2024 Private
1 photo
2024 Public
151 photos, 1 video
Pinback Buttons
6 photos
Postal Cards
6 photos
Acquaintance Cards
110 photos
Definition from the Encyclopedia of Ephemera (Routledge, 2000), p 4:
"A novelty variant of the American calling card of the 1870s and 1880s, the acquaintance card was used by the less formal...
Type and Lettering
1665 photos
Calling Cards
224 photos
Calling cards from the Victorian era and later. See also Acquaintance Cards and Sentiment Cards.
Grange Fair
1 photo
Playgrounds
6 photos
Strange and Unusual
302 photos
Advertising Trade Cards
316 photos
See also Business Cards.
Business Cards
298 photos
See also Advertising Trade Cards.
Labels and Tags
125 photos
Vintage Photos
1565 photos
For additonal photos, see the following sets: Cabinet Cards and CDVs, Celluloid Photographic Medallions, Photos, Real Photo Postcards, and Souvenir Photos.
Miscellaneous Ephemera
283 photos
Christmas
307 photos
Postcards, greeting cards, trade cards, calling cards, photos, and other ephemera associated with Christmas. See also New Year.
Postcards
915 photos
For other postcard sets, see Advertising Postcards, Pennsylvania Postcards, Real Photo Postcards, and Tall-Tale Postcards.
Children in Vintage Photos
512 photos
Die Cuts
140 photos
A Celebration of Excellence: Honoring the Madlyn...
39 photos
Celebrating the Hanes Library's designation as the PLA Library of the Year 2023.
This album contains my photos from "A Celebration of Excellence: Honoring the Madlyn L Hanes Library," an...
Animals in Printed Ephemera
472 photos
Cats and Dogs
148 photos
Photos, postcards, trade cards, calling cards and other items of ephemera that depict or mention cats and dogs.
Broadsides, Handbills, Signs, Posters, Etc.
155 photos
Broadsides, handbills, signs, posters, brochures, leaflets, etc.
See also Letterheads and Billheads.
Real Photo Postcards
934 photos
For additonal photos, see the following sets: Cabinet Cards and CDVs, Celluloid Photographic Medallions, Photos, Real Photo Postcards, and Souvenir Postcards.
Comic Postcards
470 photos
Funny vintage postcards, including some humorous novelty and souvenir cards.
Food and Drink
218 photos
See also: Fasnachts and Doughnuts, Ice Cream, and Menus.
Tickets and Passes
277 photos
Devilish Doings
25 photos
Advertising Postcards
164 photos
Vintage Photos Theme Park Contributions
731 photos
My weekly contributions to the Vintage Photos Theme Park group on Ipernity.
Most Viewed Vintage Photos, Dec. 22, 2019
25 photos
Smiles
46 photos
Steamboats
18 photos
Haines Shoe House, Hellam, Pa.
3 photos
Perry County, Pa.
22 photos
Funny Bunnies
10 photos
Monograms
21 photos
Photocopy Humor
2 photos
Salt River
3 photos
Telegrams and Telegraphy
12 photos
Vintage Decorated Vehicles
13 photos
Vintage Readers
28 photos
Awkward
19 photos
A Little Strange + A Little Embarrassing = Awkward
April Fools and Fish
30 photos
Cars and Trucks in Printed Ephemera
109 photos
Cigarette Cards
5 photos
Floraflage
7 photos
Fort Indiantown Gap
2 photos
Gunslingers
49 photos
Meal Tickets
4 photos
Rocks and Stones in Vintage Photos and Postcards
47 photos
Santa Claus in Printed Ephemera
68 photos
Vintage Squinters
22 photos
Williamsport and Lycoming County, Pa.
22 photos
AcqCardList
21 photos
Anthropomorphic Antics
146 photos
Animals and objects acting like humans.
