"(1) Picking of mulberry leaves" showing 4 female workers in a large field, carte postale, very late usage at Fred Texas, minor corner rounding. $8.00 ja*. Same but much wear along the top edge, very late usage at Hunter Arkansas. $7.00 js

"10¢ [animals] 10¢ // Good at Any Walla Walla Store // Good at Southeastern Washington Fair Sept. 2-3-4 // FAIREST FARMERETTE FODDER // Redeemable at face value at the First National Bank at Walla Walla, Washington, up to and including but not after 3 p m., Sept. 8 1937" with printed signatures of president M. R. Loney & treasurer Arthur E. Cox, picturing a beauty contest winner (the 'Fairest Farmerette') & landscape in blue & green on the reverse. Scrip in excellent condition. Rare: in those days most people cashed it in! $5.00 w(w)nna

"113. Tananarive -- Le Piquage du Riz - MADAGASCAR" showing a group of six planting rice, sepia-tone postcard with red caption, corner crease, pertinent message written on back in French. $18.00 ma

"117  Homeward Bound." with a shepherd and his 2 dogs moving his flock up a winding path; unused circa-1908 post card from an undisclosed publisher, beautiful hand-colored appearance suggests a painting. $4.50 a(s)pa

"1200 CHICKS TEN DAYS OLD, / AT WALPOLE HATCH, HALESWORTH" in Suffolk England, Roman numerals on front explained by hand on back--umbrella that throws heat & the stone fed thru pipes with coal oil; postcard with a faint internal crease from the bottom edge & light album toning. Rare: we found no other offers, past offers, or exhibits when we searched the Internet. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 e(h)aa

"1223 - CALIFORNIA CELERY FIELDS." Mitchell published post card, unused, minor wear at 3 corners. $7.50

"127. Our Farmers know how to / 'Make Hay while the Sun Shines.' / (Scenes along the country roads.)" postcard showing additions to a very large pile of hay, in color, cancel ink on front, mailed 1912, corner crease, corner wear & rounding. $4.00 (a)*

"13303 COTTON AWAITING SHIPMENT." Phostint post card, light toning on back, writing on front. $3.25

"13 BUG" uncaptioned Azo real photo postcard showing a farmer couple on their tractor pulling their 3 small children behind, aboard on their toy tractor named as we captioned it, little boy doing the steering; minor corner rounding, very light toning on front. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. tfa

"14.  Planting Rice, Bontoc, P. I." showing about 20 people bent over at work, color postcard numbered R-89785 on back, unused, 2 corners noticeably creased, minor edge wear. Different than the one held in the Otto Gmur Collection of the Filipinas Heritage Library & hard to find anywhere. $6.00 pa

"15:--ENTRANCE AND TOWER, PALACE OF AGRICULTURE, / SESQUICENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, / PHILADELPHIA, PA." including some pedestrians in the foreground, post card from John D. Cardinell (official), unused, tiny corner crease, light toning along one back edge. $5.00 ep. Also unused, corner wear & rounding. $5.00 eap

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"159 -- A MODERN BARN AND STORAGE PLACE FOR CROPS ON A HERSHEY, PA., FARM / E-12159" at the Rolling Green Dairy, linen postcard mailed 1952 at Hellam by Mrs. Allen A. Miller, much pertinent information on the back, 3 corner creases (one small, one tiny), a little cancel ink on front. $2.25 pa

"1731 - A FIELD OF CALLA LILIES" post card in color, album marks on back, minor corner wear & rounding, unused. $5.00

"1795. Elk and Deer Farm Cherokee, Iowa. PEARSON-ULLBERG CO., MINNEAPOLIS" with a handwritten message below reading 'This is taken from life south of Cherokee, Ada', black & white postcard with undivided back mailed 1906 from Quimby Iowa, 2 faint small corner creases (1 not into image), toning in sky looks like stamp paste residue but stamped on back. $8.00 i(c)aa

"1839 - Pumpkin Field on a Western Ranch" In color, unused Mitchell postcard. $7.50

"1879. 2" & "1879. 4." hand-tinted / colored real photos of a woman with sickle gathering grain, unidentified publisher. Both mailed 1909 within Belgium, mild corner & edge wear, some surface crackling that is not too noticeable. Both for $10.00 w(o)a

"1910 _ B-AIRES - E. INTNAL AGRICULTURE - KIOSO DEL VERMOUTH TORINO" real photo post card, unused, minor edge wear. Sold but front still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 (eaa)

"1. Breaking the virgin soil, Velva, North Dakota", postcard. trivial wear at bottom corners, otherwise fresh appearance. $10.00 na*

"2010. - ARLES. - Types d'Arlésiennes / Sous la Treille" women gathering grapes, carte postale sent TCV 1903 to Granville Manche, one corner badly creased, another corner with a faint crease. $8.50 faap

"2014. - ARLES. - Types d'Arlésiennes / La Vendange" French women gathering grapes, post card sent TCV 1903. $12.00 (faap)

"21 - VIANA DO CASTELO - Carregando triga" real photo post card with glossy finish, depicting a Portuguese hay cart drawn by 2 oxen, mailed in the United States, slight curl to the paper. $4.50 pa*

"2. Preparing Soil for Sowing, Cathay, North Dakota" with a good look at the equipment involved circa 1910, unused post card, two small chips at edges, otherwise fairly fresh. $10.00 na

"2silos" unused continental-size advertising postcard from a Mount Gilead Ohio farm specializing in organic pastured poultry & eggs, near mint. $1.25 o(m)fa

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"3267 -- A Flock of Turkeys." Mitchell-published postcard mailed NOV 22 1915, noticeable wear at 2 corners. Writer comments the flock is large compared to what she has seen. $4.50 amb

"41. PLOWING." unused sepia-tone real photo postcard from American Colony Photo Cards, good focus & composition, long vertical bend. $7.50 pa

"-43- Spring" sepia-tone real photo post card showing an orchard of fruit trees in bloom. Message on back from R. H. Hedrick, 29th & Faraon St., St. Joseph: "have been so busy since last Aug. that I have not had time to eat (all I want).' Trivial edge wear, uneven toning on back from album contact. $5.00 m(s)tga

"45466 Greetings from PLAISTOW, N. H." generic linen postcard on grayish paper, showing a haywagon being loaded, mailed there 1941, faint small corner crease. $2.00 na

"5204--Cherry Picking Scene, Door County, Wisconsin" post card mailed 1955, corner crease. $2.25

