Category: Farming

Strawberry Pickers Farming Norfolk Virginia 1907c postcard

3/20/2016

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Strawberry Pickers Farming Norfolk Virginia 1907c postcard at the Postcard Deport store on Stanley Gibbons Marketplace here http://bit.ly/1ULswnH

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Dinner in Cow Camp Cattle Drive Cowboys Western 1910c postcard

3/21/2015

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Dinner in Cow Camp Cattle Drive Cowboys Western 1910c postcard

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Cawston Ostrich Farm South Pasadena California postcard

3/5/2014

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The Cawston Ostrich Farm was established by Edwin Cawston who in 1885 imported 50 ostriches from South Africa to start his farm in South Pasadena, California. After an early setback that saw only 18 birds survive the overland railroad trip from Galveston Texas to Pasadena, Cawston was able to breed the flock up to 100 birds.

By the early 1900s, the Cawston Ostrich Farm had grown into a major tourist attraction, combining the exotic with a short trolley ride to and from downtown Los Angeles. A slew of postcard views ensued, permitting visitors to share their day at the farm with those who stayed at home.

While at the farm visitors could ride on the back of ostriches, take a ride in an ostrich drawn carriage, or, as shown above, watch an ostrich race. At the store that was linked to an ostrich product factory on the property, visitors could purchase ostrich-feathered hats, boas, capes and fans to take home as mementos of their day out with the ostriches.

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Exaggerated Corn AT & SF Railroad Car of Kansas Corn Albertype postcard

3/4/2014

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Exaggerated Corn AT & SF Railroad Car of Kansas Corn Albertype postcard

A very nice example of the exaggeration category of postcards from the early twentieth century. Every locale, it seems, engaged in "boosterism" through the medium of the postcard - the biggest corn, celery, fish, etc. or world's longest bridge or tunnel, tallest tower and so forth. There it was for all the world to see - if they believed their eyes...

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Union Stock Yards Chicago Illinois postcard

12/1/2013

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A "busy alley" at the Union Stock Yards, Chicago Illinois circa 1910. The Yards, an iconic Chicago landmark, were the subject of postcards from the early 1900s through to the 1950s when the major meat packing companies left the yards. More on the yards can be found here and here. To see more details on the cards click the images.

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Strawberry Pickers Farming Norfolk Virginia 1907c postcard

Strawberry Pickers Farming Norfolk Virginia 1907c postcard at the Postcard Deport store on Stanley Gibbons Marketplace here http://bit.ly/1ULswnH

Dinner in Cow Camp Cattle Drive Cowboys Western 1910c postcard

Dinner in Cow Camp Cattle Drive Cowboys Western 1910c postcard

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Cawston Ostrich Farm South Pasadena California postcard

Exaggerated Corn AT & SF Railroad Car of Kansas Corn Albertype postcard

Union Stock Yards Chicago Illinois postcard

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Strawberry Pickers Farming Norfolk Virginia 1907c postcard

Strawberry Pickers Farming Norfolk Virginia 1907c postcard at the Postcard Deport store on Stanley Gibbons Marketplace here http://bit.ly/1ULswnH

Dinner in Cow Camp Cattle Drive Cowboys Western 1910c postcard

Dinner in Cow Camp Cattle Drive Cowboys Western 1910c postcardBuy it from our store on 11Main.com and get 30% off your first purchase. Add more cards to your card and save more. Click here http://bit.ly/1CsWOi2

Cawston Ostrich Farm South Pasadena California postcard

Exaggerated Corn AT & SF Railroad Car of Kansas Corn Albertype postcard

Union Stock Yards Chicago Illinois postcard

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Dinner in Cow Camp Cattle Drive Cowboys Western 1910c postcard

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