Atomic
13 photos
Beaches and Shores
29 photos
Borders and Frames
50 photos
Calling Cards with Photographs
14 photos
Clapsaddle Classics
16 photos
Postcards by Ellen H. Clapsaddle (1865-1934)
Harvest Home
3 photos
Inset and Add-On Photos
13 photos
Photos added to postcards and other items. See also Calling Cards with Photographs.
Tools, Machinery, and Equipment
131 photos
Miniature Railroads
6 photos
New York City
51 photos
Norristown and Montgomery County, Pa.
14 photos
Pennant Postcards
14 photos
Photobombs—Photographic Spoilers
13 photos
Twins and Triplets
13 photos
Stereoviews
9 photos
Umbrellas and Parasols
23 photos
Vintage Photos of Groups
146 photos
Advance Cards
11 photos
Children Standing on Chairs
16 photos
Cows
33 photos
and other bovines
Disembodied Heads
48 photos
Flying Saucers
10 photos
Hats
192 photos
Insects
33 photos
Johnstown and Cambria County, Pa.
11 photos
Lawn Mowers
9 photos
Movie Theaters and Drive-Ins
15 photos
Patents
13 photos
Pipe-Smoking Man and His Family
15 photos
Playing Cards
15 photos
QSL Cards
3 photos
Vintage Photos of Buildings
121 photos
Poems and Rhymes
132 photos
Boats and Ships
96 photos
Soldiers and Sailors
69 photos
Military and patriotic themes in photos and ephemera.
Lincoln Highway
29 photos
Toys
144 photos
Working All the Live-Long Day
47 photos
Before and After
13 photos
Flowers in Vintage Photos and Ephemera
154 photos
Gaslight Style
49 photos
Victorian printed ephemera in the Gaslight Style, which uses bold colors, unique typefaces, flowing banners, shadowing, superimposition, and other design elements to produce an intricate...
☞Manicules
48 photos
Mirror Photos
19 photos
Saint Patrick's Day
18 photos
A selection of Saint Patrick's Day postcards dating to the early 1900s.
Trees and Plants in Vintage Photos
47 photos
Space
51 photos
Weddings and Marriages
22 photos
Photos and ephemera related to weddings, marriages, honeymoons, etc. Includes Tom Thumb weddings and similar mock ceremonies.
Schultüten (School Cones)
11 photos
Agricultural and Industrial Museum, York, Pa.
1 photo
Magazines
3 photos
Fourth of July
90 photos
South America in Vintage Slides
4 photos
Photographic Greeting Cards
61 photos
Greeting cards reproduced photographically or with an added photo.
Amusement Parks
62 photos
Envelopes
8 photos
Oh You Kid! and Its Variants
10 photos
Typewriters
19 photos
Misc
9 photos
Fires, Firefighters, and Fire Companies
35 photos
Printed ephemera and photos related to firefighters, fire stations, and fires.
Baths, Bathhouses, and Bathing
8 photos
Birthdays
34 photos
Books, Magazines, Libraries, Bookstores
121 photos
Books, magazines, newspapers, booklets, catalogs, booksellers, libraries, and so forth.
Buses
20 photos
Ephemera and found photos related to buses.
Calendars
33 photos
Carlisle and Cumberland County, Pa.
24 photos
Celluloid Photographic Medallions
6 photos
Celluloid photo medallions and plaques.
Cyanotypes
16 photos
Dances and Dancers
87 photos
Entertainments and Amusements
85 photos
See also Dances and Dancers, Fairs and Expos, Music and Musicians, Roller Skating, and Whoa Whoa Whoa It's Magic!
Ephemeral Artists
111 photos
Postcards, trade cards, and other paper ephemera with identifiable artists or creators, including artist signed works.
Artists: E. C. Banks, C. Chapman, Ellen H. Clapsaddle, Cassius Marcellus...
Families in Vintage Photos
89 photos
Flights of Fancy
117 photos
Ephemera related to real or imagined airplanes, parachutes, helicopters, rockets, spaceships, and other fancy flying machines and equipment.
