I bought my first old postcard from an antique shop in Sweden, based on the illustration. My curiosity grew and I translated the handwritten message, researched the stamp date and searched for information about the illustrator. Then it did it again. And again.
Before long, it occured to me that some of the postcards in my hand may be the last copies in circulation. So I decided to document them and the little stories from people’s lives (anything not linked is work in progress)…
| Text | Description | Artist | Design no. | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | ||||
| St. Catherine Sr., Montreal | Tram in street | Rice Photo | 112646 SV | – |
| Denmark | ||||
| Glædlig Jul | People waving at ship with Danish flag | Unknown | – | 1915 |
| France | ||||
| Tartaines au repos | Boats tied to the shore | Mar | 114 | ~1930 |
| Hameau La Chapelle | Village | – | – | ~1992 |
| Germany | ||||
| Winterpracht | Tree lined road with snow | E. Meerkämper | – | – |
| Der Elfer-und Zwölferkopf im Kleinen Walsertal | Figure, mountains and trees | Gofferjé (Frieda?) / ENK (Erhard Nuebert, Karx-Marx-Stadt) | 169/54 | 1955 |
| Sonntagmorgen im Murgtal | River through mountains | C. Fiedler | 2027 | – |
| Holland | ||||
| Gelukkig Nieuwjaar | Couple ice skating | M.P. | 227 | 1938 |
| Gelukkig Kerstfeest | Trees in snow | GOC | – | 1952 |
| Gelukkig Nieuwjaar | Deer, snow and church | – | 214 | – |
| Gelukkig Kerstfeest | Trees in the snow | GOC | – | 1952 |
| Vrölijk Kerstfeest | Cottage in the snow | – | 208 | 1936 |
| Vrölijk Kerstfeest | Chaffinches and snow | Willy Schermele | – | ~1943 |
| Winterpracht | Trees and lane in snow | E. Meerkämper | – | – |
| Italy | ||||
| Il Lago di Sorapis (m. 1928) | Mountains and lake | G. Ghedina | 9/91 | 1935 |
| Japan | ||||
| – | People on bridge | – | 6467 | – |
| – | Boats on water | – | 6467 | – |
| Nikkō | Old temple | – | – | – |
| – | Hokusai | Various | 301, 302, 303, 304, 305 | – |
| Norway | ||||
| Eidford – Vøringfoss – Haugastøl | 10x Nordic landscapes | Enerett | Serie Nr. 21 | -/td> |
| Norge. Fra Geilo. | Cabins in the snow | Enerell M. Hanstad | 9206 | 1948 |
| – | Mountains | Normanns Kunstforlag | Serie Nr. 21 | – |
| Sweden | ||||
| Havet i storm | Waves at sea | C. A. Träff (Carl Alfred) | 87 | 1948 |
| – | Flowers, cabin and mountains | – | 527 | 1901 |
| Gott Nytt År | Figures with four leaf clovers and a horseshoe | Ramstedt Devadatta (Ra) | – | – |
| God Jul | Pigs and elves | Hedvig Rosendahl | 184 | 1910 |
| En God Jul | Lady with candles | Elsa Hammar (EH) | – | 1912 |
| Hjärtlig Gratulation | Lilac and boat on water | Steén | – | 1939 |
| Vägen till ūdden Kristianstad | Tree lined road | – | 2016 | 1908 |
| God Jul | Boy feeding pig | Ingeborg Klein | – | ~1930 |
| God Jul | Red houses in snow | – | 7700 | ~1934 |
| God Jul | Red house in snow | Perre | 9648 | ~1940 |
| God Jul | Tomte with goat | Ernst Pelles | – | ~1932 |
| God Jul | Tomte dancing | E.S.T | – | ~1932 |
| God Jul | Spruce and candles | Jenny Nyström | 6527 | ~1932 |
| Gott Nytt År tillönskas av | Nyårshälsning | Robin in forest with snow | Ramstedt Devadatta | – | 1927 |
| God Jul, Gott Nytt År | Woman skiing (red house) | Evans | – | 1936 |
| Gott Nytt År | Girl skiing | Margit Ekstam | 6991 | – |
| God Jul, Gott Nytt År | Red houses in snow | KS | – | ~1945 |
| God Jul och Gott Nytt År | Gnomes with Amaryllis | E.S.T | – | ~1929 |
| God Jul, Gott Nytt År | Red house and julkarve | E.S.T | ~1934 | |
| Stockholm — Jakobs Kyrka | Church in snow | K. Holmström | – | 1935 |
| – | House in mountains | – | 527 | 1901 |
| None | Snow forest | Einar Torsslow | – | ~1932 |
| UK | ||||
| Derwent Water | Lake behind trees | Judges Ltd. | 16427 | – |
| Greatstone and District | Beaches | Shoesmith & Etheridge | 10700, 28671, 10694, 10364, 10010, 10294 | ~1952 |
| Trossachs | Various landscapes | Photo Brown | A2251, 215682, A3529, 37857, 0270, 215684 | 1939 |
| Vietnam | ||||
| Tonkin : Baie d’Along | Cliffs and water | Victor Fiévet | 40 | – |
| Assorted locations | ||||
| Niessen | Nature scenes | Walter Niessen | 557, 589, 511, 5929, 5221, 5214, 576, 5129, 5218, 536 | 1930 – 1940 |