The American Shakers; a celibate, religious community [postcard]
Sabbathday Lake, Maine: [The Shakers of Sabbathday Lake], nd. Postcard. 3.5x5.3 inch postcard; faintly toned, slightly creased. Good. More
Cat.No: 310670
Postcard, deltiology
[Benjamin R. Tucker family photograph on postcard with negative]
n.pl: n.pub, [c191-s?]. 3.5x5.25 inch real photo postcard and a 4x5 inch negative of the same photo; a date is penned on verso of postcard for June 1, 1914, the real photo postcard company was Photographie Scandar located in Monaco. This popular style of photographic prints was common and families..... More
Cat.No: 351494
Bread and Roses: Women in the American labor movement [set of eight postcards]
Martinsville, IN: Helaine Victoria Press, 1979. Two uncut sheets containing the full set of eight 3.5x5.5 inch photographic postcards of activists and cultural figures, each with a photo of the relevant figure or figures on one side and a substantial biographical paragraph on the other side. Includes Crystal Lee Jordan..... More
Cat.No: 326448
Cards From Hypatia to Jerry the Faerie [16 cards]
[n.p.]: [n.p.], [1990s-2000s]. Sixteen postcards, birthday cards, holiday cards, etc., of various sizes and illustrations, including one with explicit photos of male sexuality (his 50th birthday card). All in very good condition. These cards represent at least a decade of correspondence, sometimes from outside the U.S., between Jerry Chelland---also known..... More
Cat.No: 347914
![Cat.No: 319251 The Club Turkish Baths Exclusively for Men [business card] 132 Turk Street...](https://bolerium.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/319251.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1711577493)
The Club Turkish Baths Exclusively for Men [business card] 132 Turk Street San Francisco
San Francisco: The Club, [1970s?]. Ephemera. Good though slightly curled 3.5x2 inch glossy red business card. The Club was located at 132 Turk Street which had been a Gay men's meeting place since the 1930s. The Club Turkish Baths was the largest, as well as the oldest, gay bathhouse in..... More
Cat.No: 319251
Cuarteto Ruffino [photographic publicity card]
[Los Angeles]: Discos Peerless, [196-?]. 3.25x5.5 inch card, b&w photo portrait of the quartet playing instruments on one side, the other presenting the lyrics to the group's song "Flores estrellas y lun." in Spanish. Promotional item for the Cuban-American group. More
Cat.No: 169917
Cuco Sanchez [photographic publicity card]
[Miami, FL]: Miami Records, [1961-?]. 3.25x5.5 inch card, b&w photo portrait of Sanchez on one side, Spoanish language list of his recordings on the other, very good. Promotional item for the Mexican singer. Undated, but the sheet music for the last recording on the list, "Que rechulo es querer," was..... More
Cat.No: 169914
![Cat.No: 67947 Dear Anita, having a gay time, wish you were here. [postcard] Gay Pride /...](https://bolerium.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/67947.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1666629371)
Dear Anita, having a gay time, wish you were here. [postcard] Gay Pride / San Francisco, Sunday, June 26th, 1977
Oakland: Diana Press, 1977. Postcard. 5.5x6 inch postcard, with photo of San Francisco with "Dear Anita..." written on it on one side and a list of Diana Press publications on the other. Anita Bryant was leading an anti-gay movement at this time. The faux inscription resembles holograph but is printed..... More
Cat.No: 67947
[Family Photo Postcard]
n.pl: n.pub, [c1904-1918?]. 3.5x5.5 inch post card; photograph on front depicts what appears to be a family portrait, photo likely taken in a studio. On the verso some incompelete clues as to who the family are, are penned. Some minor toning and mild edgewear, else very good. The letters "AZO"..... More
Cat.No: 349054
Ginny Tiu Revue [two postcards promoting the piano prodigy and her siblings]
Chicago: Personal Management, [1966]. Two postcards, one for Tiu and her siblings promoting their Carnegie Hall debut, from 1966; the other, undated, shows Tiu by herself at the piano. Ed Sullivan discovered Tiu in the Philippines at age 5, where she had been recognized as a child piano prodigy. Tiu..... More
Cat.No: 351157
Greetings from the Queer City, Pride=Power, San Francisco 92 [card]
San Francisco: no publisher, 1992. Cards. Single, approximately 5.25x4.25 inch landscape format card handout printed one side only on heavy white stock. Black triangle, text and interlocked female and male symbols. More
Cat.No: 290871
Group of postcards with views of the 1914 Horticultural Exposition in Altona, Germany
Altona, Germany: Gartenbau-Ausstellung, 1914. Postcard. 4 postcards. 3.5 x 5.5 in. Very Good. Ink stamped by the exposition. Bears names of Peters & Krützfeldi (Altona) and Tiefdruck der Rotophot A.G. (Berlin). More
Cat.No: 310393
[Handmade postcard].