Fundraisers
20 photos
Ephemera from fundraising activities by groups and organizations.
Gettysburg and Adams County, Pa.
31 photos
Groundhog Day
18 photos
Hands
48 photos
Hotels and Motels
117 photos
Lancaster County, Pa.
141 photos
Postcards, trade cards, and other printed ephemera from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
See also separate sets for Lancaster, Pa. and Landisville and Salunga, Pa.
Landisville and Salunga, Pa.
30 photos
Postcards, trade cards, and other printed ephemera from Landisville and Salunga, adjacent towns located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
See also separate sets for Lancaster, Pa., and Lancaster...
Lebanon County, Pa.
49 photos
Letterheads and Billheads
26 photos
Lost Children of the Alleghenies
8 photos
For information regarding the sad story of George and Joseph Cox, which took place in 1856, see the Wikipedia entry on the Lost Children of the Alleghenies. Their story was also the subject of Alison...
Matchbooks and Matchboxes
22 photos
Mays Family Ephemera
32 photos
Memorial Day
10 photos
Middletown, Pa.
32 photos
Postcards, trade cards, business cards, photos, and other ephemera related to the town of Middletown, which is located in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania
For other Dauphin County ephemera, see also...
New Year
108 photos
Postcards, greeting cards, trade cards, calling cards, photos, and other ephemera associated with New Year. See also Christmas.
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Novelty Fun Cards
6 photos
Examples from a set of twelve "highly amusing fun cards."
Optical Illusions
13 photos
Optical illusions and special effects.
Penn Park Pictures
8 photos
Real photo postcards from Penn Park Studio, which had locations in York and Hanover, Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Postcards
156 photos
Pluck Art Printery
95 photos
Pluck Art Printery, also known at different times as Pluck Art Print, Pluck Print, Pluck Electric Print, and--after 1914--Landis Art Press, was a printery in Lancaster, Pa., run by David Bachman...
Precaptioned Pics
4 photos
One of the dealers at a local antique mall sells a variety of old photos, and I usually find a few interesting images each time I visit. I noticed that the dealer occasionally adds pithy...
Printers and Printing
28 photos
See also Pluck Art Print.
Railroad Ephemera
174 photos
Tickets, passes, postcards, trade cards, and other printed ephemera dealing with railroads, trains, and inclined planes.
Religious Ephemera
125 photos
Rewards of Merit
41 photos
Sentiment Cards
6 photos
"Sentiment cards [are] small, single-sided cards printed with greetings or messages on morality [and] were popular in the United States during the nineteenth century....Some may have done double...
Sliders, Spinners, and Wheels
33 photos
Something's Fishy
50 photos
Trade cards, postcards, photos, and other ephemera related to fish and fishing.
Stamps
46 photos
Students, Teachers, and Schools
163 photos
See also Rewards of Merit.
Telephones
23 photos
Telephones depicted or mentioned in postcards, photos, and other items of printed ephemera.
Thanksgiving
89 photos
Postcards and other ephemera associated with Thanksgiving.
Valentine's Day
80 photos
Valentine's Day cards, with some extra humorous cards thrown in for good measure. See also Vinegar Valentines.
Magicians, Ventriloquists, and Hypnotists
23 photos
Ephemera related to magic, ventriloquism, and hypnotism.
Women in Business and Society
36 photos
Women's trade cards, business cards, calling cards, and other types of ephemera.
York County, Pa.
84 photos
We Are Showroom Dummies
10 photos
Clyde Peeling's Reptiland
42 photos
Trip to Clyde Peeling's Reptiland in Allenwood, Pa., on July 12, 2007.
Eldred World War II Museum
2 photos
Elk Country Visitor Center
2 photos
Elmira, N.Y.
33 photos
A selection of photos from the National Soaring Museum, Harris Hill Soaring Center, Woodlawn Cemetery, Mark Twain's grave, Mark Twain's Study, Elmira College.
