1905 — and the UW responded by building a north wing. Then, in 1916, came perhaps the most noticeable change: the dome caught fire and burned down, collapsing into a water cistern in the building’s attic (which, legend has it, is still accessible, and the charring is still visible). In 1920, the building was renamed Bascom Hall to honor the former university president John Bascom.” What we at GPS get from this is that the unused B&W real-photo card was printed sometime after 1920. Grade: 1

Code: 10150263
Price: $5.00
Madison, Landing at Esther Beach
In 1909, Mr. O’s daughter nicely fulfilled her obligation to write to her Papa. Well, he appreciated that because he kept the card. Stamp and postmark are there. Grade: 3

Code: 10150264
Price: $4.00
Madison, Esther Park, Lovers’ Lane
Now apparently called Esther Beach Park, though that would not be obvious on this unused old Jas. Moseley card. Grade: 1

Code: 10150265
Price: $4.00
Madison, Aerial View looking Northeast, State Capitol
Unused C.T. Art-Colortone card 5A-H311 (94), also showing Lake Mendota on one side and Lake Monona on the other. Long ago, someone penciled the dates 1936-1939 on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 10150266
Price: $5.00
Madison, State Capitol from Lake Monona
Unused linen E.C. Kropp card 6A-H196 (1807) with a 1936 date lightly penciled on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 10150267
Price: $4.00
Madison, Wisconsin State Historical Society
This is on the University of Wisconsin campus, and the unused Dexter Press postcard 6132-C seems more taken with the mall the building is on than with the building itself. Odd. But Grade: 1

Code: 10150268
Price: $2.00
Madison, University Drive
In 1909, L.B. wrote and mailed this terrific congratulatory postcard to Marie for having been elected to “P.B.K.”, which in the context of the message and the card itself we know to mean “Phi Beta Kappa”. Were we to be diligent enough, we would be able to learn if our guess is right … but it’s a happy old card, with stamp and postmark, and deserves a new home. Grade: 1

Code: 10150269
Price: $5.00
Madison, University Drive
This sepia College Book Store card 20650 went out on a fine summer day in 1908 — stamp and clear postmark attest to that — and it’s one of those cards that really makes us wonder where it went, what paths it followed, from then to now. Grade: 1

Code: 10150270
Price: $5.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Upper Campus – Bascom Hall
Unused linen C.T. Art-Colortone card 6B-H2370 (6015). Grade: 1

Code: 10150271
Price: $3.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin
Here’s an unused and ancient postcard of the university, and the card itself states it is a reproduction of an even earlier sepia photogravure by W.T. Littig & Co. of New York. Grade: 1

Code: 10150272
Price: $4.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Camp Randall Stadium
The expansive caption on this unused 1959 L.L. Cook postcard 18843-B (177Z) tells you what you might want to know. Grade: 1

Code: 10150273
Price: $5.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, University Buildings from Boat House
Undivided back card, mailed in 1908 with stamp and good postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 10150274
Price: $5.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, University Building from City Boat House
Mailed in 1908 with stamp, really clear postmark, and nicely expressive message. Grade: 1

Code: 10150275
Price: $5.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Picnic Point from Observatory Hill
Unused C.T. Art-Colortone linen card 3A-H899 (98). Grade: 1

Code: 10150276
Price: $2.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Carillon Tower – Social Science Building
Unused Dexter Press card 6133-C. Grade: 1

Code: 10150277
Price: $2.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Carillon Tower on Blackhawk Knoll
Unused, linen C.T. Art-Colortone card 5A-H2671 (1799), and long ago the dates “1936-1939” were penciled on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 10150278
Price: $3.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Arboretum and Wild Life Refuge
Unused, linen, C.T. Art-Colortone card 5A-H309 (1652). The scene, as we are told, was an east side view near the Capitol Avenue entrance. Grade: 1

Code: 10150279
Price: $2.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, State Historical Library
Mailed in 1909, with stamp and clear Madison postmark, as well as some postmark ink transfer on the front. Even so, a nicely aged library postcard. Grade: 2

Code: 10150280
Price: $4.00
Madison, State Historical Library
Here’s C.T. Art-Colortone unmailed linen card 3A-H323 (117), with “1936” penciled on the reverse. That looks about right. We know from earlier cards that this building is on the University campus, but, exceptionally, this old postcard doesn’t say so. Grade: 2

Code: 10150281
Price: $2.00
Madison, State Historical Library
Unused. Grade: 1

Code: 10150282
Price: $4.00
Madison, College of Agriculture, University Barn and Silo
With a charming (and complicated) message, stamp, clear postmark from 1911, and some postmark transfer on the front, this is a card for all growing seasons. Grade: 2

Code: 10150283
Price: $6.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, College of Agriculture and Hygiene Laboratory
Unused, with minor staining on the reverse. Grade: 2

Code: 10150284
Price: $2.00
Madison, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Union
Unused Dexter Press card 17188-C, whose caption remarks that “the Memorial Union is the headquarters of all social activities of the University”. Somehow we doubt that was true then, and almost definitely not now. Grade: 1

Code: 10150285
Price: $3.00
Madison, Moonlight on Lake Monona
… at the outlet of the Yahara River. Call us cynical, but to us it looks like a boat’s on fire. Unused linen C.T. Art-Colortone card 3A-H902. Grade: 1

Code: 10150286
Price: $3.00
Madison, St. Mary’s Hospital
Opened in September, 1912, now SSM Health Saint Mary’s Hospital – Madison, formerly St. Mary’s Hospital, is a 440-bed not-for-profit hospital serving 18 surrounding south-central Wisconsin counties. So it, too, is a survivor. Unused Curteich-Chicago card 7A-H479 (739) dating from the late 1930s or early 1940s. Grade: 1

Code: 10150287
Price: $4.00
Madison, Tenney Park
Unused old “local” linen postcard. Grade: 1

Code: 10150288
Price: $3.00

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