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N 6 B 845 C 0 E Jan 13, 2025 F Jan 12, 2025
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This is a real photo postcard used as an advertisement by the Keely Stove Company of Columbia, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The card dates to 1920, and it shows a woman with a candlestick telephone. She's getting married and wants a Keely Columbian Stove just like her mother has, so she's telephoning Herr & Co. in Lancaster, Pa., to order one. In other versions of the ad that I spotted online, the same woman is phoning J. A. Best & Co. in Allentown, Pa., and Bennett & Billington in Canajoharie, N.Y.

I have another copy of this postcard that was addressed to Miss Fannie Groff, Kirkwood, Lanc. Co., Pa., R.R.#1, and mailed in New Providence, Pa., on Nov. 3, 1920. The handwritten message on that copy doesn't refer to the advertisement itself but the writer does mention "phoning" and "call[ing] . . . on the phone":

"Tue. eve. [Nov. 2]. Dear Fannie, I received your letter this morning. I guess you think I am a great one for not phoning to you, but I was so busy today. And Jacob came up to vote [Warren G. Harding won the U.S. presidential election held that day], and because it rained he is staying up so I was not at Margie's to stay all night. Fannie, I won't be down this week, but I will come next Fri. eve. as far as I know now, if it suits you. We are invited to a kitchen shower on Sat. eve. Write to let me know if it will suit. And I will write later or call you up on the phone. R.E.M."

History of this Genuine Photo

The mother of this young lady has a Columbian Stove manufactured by The Keely Stove Co., Columbia, Pa. She is about to get married and telephones to Herr & Co., 7 E. King St., Lancaster, Pa., for she wants one just like Mother's.

515. Schaefer Ross Co., Inc., Rochester, N.Y.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of telephones.

Tags:   ephemera postcards real photo postcards rppc photos photographs found photos portraits advertising postcards advertising advertisements ads candlestick telephones candlestick telephones phones stoves women Keely Stove Keely Stove Company Columbian Columbian Stove Herr & Co. smiles smiling Columbia Lancaster Pa. Lancaster County Pennsylvania 1920 1920s antique old vintage vptp Schaefer Ross Schaefer Ross Co. Rochester NY

N 10 B 1.2K C 1 E Dec 9, 2024 F Dec 8, 2024
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"I Saw Santa at Park City."

A lithograph pinback button commemorating a visit with Santa Claus at the Park City shopping mall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, probably sometime in the 1970s. The printing on the metal pinback is off center and out of register.

For a similar pinback button, see I Saw Santa Claus at the Colonial Park Plaza, ca. 1960s.

Tags:   ephemera pinback buttons pinbacks buttons advertising advertisements ads souvenirs printed I saw Santa Christmas Xmas December 25 holidays Santa Claus Santa men beards hats illustrations green red Park City Park City Mall Park City Center shopping malls malls Lancaster Pa. Lancaster County Pennsylvania 1970s antique old vintage typefaces type typography fonts

N 26 B 2.4K C 0 E Oct 7, 2024 F Oct 6, 2024
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Lettering on the side of the truck: "The Lititz Truck S[ervice]. Levi H. Y[erger]. Both Phones. No. 8."

Seven men and two kids pose with a truck overloaded with furniture and other household items. One fellow is perched atop the perilous pile, while another is standing precariously on the top step of a ladder at the back of the truck.

A Cyko stamp box ("Cyko - Place Postage Stamp Here") is printed on the back of this divided-back real photo postcard, which indicates that it may date to sometime between 1907 and the 1920s.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of perched precariously (on a chair, ladder, roof, tower, cliff, etc.).

Tags:   ephemera postcards real photo postcards rppc photos photographs portraits found photos Lititz Truck Service Lititz Truck Yerger Levi H. Yerger men children boys clothes clothing overalls hand on hip hands on hips furniture ladders trucks vehicles occupational perched precariously Lititz Pa. Lancaster County Pennsylvania antique old vintage vptp overloaded keep on truckin'

N 5 B 1.3K C 0 E Aug 29, 2024 F Aug 28, 2024
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Caption: "The Ezra F. Bowman Technical School, Lancaster, Pa., '06."

Printed on the back: "Lancaster Photo Supply House, Lancaster, Pa."

This is a real photo postcard addressed on the other side to "Miss Mable Harnish, 119 E. Chestnut St., [Lancaster] City," and postmarked in Lancaster, Pa., on August 12, 1906.

Students at the Bowman Technical School learned watchmaking, engraving, and jewelry work. Started by Ezra F. Bowman (1847-1901), the school existed for 115 years, from 1877 to 1992. For more information, see LancasterHistory's finding aid for Bowman Technical School History.

Tags:   ephemera postcards real photo postcards rppc photos photographs found photos portraits Ezra F. Bowman Technical School Bowman Technical School Bowman Ezra F. Bowman technical schools watchmaking watchmakers schools students men children boys clothes clothing suits ties bow ties hats Lancaster Pa. Lancaster County Pennsylvania 1904 1900s antique old vintage Lancaster Photo Supply House

N 17 B 2.4K C 4 E Aug 22, 2024 F Aug 21, 2024
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"W. R. Cheney, Carriage Builder. Repairing and Repainting Done Promptly. Cor. Grant and Christian Sts., Lancaster, Pa."

William R. Cheney (1859-1932) was a blacksmith and carriage builder in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

For a similar Cheney business card by the same job printer (Pluck Print), see W. R. Cheney, Carriage Builder, Lancaster, Pa. See also a handbill for Carriages, Wagons, and Sleighs Repaired—Cheny's Repair Shop, Lancaster, Pa., ca. 1890.

Typefaces: Hansard ("W. R. Cheney"), French Oldstyle ("Carriage Builder"), Pynson (the initial R's in "Repairing" and "Repainting"), Archaic ("Repairing and Repainting Done Promptly," except for the initial R's in "Repairing" and "Repainting"), Dante ("Cor. Grant and Christian Sts., Lancaster, Pa.").

Thanks to Florian Hardwig for identifying the typefaces.

Tags:   ephemera business cards trade cards advertising advertisements ads cards names paper printed Cheney William R. Cheney W. R. Cheney William R. Cheny Wm. R. Cheny W. R. Cheny Cheny carriage builders carriage makers builders makers carriages repairing painting repainting prompt promptly transportation illustrations yellow Grant Street Christian Street Lancaster Pa. Lancaster County Pennsylvania antique old vintage typefaces type typography fonts Landis D. B. Landis David Bachman Landis DBL Pluck Pluck Print Pluck Art Print Pluck Printery Pluck Art Printery Landis Art Print printers printeries print shops job printers curved text text on a curve typefaces identified Archaic Dante Hansard type:face=Hansard type:face=Archaic type:face=Pynson type:face=Dante type:face=French Oldstyle


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