[No place]: [no publisher], 1908. Postcard. 1 postcard, affixed with a photoprint portrait of a younger person. 5.5 x 3.25 in. Printed on one side with prepaid postage, an area for a message, and an area for an address. Note on verso handwritten in pencil accompanies portrait, signed “Annie,” likely..... More
Cat.No: 298660
Helaine Victoria Press [50 different postcards]
Martinsville, IN: Helaine Victoria Press, (1970s-1991). Fifty different postcards published by the press (listed below), all unused, in very good to fine condition. The press, which took its name from the middle names of founders Jocelyn Helaine Cohen and Nancy Taylor Victoria Poore, started with an offset press in Santa..... More
Cat.No: 323641
I'm a Deltiologist (TSOP DRAC ROTCELLOC)
npl: npub, nd. 1.25 inch pinback button, white field with black text, bottom text reads "Post Card Collector" backwards, slight scratch on field. Blind union bug stamp on back. Good only. More
Cat.No: 330604
"...if only one small part will come true in the New Year of what I wish for you, your life would be secure and your happiness supreme." [postcard]
Berkeley: Emma Goldman Papers Project, [2008-2012]. Postcard with quote and portrait of Goldman on front and holiday greetings and fundraising appeal on verso, 6x4.75 inches, lightly worn and soiled else good condition. More
Cat.No: 263278
Jugoslavenske Nar. Nosnje / Costumes Yugoslaves [set of 12 postcards depicting traditional clothes from the region of Istria]
Zagreb: Edition Caklovic, [192-?]. Set of postcards numbered M III, 1-12 on the back, with brief identifying text in Serbo-Croatian and French. It would seem that other sets labeled M I, M II, etc. represented other regions of the country. Unused, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 333371
La Historia y cultura de la mujer hispana en los Estados Unidos e hispanoamérica [postcard set]
Martinsville, IN: Helaine Victoria Press, 1986. Set of seven 5.5x7.25 inch postcards depicting such women as Emma Tenayuca, Rosario Castellanos, and Josefina Villafañe de Martinez-Alvarez; in original plastic baggie with printed card header. Helaine Victoria Press was the premiere publisher of feminist historical postcards in the US during the 1970s..... More
Cat.No: 198089
The Legacy Awards Invitation Cards and brochures
San Francisco: Outfest/The Legacy project, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2018. Pamphlet. Four cards, one brochure and two envelopes, The cards for 2017 & 2018 are very nice in gold and in black. It was a gala to benefit the Outfest legacy project for LGBT Film preservation. More
Cat.No: 286649
Little lessons in lunacy
San Francisco: Authors Press, 1948. Two 5.5x3.5 inch postcards meant to be mailed to friends or congressman, titled Little Lesson in Lunacy No. 1 and 2; in very good condition. More
Cat.No: 314376
Luis Arcadaz: RCA Victor Recording Artist [photographic publicity card]
[New York]: RCA Victor, [196-?]. 3.25x5.5 inch card, b&w photo portrait of the singer, list of his RCA releases on the back. Promotional item for the Mexican performer. More
Cat.No: 169923
Maria Victoria: Exclusive RCA Victor Recording Artist [photographic publicity card]
[New York]: RCA Victor, [196-?]. Ephemera. 3.25x5.5 inch card, black and white photo portrait of the singer in a comely pose, list of her RCA releases on the back. Promotional item for the Mexican performer. More
Cat.No: 169922
Men! Let's have 'stand-ins' in the ladies' john! [postcard]
Dallas, TX: [American Nazi Party], [196-]. Postcard. 5.5x8.5 inch postcard, 56 lines of small font text on reverse, cartoon of policeman carrying male protester out of bathroom on address side; very good. No issuer named, but the address for ordering more copies is the Dallas PO box used by the..... More
Cat.No: 288356
Milano (Brera): Album di 18 Cartoline Illustrate. Ricordo della Pinacoteca di Brera (Milano)
[Milan]: Caruso e De Allessandri, nd. Paperback. 18 b&w postcards showing artworks from the gallery, bound together in 7.25x3.75 inch wraps, light handling wear else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 303727
[New Year's postcard]
Berkeley: Emma Goldman Papers Project, 2004. Postcard with quote and portrait of Goldman on front and holiday greetings and fundraising appeal on verso, 6x4.25 inches, very good condition. More
Cat.No: 263685