"532 - Harvesting Scene, Combined Header and Thresher" loaded with men & pulled by several horses, Mitchell-published postcard with legible writing all over the back in pencil, small upper corner crease, mild wear at the other corners. This view comes with several different captions in differing colors & text; so check your album! $2.75 ahm

"538--A Typical Orange Grove in Southern California / PHOTO BY 'DICK' WHITTINGTON  1B/-H2149" unused linen post card, trivial wear at 2 corners. $1.75 ac(s)p

"557  IRRIGATED ORANGE GROVE, CALIFORNIA / 3A-H996" unused linen post card, trivial wear at one corner, otherwise excellent condition. $1.75 c(u)a

"6. HARVESTING IN THE GREAT WHEAT FIELDS OF / MANITOBA, CANADA." post card, circa 1915-1920, unused. $2.50 m(u)a

"702 - Strawberry Field, Watsonville, Cal." unused postcard published by Pacific Novelty Company, made in Germany circa 1910, small upper corner crease, other edge wear is minor, very light toning near the back edges. $2.50 ac(w)

"766. - AULUS-LES-BAINS. - Plateau de Lers (1390 m)" showing shepherd and small flock, postcard with green back, mailed later in United States, cancel ink on front. $3.00

"783 - Picking and Drying Raisin Grapes in California near Fresno" showing many workers with their crates, unused post card from Edward Mitchell, small corner crease, album marks at back corners, browning back paper due to age. $5.00 c(f)a

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"812 A PAPAYA PLANTATION IN FLORIDA" linen postcard with writing on back. $3.00

      
"852. ORANGES AND SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS" referring specifically to California Orange Groves on the back, linen postcard mailed 1952 at Garden Grove California, tiny corner bend, trace of cancel ink on front. Shown left. $1.75 c(u)fa.. Another, unused, possibly a different printing because the colors look a bit darker, tiny spot in bottom front margin. Shown center. $1.75 c(u)fa. Another, a darker printing, unused, small light spot of toning on back, good edges. Shown right. $1.75 c(u)fa

"857  PICKING ORANGES IN CALIFORNIA." linen post card mailed 1952 at Pasadena, small corner crease not into the image, faint cancel ink in the left front border, minor corner wear, very light toning in the address area. $1.00 c(u)a

"875 PICKING ORANGES IN CALIFORNIA" Sample post card with price sticker on back from MacGowan. $2.00

"877:--A Producing Date Palm, Southern California" with someone kneeling in the foreground for scale, white-border era postcard from M. Kashower Co., writing on back claims this is near Indio, light toning on back, light toning on front, much corner wear & rounding. $2.00 ca

"967 AIX-les-BAINS -- Plateau du Revard (1468 m. d'alt.)" green back with a Savoie farm scene, unused carte postale. $2.75 White back, unused. $3.25

"A. 917." Rotary real photo postcard showing woman feeding ducks, mailed in Scotland 1911. $5.00

"Abachine. Maison de paysans" also captioned in Cyrillic, art showing a farmhouse; unused postcard, minor edge wear, light toning on back, small corner crease. $3.75 a(a)a

"A BEAN FIELD IN THE GREAT OKEECHOBEE FARM DISTRICT, FLA." real photo postcard mailed at Okeechobee MAR 10 1955 to Ed & Jenny Storm in St. Petersburg (missent to Moore Haven, Florida auxiliary mark in violet), 3 tiny spots in the front sky, oxidation heavy for age, good edges. $5.00 f(g)a

"A BUSY DAY IN MAINE / PICKING POTATOES IN AROOSTOOK" Linen postcard, mailed, corners worn a little. $3.00

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"A coffee farm, Boqueti, Panama" including 3 dogs & 2 workers, post card from I. L. Maduro Jr., circa 1915, unused & attractive. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 pa

"ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, OHIO AGRICULTURAL STATION, WOOSTER, O." Rotograph divided back post card mailed DEC 7 1907 (clear & complete PITTS. & CHIC. TR31 R.P.O. RMS hand cancel) to Mr. K. J Heabler in Attica Ohio, noticeable corner & edge wear, 3/8" tear from left front edge. Seldom offered in any condition. $5.00 o(w)

"A farm tractor attachment to fit all / standard makes and sizes / of automobiles // Auto Tractor pulling gang plow, four bases" with the back printed message 'you ever see AN Auto Tractor? / (SEE OVER)', postcard addressed but not mailed to 531 Vinton St. City & annotated on message side "Fair, Sept. 1914" (which places it as an Indiana State Fair item held at Indianapolis). This ludicrous idea was short-lived: it is doubtful that the poor-quality printing of this advertisement or its content (view obscured, no manufacturer detail, no claims ...) helped gather any prospective customers or investors. Later, the Three-P Auto Tractor Company did incorporate in Davenport Iowa in 1917, and was a founding member of the National Tractor Attachment Association. Rare. SOLD RECENTLY i(i)aaai

"A FLOCK OF FINE SHEEP // JOHN JONES / OWNER / MARTEL O." including the owner, his dog & a horse; unused Azo (triangles up) real photo post card, low-contrast / grayish, good edges. There are 2 men, a sheep dog & a horse included in the image. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 oaag

"A Golden Harvest" Tuck with considerable corner & edge wear, post card mailed in Britain in 1920's. $3.50

"Agricultural Building, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark." Unused linen post card, previous owner's handstamp on back, small corner crease. $2.00 a(f)ca

"AGRICULTURAL LABORERS & DWELLINGS. BARBADOS, B. W. I." showing a man with several children by a shack, black & white from Cave Shepheer & Co., unused, slight yellowing of the paper, few tiny spots of toning on back, trivial wear at the corners. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 ba

"'ALONE ON THE CLAIM' CUSTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA, 1889 / S. D. BUTCHER COLLECTION, NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY" farmer with herd of pigs, horse, well & more; post card mailed 1970's, corner crease, wear at one corner, light toning in bottom front border. Interesting! Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 nah

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AMERICAN HARVESTER
ADVERTISING POSTCARDS
All 1909 (when noted) or 1910 copyright, unused, lightly toned front, lightly toned back, mild corner & edge wear. In color on grayish-yellow paper. Would make a nice display together.

"CHILI--American Harvesting Machines in in general use throughout Chili and the Argentine Republic, the great wheat producing / countries of South America" showing bullock carts, men & a buggy in the field. $5.00 aac. Same, writing on back dates to 1911, small bottom corner crease, writing on front caption. Shown. $4.75 caa

"ENGLAND--American Harvesting Machines play an important part in harvesting the crops of England" showing a machine drawn by 2 large horses, unused post card, faint internal crease. $5.50 a. Similar but no internal crease. $5.00 aa.