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
11 photos
Lincoln Train Museum, Gettysburg, Pa.
8 photos
A visit to the Lincoln Train Museum, Gettysburg, Pa., August 12, 2011.
Roadside Attractions and Oddities
49 photos
Miscellaneous
7 photos, 2 videos
Popular Reactions to the Accident at Three Mile...
15 photos
Photos of an exhibit co-curated by Heidi N. Abbey, Benjamin Hoover, Alan Mays, and Fay Youngmark, at the Penn State Harrisburg Library, in Middletown, Pa., March 16 to April 30, 2009.
Lapp Valley Farm
21 photos
Lapp Valley Farm in eastern Lancaster County, Pa., is a real treat. Be sure to sample the ice cream (don't miss the coconut flavor!), pet the animals, and take in the scenery. Great fun!
For another...
Barney at the Library, Feb. 27, 2009
11 photos
Penn State Harrisburg Library Tenth Anniversary...
16 photos
Students, faculty, and staff gathered in the Morrison Gallery on January 20, 2010, to celebrate ten years since the opening of the new library building at the Penn State Harrisburg campus in...
Chambersburg and Franklin County, Pa.
17 photos
Streams, Rivers, Lakes, Oceans
36 photos
Including creeks, ponds, and other bodies of water.
Stores in Vintage Photos and Postcards
35 photos
Dogs and Cats on Chairs
6 photos
Vintage Product Placement
14 photos
Mothers
54 photos
Intense Camping in Tents
13 photos
Photos in Photos
16 photos
Typefaces Identified
97 photos
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb
8 photos
Baby Carriages and Strollers
11 photos
Flawed Memories
89 photos
The Shadow Knows!
7 photos
Photographers' shadows and other shadowy images.
Groups and Organizations
92 photos
Maps
18 photos
Cars and Trucks in Vintage Photos
184 photos
Sale Bills
9 photos
Pens and Pencils
15 photos
Vintage Vice Versa
15 photos
Vintage photos of women dressed in men's clothing and vice versa.
Snow
24 photos
Autographs and Signatures
34 photos
Performers
24 photos
See also Magicians, Ventriloquists, and Hypnotists, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thumb, and Music and Musicians.
Trading Cards
7 photos
Poignant
10 photos
Animals in Vintage Photos
216 photos
Mark Twain
17 photos
Scranton and Lackawanna County, Pa.
16 photos
Pen Mar
5 photos
Atlantic City, N.J.
35 photos
Buildings on Postcards and Other Printed Ephemera
100 photos
Bedford and Bedford County, Pa.
26 photos
Breaking Out and Bursting Through
40 photos
Disasters and Tragedies
28 photos
Elves, Gnomes, Pixies, Fairies, and Other...
25 photos
The Eyes Have It
30 photos
Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts
122 photos
Ephemera and photos related to fruits, vegetables, and nuts (and some grains--like corn--too).
Horses
109 photos
And donkeys and mules, too.
Interiors
140 photos
Labor Day
10 photos
Law and Disorder
33 photos
Messages, Captions, Inscriptions
56 photos
Niagara Falls
11 photos
Parties and Picnics
49 photos
Pennsylvania (Various Counties)
177 photos
Vintage items from various counties.
Punning Postcards
52 photos
Rally Day
12 photos
Rally Day is a special celebration held by some Protestant churches in September or October to encourage family attendance at church services and children's participation in Sunday school. A variety...
Vintage Photobooth
19 photos
Photobooth and ping pong photos
Vintage Photos of Things
34 photos
Yard Art and Art Environments
9 photos
Tinted Photos
48 photos
Bridges
35 photos
Shoes
49 photos
Pitch Cards
6 photos
Masked Photos in Different Shapes
38 photos
Cigarettes, Cigars, Tobacco, Pipes
81 photos
Razor-Cut Art
4 photos
Ghosts and Hauntings
18 photos
Well, probably not real ghosts and hauntings, but these double exposures, light leaks, out-of-focus pics, and one supposedly real spirit photo might send a shiver or two up your spine anyway.
