Antique and Vintage Post Cards.

[ironlord1963]

    A few weeks ago I bought 127 Antique and Vintage Post Cards for 30.00 + buyers fees.  Overall each cost me a small amount.  The Age is 1907 - Mid Century in date, most are in Very Good Condition, Some Humor, Some Photo, basically a little of everything.  I know we have had some Post Card Experts here before, Don't remember who.  Anyway, I want some General information on Post Cards, Value, Rarity and etc, I have process about 70 so far and am starting to get a basic grip on the topic.  So many to post images, but I may if you like post a few of the cooler ones, for comments.  Now that I thought about it let me dig one up for you to start.

[ironlord1963]

Old Photo Booklet German Lady Nazi WW2 Post Card



    This is what appears to be a Corraspondance Booklet of a WW2 German.  It has a Photo of a Lady on the cover and a sheet to write on and a back Cover.  One thing to note is the Photo is inside the cover Cardboard, not just pasted to the back.  It has the Nazi Symbol on the bottom of the cover and a Embossed Symbol on the back also.  I got this in a bunch of Post Cards, not sure it is a post card but somthing like a Sweet heart item for a Soldier of the War.  The condition is Very good with minor corner dings

[talesofthesevenseas]

I have also seen pre-war USA items with the swastika. I have a cookbook from 1934 in Wisconsin, with a swastika in the back, but it contains a lot of German recipes. Lots of kuchen. It came from a cooking school designed to help foreign girls assimilate into USA culture.

[waywardangler]

Depending on the street/city/building/outdoor scene, one real photo post card can be worth what you paid for the whole lot, ironlord.

[mart]

Could also be an announcement card of some sort. Possibly for an accomplishment of the lady pictured. Similar to the graduation cards we send.

[ironlord1963]

Yes that one could be a annoucement card,  It was just one of the more unique one in the lot.  just for grins and giggles let me show you a couple more, for any comments and thoughts.

First one

Post Card Laura Hope Crewe Stage Actress 1909

    This is a Photo Post Card of Laura Hope Crewe, She was a Early Century Stage Actress and later became a Famous Silent Film Actress.  This card is dated in 1909 which was in her early days of being a stage Actress and would be around the age 19 at the time of the post mark.  It is Used, Post marked and Stamped, the condition is Very good, minor Corner damage and signs of use and age.

Second one


Post Card Peeping Tom Art Curt Teich # C-150


    This is a Post Card with a Peeping Tom Art.  Card is marked with Curt Teich # C-150.  This card is unused and the condition is in Excellent Condition.

[mariok54]

Nice find, Ironlord ... I think Wayward is right in thinking you'll get your money back with interest!
It's hard to tell whether that swastika is related to the Nazi party or not, that will obviously depend upon the age of the photo, and for me there aren't many clues (perhaps some others will be able to pin down that hairstyle (no pun intended!!!) or clothes. Even though the National Socialists used the Swastika from the 1920 it wasn't until Hitler took charge in 1933 that it became commonly used.

Which reminds me, I bought a small hardback book, years back, from a Charity Shop, and impressed on the front was a swastika. The book dated to c. 1890, as I recall, but I can't for the life of me recall what it was about. Just had a quick search, but it seems that it's found its way back to another charity shop over the years!

[flablitz]

very nice. I like the last one posted it looks pretty cool.

[waywardangler]

I am just going to weigh in on the "swastika" symbol. Until the Nazis bastardized this symbol, it was a good luck symbol used by different tribes of Native Americans.  I believe they called theirs a rolling or whirling log and it may have been the reverse of the Nazi design but after WWII it really did not matter. The design is forever etched in everyone's brain as a Nazi emblem and no one wants to be associated with Nazis (except for some white supremacists). It was also used by other cultures/religions before the Nazis.

The design shows up on many items made before WWII by people other than members of the Nazi party.

[CuriousCollector]

The swastika, and its clockwise-rotating companion, the Suavastika, are ancient symbols, crossing many cultures.  Prior to the rise of the latin cross in the 4th century (the "christian cross"), it was a common grave symbol for everlasting life.  Greek christians commandeered the symbol and linking four letter gammas (gamma is the third letter in the alphabet, thus a reference to the trinity), into a sign for the trinity and the four gospels.  Buddhists use the Suavastika.  Jews used the swastika in ancient practices.  Pagans, christians, jews, hindus, buddhists, masons -- many have used the symbol, until the germans took it over.  So it should not always be seen as a possible Nazi symbol, unless there is other corroborating evidence.