"FINLAND--A MOWER WITH REAPING ATTACHMENT IS GENERALLY USED IN PLACE OF THE SELF-BINDER, BECAUSE THE GRAIN FIELDS ARE SMALL, AND THE WOMEN FOLK ASSIST IN THE WORK. 11." unused postcard, light transfer of caption ink on back attributable to the printing process. 1909 copyright. $5.50 faa

"FINLAND--The women folk assist in the work of harvesting in many European countries." postcard showing men & women gathering hay manually. $5.50 aa. Same but writing on back, worn corners. $3.75 faw

"MEXICO--Modern American Binders near the Pyramids of Cholula. Mount Popocatepetl in the distance." showing 2 binders being drawn by oxen. $5.00 aa. Same, 1909 copyright, mailed 1910 at Delaware Ohio, noticeably toned both sides, small bottom corner crease. Shown. $2.00 aa

"RUSSIA--Camels are used as draft animals to operate American Harvesting Machines on the Steppes of the Caucasus." postcard showing a machine drawn by 2 camels, unusual subject matter. $5.00 aa.

"UNITED STATES--In the Land of Sunshine and Plenty, Harvesting, Like All Other Things, / is Done on a Large Scale, and Machines Cutty a Wide Swath are Necessary.  10" unused postcard with 1909 copyright, tiny spot of toning in caption area, very lightly toned back. $5.00 aa

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"AMERICAN HEREFORD ASSOC. / 715 Hereford Drive..." headquartered in Kansas City Missouri, showing a cow of course, unused chrome post card. $1.00

"AN AUSTRALIAN SHEEP STATION /  'Wool consigned for shipment'" Unused Tuck Oilette series II. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 (aat)

"Appalachian Art" farmer named Art stands near his barn & cows, looking through an empty frame; continental postcard, unused, near mint. $1.25 ca*

"Aragon shepherds / of French Pyrenees" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962. $1.75 f(a)a

"Arkansas Rice Growers Co-Op Association Rice Mill, Stuttgart, Arkansas / One of the Largest Rice Mills in the World  8B-H1845 / PHOTO BY L. M. AHRENS" Curteich linen post card mailed 1950, slight yellowing of the paper with age, a few tiny spots on back, 3 tiny spots in front borders. $2.50 a(s)a

"A scene along the road / To Oceola, Ohio / Farmers are worried over the bean crop" great exaggeration art mailed 1916, minor corner & edge wear, small corner crease, hint of cancel ink on front. In our opinion this post card was deliberately printed on  brownish paper. $5.00 (o(o)ae)*

"ASK FOR A CATALOGUE OF / SEEDS, PLANTS and BULBS / POULTRY SUPPLIES, ETC. / IOWA SEED CO. / SEEDSMEN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE / 612-615 Locust St.  DES MOINES" unused post card with large & attractive floral art for an important agricultural supplier, mild corner wear & rounding, tiny dark spot near right front edge, a faint internal crease most easily seen from the back. $7.00 ifa

"A S'wheat Girl / COMPLIMENTS OF / Mabley & Company" trade card with young woman in wheat dress & a scythe standing in a field, ad on back claims the Detroit company is the largest retail establishment in Michigan (copyright dates to 1887). Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 aagm

"At a fair / Tractor square dance" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1964, unusual subject matter. $2.50

"A TWO YEAR OLD PEACH ORCHARD / Tom Pray's" sepia-tone real photo postcard mailed there (partial cancel) DEC 13 1911 by Tom to Mr. Myron Stover in Leland Michigan, upper corner crease, approximately 1" internal crease from bottom edge, oxidation consistent with age, mild corner wear. Peach trees are planted in early winter, so the 2-year mark would be reached about this time. Mabel is on the Wikipedia list of ghost towns in Michigan. Its post office was discontinued in 1918 [La Posta scarcity 3]. Rare: we found no other offers, past offers, or exhibits when we searched the Internet. $50.00 m(m)ag

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"Aux labours" black & white post card showing horse and bullocks pulling plow, mailed 1902 in Switzerland, dark stain at bottom edge, much writing on front. $3.00

"Banana Grove, Woombye, North Coast Line, S.Q." black & white postcard issued for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, writing on back, mild corner wear. In 1913, some 7,400 acres had similar plantings in Queensland. $5.50 qeta*

"BEL AIR, MARYLAND  L-147" with a generic scene of cows grazing with farm buildings in the distance, linen post card mailed there 1954 to Mr. & Mrs. Lester B. Martz in Washington DC by their children Margie & Fred, fairly fresh. $2.00 m(b)ga

"Bending Broom Millet, Goomeri, North Coast Line, S. Q. including 2 workers, black & white post card issued for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in 1915, writing on back, trivial corner wear. When production in Queensland was 168,194 pounds. $5.50 qae*

"BLOSSOM TIME IN THE MARITIMES" showing plowing behind two bulls, postcard in color, published by Valentine-Black, fairly fresh. $2.50

"Bonnet Hill Farm. / Darien, Conn." showing the residence & the fence in front, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed at West Harwich in 1962, slight waviness to paper, trivial wear at 3 corners. $2.00 ca*

"BOYS' AND GIRLS' 4-H CLUB WORK / Head--Heart-- Hands--Health…" with their pledge on the back, no postcard back. $2.00

"BREAK AWAY" sepia-tone post card showing lovers beneath a stack of hay with an observer on top, unused & fairly fresh. $3.00

"Bringing in the Sheaves / A common scene on a Nebr. Farm." Unused Azo real photo (triangles up), wagon drawn by 2 horses brings another corncob to the side of the barn where there is also giant cabbage & pumpkins, minor corner wear. Sold but front still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 ean

"BROADACRE FARM, CHARLOTTE, VT." Unused Eastern Illustrating Co. real photo post card, slight oxidation consistent with circa-1910 age. Sold but its front is still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged & enhanced (publication-quality) 300-dpi scan in .jpg format. $3.75 v(c)a

"CAMBRIDGE VALLEY / SEED GARDENS. / JAN 26 1893 / ... / JEROME B. RICE & Co." illustrated pioneer seed ad on 2c Jefferson government postal card, long scrape from small hole in center, browning paper. Central ad reads 'TRY RICE'S SEEDS / SUITED FOR / ALL SOILS AND / ALL CLIMATES / THEY ARE NORTHERN GROWN'. $10.00 naag