Coins, Currency, Checks, Receipts, Stocks, Bonds
24 photos
Souvenir Photos from the Gettysburg Battlefield
16 photos
Buggies, Carriages, Wagons
54 photos
Photographic Tricks and Amusements
156 photos
Vintage Color Photos
131 photos
Alligators
8 photos
Hidden-Name Calling Cards
23 photos
Linen Postcards
58 photos
Medical Ephemera
56 photos
Calling Cards with Men's Names
29 photos
Multiple Baby Postcards
7 photos
Santa Claus in Vintage Photos
43 photos
Walking Photos
6 photos
Souvenir photos taken by roving photographers that often capture people in mid-stride on the street.
Florida
28 photos
Marbled Paper
6 photos
National Christmas Center, December 29, 2009
8 photos
Photos from a visit to the National Christmas Center, Paradise, Pennsylvania, on December 29, 2009. Definitely worth a visit!
Vinegar Valentines
19 photos
See also Valentine's Day.
Dairies, Milkmen, and Milkmaids
28 photos
Bags, Boxes, and Wrappers
16 photos
Bags, boxes, wrappers, and other kinds of packaging.
It's Only a Paper Moon
18 photos
Televisions
29 photos
Invitations
60 photos
Wheelbarrows, Carts, and Other Conveyances
31 photos
Temperance, Abstinence, and Indulgence
38 photos
Slides
62 photos
Gasoline Stations
10 photos
On the Road
38 photos
See also Bicycles and Bicyclists and Parades.
May Day
11 photos
Blue, Purple, Yellow, Red, Orange, Pink
62 photos
Cars and Trucks
3 photos
Women in Vintage Photos
637 photos
Men in Vintage Photos
796 photos
Down on the Farm
106 photos
Farming and agriculture in postcards, trade cards, and other printed ephemera.
Notepads and Notebooks
8 photos
Removal Notices
3 photos
Removal cards and notices that provide information about a change of address.
Birds, Strange and Otherwise
194 photos
Postcards, calling cards, trade cards, photos, tickets, and other ephemera related to birds, including chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and pigeons.
Antique Auto Museum
2 photos
The Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum in Hershey, Pa.
Art Deco
48 photos
Frogs
9 photos
Motorcycles
15 photos
Photos and ephemera related to motorcycles.
Jefferson Rock
9 photos
A visit to Jefferson Rock, which overlooks Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, on August 4, 2009.
Cowboys and Cowgirls
18 photos
Puzzles, Tricks, and Games
93 photos
Puzzles, tricks, rebuses, riddles, party games, board games, and related items.
Parades
52 photos
Punch Cards
17 photos
Vacation Views
11 photos
Roller Skating
27 photos
Sports, Recreation, and Outdoors
82 photos
Ephemera related to baseball and other sports and recreational activities.
See also Bicycles and Bicyclists and Roller Skating.
Blotters
35 photos
Signs and Billboards
47 photos
Writing, Lettering, Flourishing
32 photos
Ornamental penmanship, flourishes, handwriting, calligraphy, lettering, and drawing.
Pittsburgh and Allegheny County, Pa.
38 photos
Cameras, Photographers, and Photography
55 photos
John Brown Wax Museum, Harpers Ferry, West...
2 photos
Ephemera in Collections
8 photos
Ice Cream
40 photos
See also: Fasnachts and Doughnuts, Food and Drink, and Menus.
Philadelphia, Pa.
141 photos
Marble, Granite, Monuments, Gravestones
10 photos
Amish, Mennonite, and Pennsylvania Dutch
29 photos
Fairs and Expos
69 photos
Ephemera related to local, state, and world fairs and expositions.