"Canadian Rural Life: 'Gathering in the Hay'" with 2 farmers filling a horse-drawn wagon, souvenir post card with undivided back printed in Great Britain, mailed 1908 from Fairville New Brunswick to Charlestown Massachusetts, toned back with partial of the wagon wheel color as well, upper corner creased twice, other corners worn, short internal crease from the bottom. $2.25 cha

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"CASE / HILL CLIMBING EXHIBITION / EVERY 30 MINUTES COMMENCING AT ... / CASE ENGINES / DEVELOP most POWER / WITH LEAST FUEL" circa-1917 stamped, messaged, uncancelled postcard addressed to Miss Ethel Horton on Kennedale Texas, both sides toned, back paper browning with age. Uncaptioned, so we use all the readable signage. This type of demonstration must have worked well for them because they made similar appearances at other fairs throughout the US. Sold but its front is still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged & enhanced (publication-quality) 300-dpi scan in .jpg format. $3.75 aa

"Cattle Pens at Stock Yards, Kansas City, Mo." with an overhead view giving a good feel for the extent of them, post card mailed 1910, lightly toned sky from cancel ink, corner wear & rounding. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 maa

"Celery Fields, Kalamazoo, Mich." postcard mailed 1910, light amount of cancel ink on front, corner crease, edge wear. $3.25 ma. Mailed 1908, minor corner & edge wear. $5.00 am

"CEN PE CO / LUBRICANTS // 1999 SILVER BULLET / EVENTS SCHEDULE" showing the tractor of 2-time National Champions Rich & Jordon Lustik in action, wheels high off the ground; unusually detailed continental card publicizing their stops at NTPA & ATPA events. Small corner bend. The company is located in Iowa & Ohio. $1.50 ia

"CHAMPION HOLSTEIN, SPRINGBANK FARM, WOODSTOCK, ONT.  WK 1" post card with inconspicuous corner crease & tiny nick in edge, otherwise fresh. Monument text: IN HONOR OF SPRINGBANK SNOW COUNTESS / ... / WORLD CHAMPION LIFETIME BUTTERFAT PRODUCTION PRODUCTION / ... / ... HER BREEDER AND OWNER / T. R. DENT. $5.00 o(w)aag

"Chepachet Grange, No. 38, P. of H., Chepachet, R. I." black & white linen postcard, unused. More fully, the agricultural fraternal organization referred to is the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. $3.75 r(c)af(g)

"Chinese Picking Olives" postcard in color, published by Newman, much writing on back, light toning on back, minor corner & edge wear. $3.75

     
CITRUS AGRICULTURE IN THE US. Lot of 36 regular-size postcards from the white-border, linen & chrome eras. Some are new and some used. Faults, if present, are minor. An effort has been made to remove duplication, but there may still be 1 or 2. Some better material is included--work scenes in Florida & California, Sunkist advertising (shown above left), Minute Maid operations (shown above right), etc. Typically these would retail from $0.50 to $2.50. Our wholesale price for all 36 is $18.00 (wa)*

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"Coffee Blossoms - Kona  348" Ekc real photo post card, trivial bottom corner wear. $4.00 ha

"COFFEE PLANTATION PORTO RICO" sepia-tone real photo post card with brownish paper on back, considerable corner & edge wear, image has good focus & contrast, slight oxidation suggests 1920's. Interesting. $5.00 pa*

"Combined Harvesters 'The Idaho' at work. Manufactured by the Idaho National Harvester Company, Moscow, Idaho." unused postcard published by Charles E. Morris of Chinook Montana (cowboy on bucking bronco in the stamp box), minor wear at 2 corners. This firm, also known as the Idaho Harvester Company, made smaller combine harvesters because they were more suited to the hilly terrain of the Palouse region in which they were located & required fewer horses. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 i(m)a

"Compliments of / GARDENVILLE, N. Y., FEED CUTTER" trade card with 1886 copyright (Richmond & Co., Buffalo), illustrated both sides. Back shows the agricultural device (used to cut feed, hay & ensilage) with 6 different lengths, prices, and weights tabulated; lightly toned with small thin affecting 2 letters; manufactured by Charles Schœpflin & Brothers in Gardenville. Rare. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 bn(g)aa

Continental size Russian postal card mailed from Leningrad in 1928 on a scientific exchange of aphid specimens between the Zoological Museum of the Academy of Sciences & Dr. C. R. Cutright at the Ohio Agricultural Experimental Station in Wooster Ohio. Dr. Cutright was a published expert on apple aphids & subterranean aphids. Brownish paper as issued, on bottom corner with noticeable wear, small upper corner crease. The message is in good English. $6.00 iagro-ri%

"Copyrighted Photograph 1908 / By W. H. Mortin // Here is the place we grow large cabbage" sepia-tone Azo real photo (triangles up) postcard, mild corner & edge wear, oxidation consistent with age. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 ehfpa

"CORPORAL No. 62048 / Recorded by the Percheron Society of America / ... /  CORPORAL will make the season of 1911, on the farm known as the Samuel Kyle Farm, on the Big Four Railroad, between Kyle and Monroe Stations / ... / J. W. KYLE, owner, Rural Route No. 1, KYLE OHIO" advertising & showing the horse with very detailed pedigree. Unused 1-cent McKinley government postal card, faint small upper corner crease affects nothing. Exceptionally interesting and rare, the card sheds light on the naming of the community, the Kyle family genealogy, and even the rates & conditions of stud service offered. The best Butler County card we have ever seen. $40.00 o(k)hga

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"Costumi africani - Aratro abissino / 2940" unused carte postale with undivided back, black & white with red caption, minor corner wear & a tiny ding in one edge, light toning near the front edges. Part of a series of African costume cards for Italian consumption, it shows specifically an Abyssinian farmer plowing in what is now Ethiopia. Rare; you will not find it elsewhere.

"Cotton Blockade at Houston, Texas // Texas Produces More Cotton / Than Any Other State in the Union / More Cotton Moves Though Houston / Than Any City in the World // 404193." showing a rail yard in which multiple trains are heavily loaded with the agricultural product, upper corners creased twice, bottom corners visibly worn; postcard mailed there 1910 to Harvey Lindaman of Ames Iowa. $7.00 t(h)a

"COTTON COMPRESS, WACO, TEXAS. THE COMMERCIAL CENTER OF THE / GREATEST COTTON PRODUCING COUNTRY IN THE WORLD" post card, circa 1912, corner crease, toned back. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 ta

"Cotton picking in Arizona" showing 5 workers filling the back of a large truck, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1966 at Rochelle Illinois, part of a cancel on front. $1.75 a(u)a

"COUTUMES, MOEURS ET COSTUMES BRETONS / 481 -- Intérieur de Ferme : en avant, l'étable, au fond le logis.  ND Phot." showing the interior of a farm home in Brittany, including the livestock stabled there; carte postale with good edges. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 i(h)f(b)a!

"CRANBERRY HARVESTING, CAPE COD, MASS. / Cranberries are one of Cape Cod's leading products. ..." unused chrome-era post card from a Kodachrome by Winthrop P. Moore, a little toning on the back appears to be from the printing process itself, front surface abrasions in the finish & 1 tiny spot of color, trivial edge wear. $0.75 m(c)a

"Cranberry Picking, Cape Cod, Mass." In color, numbered 85005 on back, unused post card, minor wear at 2 corners. $8.00

"CROFTERS COTTAGES, SKYE" color from Valentine's Colourtone, 2 corner creases neither of which is very noticeable. A crofter is a tenant farmer. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 saa*

"CULTIVATEUR DAN LA HAUTE EGYPTE" showing a farmer plowing land with the aid of a camel & cow hitched together, unused carte postale from the Cairo Postcard Trust No. 202, minor corner & edge wear. $4.75 ea

"Cutting Sugar Cane in Florida." post card in color, mailed 1910, trivial corner & edge wear. $4.00

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"Cutting Sugar Cane at Ponce, Puerto Rico / Color by Louis Dormand / El Corte de la Cana, en Ponce, Puerto Rico." chrome postcard mailed 1962, tiny corner crease. $1.50 pa*

"Cutting Spring Wheat at Mac Leod, Alta." with a team of 4 horses pulling the reaper, unused private post card published by Stedman Brothers (their number S B 1877 on back), light album marks at the corners, small upper corner crease, back paper browning evenly with age (circa 1910), pen stroke over the head of one horse. Now a residential neighborhood near Edmonton, we see the name spelled McLeod. Uncommon; we could not find it offered or shown anywhere on the internet when we looked. $7.00 a(m)ah

"Cyprus farmer with home- / made winnowing fork" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 from High Island Texas, tiny lower corner bend. $1.75 ca NEW / NY / NOUVEAU

"D-106  A BUSY DAY IN A COTTON FIELD IN DIXIELAND / 17253-C" showing several blacks, young & old, at work; unused white-border era postcard, soft corners, light toning shows in the front borders & on back. $5.00 ba***

"D-885  A SOUTHERN TOBACCO FIELD / M-10  A SCENE NEAR MARTINSVILLE, VA.  E-5414" unused linen post card from the Asheville Post Card Company, near mint. $3.75 vat

"Dairy and Grange Buildings, State Fair Grounds, Syracuse, N. Y." color from William Jubb Company, mailed at Northrup Station 1916 with stamp damage, corner & edge wear. one corner multiply creased, light toning on front. More fully, the agricultural fraternal organization referred to is the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. $7.00 n(s)f(g)a

"DATE HARVEST" from a photo by Hubbard, unused chrome postcard. $2.50

"Dear Peach Customer: / Our Red Haven Peaches / are ready now and will / last about 10 days... / Howard C. Green Farm / Route 20, 1 Mile West / of Portland, N.Y." showing a peach stand by the roadside, family members posed by it; chrome post card mailed 1965 with typed advertising message for caption here, light toning on back, trace of cancel ink on front . corner crease, minor corner & edge wear. Unusual subject matter. A large peach with a long shelf life. $5.00 ngar

"De szabadits meg / a Gonoszló" Hungarian art depicts wheat farming couple regarding their field after a bad thunderstorm, postcard mailed 1900 to Szombathely, light toning on back, corner & edge wear, light toning on front, album impressions at the corners. $7.50 ha

"Drying of the unhulled rice." Japanese post card, unused, interesting, light album marks at the back corners. $4.25 ja NEW / NY / NOUVEAU

"Duane Keener's / Bambi /  Pulling Team // All-Plant Liquid Plant Food" color continental card showing the Ashland Ohio star at the controls of his John Deere 4440 with 466 engine in action at a tractor pull, front wheels just beginning to lift. Excellent condition except for a tiny corner bump. Duane's career started with a bang as the OSTPA Super Stock Rookie of the Year in 1997 & the OSTPA Super Stock Puller of the Year in 1998. $2.50 oa

"Ducks at the Hartman Farm--Columbus, Ohio" a large number mostly facing in one direction, suggesting they were about to be fed, bottom corners with noticeable wear, faint album marks at the top front corners, a little pinkish toning near the back bottom edge. The farm also included horses & orchards. Now closed & sold, it was located on both sides of Route 23 just south of Columbus. $3.00 ao(c)g

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"Dusting a pepper patch / in Delaware" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card, trace of cancel ink in the sky, approximately 1" internal crease from the side, used 1964 at Holley New York. $1.75 dpa

"Eildon Hills, Scotland" showing hay being gathered in the fields, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1963 from Randolph Massachusetts (2 different cancels). $2.00 sa

"'EMPEROR' TWICE GRAND CHAMPION BRAH- / MAN BULL OF FLORIDA…" black & white postcard, unused, toned back. $3.00

"En route pour les champs" showing people with pitchforks going out in a wagon to get more hay, color post card, TCV circa 1907 (French stamp). $10.00

"Farm and Dairy / … / 3 Easy Ways to Subscribe…" continental postcard mailed 2000 from Salem Ohio (permit No. 5). $1.00 (sa)

"Farmer's house, / Monrovia, Liberia." black & white post card, unused, numbered 11 26725 on undivided back, 2 tiny corner bends. $4.75 la+

"FARMERS(sic) WIFE" uncaptioned (so we use all the horse-drawn parade float signage) Azo (triangles up) real photo postcard including a make-shift washing machine with wringer, good edges, slight curl to the paper, trivial light toning near the back edges. $10.00 pha

"FARMHOUSE IN THE LÜNEBURGER HEIDE / GERMANY" on the heath in Lower Saxony, signed art from German American Novelty Art Series, undivided back, mild corner wear & rounding, dark stain near 2 back edges. Location is in Western Germany. $2.75 a(j)wa

"F. E. Myers & Bro. // ASHLAND / OHIO // Force / AND / Lift Pumps / AND / Hay Tools // WORLDS / FAIR" and wonderful art in full color depicting elves around a globe. Just a little toning near the back edges. Detailed agricultural product list over all the back: combination hay carriers, stacking carrier outfits, double harpoon forks, Walker forks, knot passing pulleys, thresher tank pumps & many more. Large size: a little longer than a continental postcard, but not quite as tall. The hay carrier was invented by them in 1884 & double harpoon forks were invented in 1892, which gives us a basis for our estimated age as the Columbian Exposition (which was a World's Fair) in 1893. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 oaafge