Elk in Weedville, Pa., Feb. 25, 2012
9 photos
Elk scraping the snow to get to the grass in someone's front yard along PA Route 555 in Weedville, Elk County, Pennsylvania.
Leap Year
30 photos
Fastnachts and Doughnuts
8 photos
See also: Food and Drink, Ice Cream, and Menus.
Membership Cards
43 photos
23 Skidoo and Lemons Too
35 photos
Menus
18 photos
See also: Food and Drink and Ice Cream.
Cabinet Cards and CDVs
71 photos
For additonal photos, see the following sets: Cabinet Cards and CDVs, Celluloid Photographic Medallions, Photos, Real Photo Postcards, and Souvenir Photos.
Stars and Stripes
125 photos
Joke Cards
53 photos
For other humorous cards, see Acquaintance Cards.
Halloween
177 photos
Halloween photos and postcards, along with other items, devilish, spooky, and otherwise.
Eastern Museum of Motor Racing
9 photos
A visit to the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing, York Springs, Pa., August 13, 2011.
Music and Musicians
236 photos
Vintage photos and ephemera. See also Entertainers and Amusements.
Libraries
8 photos
Reading and Berks County, Pa.
78 photos
Printed ephemera and photos from Reading, Bernville, Hamburg, Kutztown, Lorane, Mount Pleasant, Shartlesville, Sinking Spring, and other locations in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Red Caboose Motel
13 photos
The Turkey Hill Experience
16 photos
A few photos from a visit on June 11, 2011, to the Turkey Hill Experience in Columbia, Pa., which opened for business a week earlier on June 4. The interactive exhibits show you how Turkey Hill ice...
Bicycles and Tricycles
55 photos
Uncle Sam, Lady Liberty, and Columbia
66 photos
Diners, Restaurants, and Drive-Ins
70 photos
Good Luck!
26 photos
Souvenir Photos
317 photos
Souvenir real photo postcards (and some other photos)--automobiles, sightseeing buses, railroad cars, an inclined plane, dolls, a donkey with dolls, carts, boats, ships, a submarine, a canal boat, a...
Lancaster, Pa.
143 photos
Postcards, trade cards, and other printed ephemera from the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which is the county seat of Lancaster County.
See also separate sets for Lancaster County, Pa., and...
Political Ephemera
81 photos
Ballots, candidate cards, postcards, and other items of political ephemera.
See also President's Day.
Fry Brothers Turkey Ranch
8 photos
Tall-Tale and Exaggeration Postcards
100 photos
Tall-tale and exaggeration postcards and related items, including a selection of gigantic fruits and vegetables, dangerously oversized animals and fish, and amusingly huge products.
Easter
111 photos
Advertising trade cards, postcards, photos, and other printed ephemera from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Pennsylvania Welcome Center, Route 15, Tioga, Pa.
18 photos
The Pennsylvania Welcome Center along U.S. Route 15, Tioga, Pa., August 16, 2007.
Glenn H. Curtiss Museum
3 photos
A visit to the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, N.Y., August 16, 2007.
Lecture Tickets
10 photos
Juniata College
7 photos
Early postcards of Juniata College and Huntingdon, Pa.
Harrisburg and Dauphin County, Pa.
127 photos
Postcards, trade cards, business cards, and other ephemera related to the city of Harrisburg and Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Includes items from Hershey, Highspire, Hummelstown, and Millersburg,...
Presidents' Day
35 photos
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln on postcards and other printed ephemera.
See also Political Ephemera.
Buggies and More at Kitchen Kettle
5 photos
Buggy ride and visit to Kitchen Kettle Village, Intercourse, Pa., July 20, 2010.
Haines Shoe House Visit, June 19, 2009
15 photos
A visit to the Haines Shoe House, Hellam, Pa., June 19, 2009.
The YWA Gallery Walk
7 photos
The Young Writers Academy Gallery Walk at the Morrison Gallery, Penn State Harrisburg Library, Middletown, Pa., June 26, 2009.