"FF-43 Picking Oranges in Florida" postcard mailed 1949. $2.00

"Fidèles à la terre - Série B No. 22 / Edit. Lacas, Gland" post card mailed in Switzerland 1916, both sides nice. $5.00

"FIELD FULL OF COTTON PICKER" showing many blacks working, unused chrome postcard. $2.00

"FINLAND--The women folk assist in the work of harvesting in many European countries" post card in color, writing on back, worn corners. $3.25 faw

"Foden Tractor 'D' Class No. 14078 'Mightly Atom', Nominal h.p. 4, / built 1932" being driven with load, unused postcard, J. Salmon copyright, near mint. $2.00 a

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"Formosan farmer winnows / peanuts to remove dirt." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1961 in the United States. $1.75 ta

"From / the factory / to the / consumer" farmer milking cow gives a cat a long-distance drink, postcard with undivided back published by W. G. MacFarlane, mailed at Detroit 1907, internal creases, smudge in the front caption area, corners worn & rounded. $2.25 caa

"FRUIT AND GRAPE FARM NIAGARA DISTRICT, CANADA" Canadian souvenir post card, fresh appearance. $3.50

"Gathering Corn" showing women picking by hand, postcard in color, mailed 1909, corner & edge wear. $3.25

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"GATHERING THE FAMOUS BLUE GRASS SEED, KENTUCKY" C. T. American Art postcard, unused, trivial wear at one upper corner, otherwise excellent condition. $3.50 ak(u)

"GATHERING THE SEASONS CROP, SCENE IN AN ORANGE GROVE, NEAR NEW ORLEANS, LA." an interesting work scene with several men on ladders, white-border era, unused postcard, toned back & 2 corner creases. $2.25 (la)+

"GIVE HER MORE GAS, SAMANTHY, / I WANT TH'FORD TO CULTIVATE / THAT BACK 'FORTY THIS / MORNING" says farmer to his wife in a Ford; signed Witt art on a postcard mailed 1923 to Miss Bertha Potter in Binghamton New York, upper corner crease not into the design, short internal crease in the upper border, one lower corner with 2 small creases. $3.00 a(w)aa

"Going on Our / Honeymoon / April 11, 1920" with the happy lovers on board their tractor, several automobiles in the distance; framed (approximately 10" x 8") sepia-tone photo with good focus & contrast, no photographer imprint front or back. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 al

"GOLDEN AUTUMN, SWANSTON" black & white post card, Castle series, showing hay harvesting, unused. $3.25

"Grading Oranges." postcard in color, mailed 1909, much corner wear & rounding. $3.75

"Greetings From De Witt, Ark. / Cotton Picking Time" showing the blacks starting to pick, unused chrome post card from Curteich circa 1958, slight yellowing of the paper with age on back. $1.00 ba(d)a

"Greetings from HAMILTON, MO. 28006" linen postcard showing a generic hay wagon scene, faint small corner crease, slight browning of the paper with age. $2.00 ma. Generic postcards explained.

"Greetings from SHELDON, ILL." showing a generic haying scene, unused NYCE linen postcard, tiny spot on front, a couple more tiny spots on the back. $2.25 ia. Generic postcards explained.

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"GREETINGS FROM / SOUTHEAST MISSOURI / 'IN THE LAND OF COTTON" multiview showing blacks in field, chrome post card, some ink transfer to back from printing process. $2.50

"GRINDING & BOILING SUGAR CANE" postcard in color, mailed circa 1908, corner crease, corner & edge wear. $4.00

"Habana: Corte de Caña / Cutting Sugar Cane  9B-H22" Cuban postcard mailed 1951 to Illinois but stamp damaged in removal attempt, three corners creased (1 is tiny). $2.75 ca

"HARROWING AND DRILLING WHEAT ON MILLER BROS. 101 RANCH.  80618" in Bliss Oklahoma, unused C. T. American Art postcard neatly separated from a booklet, light spotty toning in the front borders. Hard to find: the only one we found was in a collection at the National Cowboy Museum. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 o(b)ac

"Harvest Time in the Sunny South G-238" near mint post card, Asheville published. $2.50

"HARVESTING AROOSTOOK POTATOES" unused chrome postcard with minor corner & edge wear. $2.00

"Harvesting barley near Irbil, / a Kurd clutches grain with / glovelike metal claws, that / extend his finger reach Iraq" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 from Centerville Kansas, small upper corner crease not into the image. Irbil is also seen written Erbil or Irbil. $2.00 ia

"HARVESTING IN THE GREAT WHEAT FIELDS OF /   MANITOBA, CANADA." color post card, circa 1915-1920, unused. $2.50

"Harvesting Oats, Gallatin County, Montana…" postcard in color, unused, published by Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, nice. $7.50

"Harvesting / Peanuts / in / Dixie" showing a black worker, unused chrome post card. $2.50

"Harvest Scene." with at least 37 horses & mules hitched up to the equipment, color postcard on yellowish paper from M. Rieder, pencil writing on back claims the scene is in Washington State, noticeable corner wear, several small dark spots of toning on back. $5.00 ah

"HARVESTING WHEAT ON MILLER BROS. 101 RANCH" in Bliss Oklahoma, multiview postcard with booklet stub still attached, divided back C. T. American Art post card, spotty toning. Hard to find! Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 o(b)ac

"Haying near North Yakima. /  $2,000,000 worth raised within eight miles of / North Yakima, Washington," post card mailed there 1909 (clear flag cancel with 1) to Ohio, corner crease, edge wear, cancel ink on front is in a dark area. $11.00 wa-w*

"HAYING TIME IN MAINE 1134" black & white postcard, mailed 1941, light toning on back, extraneous writing on back. $2.00 a*

"Hay is the main / crop in Iceland" showing a man & woman in their field raking it up, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 in the United States. $2.00 ia*

"Heuernte im Schwarzwald" postcard in color, mailed in Germany 1906 or 1908, corner & edge wear, writing on front. $3.25

"HIAWATHA ISLAND, PRODUCING FARM FOR AHWAGA HOTEL, OWEGO, N. Y." aerial view, sepia-tone from The Eagle Post Card Co., mailed there 1963, minor edge wear, 3 corner creases, long internal crease, unusual subject matter. $5.00 na*

"HIGHEST PPICES(sic) / PAID FOR / FARM PRODUCE" sign points the way for a farmer family in a Ford towing hay & poultry behind them; signed Witt art mailed at Sanford Montana circa-1920 to Mr. Fred Tuttle in Detroit Michigan, 2 corners with small creases not into the art, very light toning on front, back toned lightly. It is not likely that many such error cards were sold. $3.75 a(w)aa

"'Hog time' in North / Carolina Mountains" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1963. $2.00

"Hog time in the country" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1963. $2.00

"Horticultural Exhibit, Brandon Fair." color from Illustrated Post Card Company, fresh & unused. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 (mia)

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"Horticulture Building, Macdonald Agricultural College, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Que." black & white postcard with brown caption on yellowish paper from booklet, mailed 1923 to Massachusetts, light toning on back. $2.75 qa

"HOTEL CASTLE / FOR BEST FOUR /  POLAND-CHINA /   SOWS / Bred and owned / by /  Exhibitor / NATIONAL SWINE SHOW / 1917" real photo post card of trophy cup whose inscription we use as a caption, clear focus & good contrast, corner crease, small corner crease, toning from contemporaneous pencil writing on back, mild corner wear & rounding. An Iowa State University Animal Husbandry Department webpage states that the show started in Des Moines in 1919 but, based on this evidence we must respectfully disagree. $25.00 ap

"I AIN'T AFRAID OF / TH' HAY GETTING / WET SINCE I GOT / RID OF TH' OLD / GREY TEAM OF / MARES" says farmer riding a heavily loaded Ford scaring his livestock as he attempts to escape the oncoming storm; signed Witt art on a Ford Farm Comic series mailed 1924 from Windom Kansas to Mr. Harold Andrews in Lafayette Ohio, minor corner wear, a few small spots of toning both sides. $3.50 a(w)aac

"Iceland" showing a farmer plowing his field pulled by 2 ponies, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed at Saint Joseph Missouri in 1955, partial cancel on front. Shown. $1.75 ia*.

"IN A SOUTHERN HEMP FIELD" showing 3 black men harvesting many tall plants, Carolina Card Company number 10724 (circa 1930), small corner crease, mild corner wear. Unusual subject matter! Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 bsa

"'In simmer when the hay was mawn, / And corn waved green in every field.'--Burns." post card in color, mailed 1908, corner wear & rounding, very light toning on back. heavily toned front. $3.75

"INSPECTING FRUIT BEFORE BEING EXPORTED. / Fruit exported form Victoria is subjected to a rigid inspection. / Buyers oversea may rely on receiving the best quality." including several crates, some open, with legible labeling (e.g., GJ & Co, 1 bushel sorted apples, Alfred E. Eagle ...); elaborate back advertising settlement allotments available for mixed farming in Victoria Australia, under the Closer Settlement Acts; black & white postcard issued by direction of the Honorable J. E. Mackey (Commissioner of Crown Lands); a lot of edge wear at the lower right front corner, other edge wear is minor, lightly toned back. $6.00 vfpa

"IOWA FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPNAY / PROXY / ... " dated December 1945; unused legal form on government postal card pre-addressed to D. B. Groves Secretary at Valley Bank Building in Des Moines, a little cancel ink on front, minor edge wear. The company now does business under the name Far Bureau Property & Casualty Insurance Company, now located in West Des Moines. $3.75 aig(g)i(d)

"IOWA TO THE FRONT / The two ears of corn, white and yellow, shown herewith are the / Champion Ears of Corn of the World, having won the / prize at the Iowa State Fair in th greatest corn / competition on earth. The yellow ear is the property of Geo. Steen, West Liberty, Iowa, and the white / of I. B. White, / Oskaloosa, / Iowa" postcard mailed 1909, hint of toning on front does not detract. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 i(w)g(s)g(w)sa

"Irrigating an Orange Grove" post card published by the Benham Company (their number 2007) for the Panama-California Exposition of 1915, wear along one short edge, otherwise fairly fresh both sides. $5.00 ea

"Irrigating Grain.  Greeley, Colorado." sepia-tone post card published by Arthur Clapper, unused, fairly fresh & interesting. $7.00 ca

"IRRIGATION CONGRESS SPECIAL // ALBUQUERQUE / N. M." art showing its officials aboard an airship, accompanied by Uncle Sam who is using a telescope; postcard with divided back from The Booster Press, unmailed. When we searched the Internet we found a different design in color for this 1908 Congress, apparently one issued to every delegate. But this was probably only printed for the officials shown; because no one else can show you this rarity. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. n(a)au

"Irrigation Congress Welcome Design, / Mineral Palace park, Pueblo, Colo." in flowers with crossed American flags; post card mailed APR 15 1913 (clear DENVER & GRAND JUNCT. TR.4 R.P.O. RMS hand cancel on Balboa commemorative) to Mr. Sam J. Bernstein in Denver Colorado (where it arrived the same day), 1/3" internal crease from bottom edge, minor corner wear & rounding. Offered elsewhere as high as US50.00, but save your money and get it here for only $17.00. c(p)fa

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"ISLE OF PINES. -- Pineapple and orange grove . / ILSA DE PINOS. / Campo de piñas" unused circa-1907 targeta postale with unevenly divided back, trivial edge wear. Reddish ink in the sky matches the caption color, indicative of a printer-induced imperfection. Seen offered elsewhere as high as $10.00, but we need only $4.50. ca

"IT'S CORN BUT THEY LOVE IT" with signed art by Zoe Mozert, depicting a shapely farmer's daughter feeding the chickens; excellent condition. (2 available) $6.50 each mpaa

"JERUSALEM - Laboureurs. / Ploughing. / Pflügen." showing a family group in their fields plowing with yoked oxen, unused black & white carte postale with red caption, numbered 1039 on back, minor toning on back, slight corner rounding, miscut at printers with a bit of the top of the next card showing at the bottom. $4.25 pa

"'Jess' turkey ranch on Mojave / Desert in California" with signed art reproduced, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1963 from Benzonia Michigan. a little wear at top corners, short internal crease. $1.75 cda

"J. H. MANCHESTER / 1908 MAPLE AVENUE FARM / HORACE DUNCAN BUILDER" picturing the round barn that is now on the National Register of Historic Places; sepia-tone real photo postcard mailed NOV 29 1909 to Mrs. Lucy Aylworth in West Liberty Iowa by her niece conveying lots of family news, good edges, very light album toning on the back. Location is in what is now New Hampshire (Goshen Township, Auglaize County) Ohio, near Waynesfield. It is possible that the 1908 in the nameplate was its street address, because the barn was actually built in 1877. $25.00 o(n)g(a)aa

"KCD 0888" unused black & white citizens band QSL postcard with captioning in red for operators John & Edie Tyson. picturing them both standing next to a large antique tractor. Both sides lightly toned, minor edge wear. (2 available) $3.75 each. pga

"KD903 / Making Sorghum Molasses the old fashion way.." from color photo by Bill Kobert, unused chrome post card. $2.00 !

"KLN5008" CB QSL card advertising DeRuiter's Poultry & Blueberry Farms in Holland, Michigan. $2.50

"Koestal (Zomerstal) / Clow-bouse in Summer" real photo postcard of a dairy barn interior, unusual subject matter, unused. $3.25

"KPJ8979" Wabash Indiana CB QSL postcard with cartoon art depicting a farmer plowing his field whilst sipping from a jug of moonshine, used by the Conyers, fairly fresh. $2.00 ima

"K. V. Budapest" showing 2 shepherds driving their flock along a path, sepia-tone real photo postcard with light tinting on brownish paper, many short messages writing on front, several creases, considerable edge wear, mailed 1901 at Szombathely, as is. $4.50 ha

      "Labourers on Sugar Plantation, Barbados" post card mailed 1927 to Mrs. Austin Lynch Jr. in Canton Ohio, minor corner wear & rounding, very light toning shows in the front margins, a couple small light spots of toning on the back, large centered 1-d colonial seal (King on chariot) stamp in good shape, GPO slogan cancel promoting all-year sunshine a little light. Sold but both sides still available for scholarly study & research as enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scans in .jpg format. $2.00 for either, or $3.75 for both. bpa**

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"Lebanon / Farmer loads the last / straw on indignant camel." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1962 from Stockton Springs Maine. $1.75

"Logan Berries, Salem, Oregon. On the Road of a Thousand Wonders." color postcard circa 1915, made in Germany, numbered 3117 on back, corner wear & rounding. $5.00 oa

"Los Angeles Pigeon Farm, / Near Elysian Park" post card in color, unused, fairly fresh. $5.50

"LOTUS LAKE FARM & CABINS / WILLIAMSTOWN, VT." real photo post card mailed from Brandon Vermont in 1940 to Miss Virginia Walker from her mother who was travelling, minor bottom corner wear. Now the Lotus Lake Camp. Rare. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. v(w)mga

"Madeira. Cana d'assucar / Sugar cane" including 2 workers, bilhete postal with very late usage at Sugarland Texas, mild corner & edge wear wear, back paper browning evenly with age. $4.75 ma

"Madeira - Cutting of Sugar Cane" postcard in color, unused, fairly fresh. "$4.50

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"MAKING HAY WHILE THE S(O)N SHINES" old farmer toils while his son plays on a Ford overloaded with hay; signed Witt art on an unused 'LET LIZZIE DO IT' postcard, toned both sides. $3.00 a(w)aa

"MAKING HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES" art with an agricultural scene, pre-printed advertising for Electro-Silicon Silver Polish on circa 1908 divided back postcard, from a firm located at 32 Cliff Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, unmailed, mild corner rounding, a few spots of light toning. $4.00 n(m)aa

"MAPLE SUGAR TIME IN NEW ENGLAND" from a photo by Dan Sieburg, unused Plastichrome® post card. $2.00

"MAUD MULLER UP-TO-DATE" signed Witt art shows a woman driving a Ford pulling a hay-rake; post card mailed from Convoy Ohio to Miss Aude Vigles in Decatur Illinois, long bottom corner crease not into the image. The character Maud was introduced by John Greenleaf Whittier in 1873. The The card is full size but printed off-center. $3.25 a(w)a

"MEXICO. / Plantio de Caña / de Azucar. / No. 200. / 'La Joyita' Ia San Francisco. 14.00Mexico" showing a man standing amidst sugar cane plants. Postcard sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 m(g)a

"Mi Atyánk / ki vagy a Mennyekben / Szenteltessék meg a te Neved / Jöjjön el a te Országod." art depicts Hungarian farmers kneeling by field of bundled wheat regarding ghostly figures in the sky (like Last Supper), postcard mailed 1900, corner & edge wear, album impressions at the corners, light toning on front, light scrapes in sky. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 ha

"Milking time" post card in color, unused, album adherences on back. $2.50

"Minehead, Greenaleigh Farm" including 6 women on the path leading in, postcard with muted colors, unused, Frith & Co. published, small adherence on back, minor wear at 2 corners. Minehead is in Somerset County, England. $5.00 ea+

"Model-Boerderij / Model-Farm (N. Holl.) / Foto Jan Loos, Hilversum" unused echte foto post card, glue residue near top back edge suggests it was removed from a folder, tiny ding in the upper edge, otherwise good edges & corners. $2.00 npa

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"M. O. P. No 30 / MADEIRA. / Bananeiras. // Registado" showing a grove of banana trees with fruit, color card with undivided back, mailed from Madeira with Funchal 20-réis King stamp (partial cancel, tied) to Ohio, small corner crease not into image, mild edge wear. $5.00 mta

"Mowing Alfalfa, Western Michigan" In color, post card published by Century Photoview, unused, very light toning on back, minor edge wear. $6.00 am(w)*

"Mr. & Mrs. Alex Eckurd" and their family harvesting root vegetables on thier farm, uncaptioned (so we use all the writing on the back) divided-bak real photo postcard with 5 large adherences on back, trivial corner rounding. The distinctive name is mentioned but once on the Internet -- as the father of the groom (undoubtedly one of the 2 boys shown, about 9 years later) in a marriage on 25 Dec 1917 in Champaign County. The Eckurd farm is on present-day State Route 29 just outside of Urbana Ohio. $16.00 o(u)fga

"MUZEJ 'RALO'" multiview postcard showing an open-air museum display of Slovenian agricultural tools, unused continental post card with 2 internal creases & a faint corner crease. $1.25 sma

"NEBRASKA AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS / ISSUED COOPERATIVELY BY / NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND INSPECTION / AND / UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE / 1939 - 1942" hardbound book, 112 pages. Coverage: Grain crops, hay crops, livestock, miscellaneous crops, seed crops, prices & value of production, weather & even more! Gently used. Rare: when we searched the Internet, no one else was offering it or had offered it previously. $5.00 na

"Nepal, Himalayas" showing a herdsman with his flock of sheep in mountainous terrain, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1966 at the Avonbell Station of Amarillo Texas. one corner creased & worn, cancel on front. $1.50 na

"NEW ZEALAND / DE HAVILLAND DH 82A / TIGER MOTH / PIONEERING AERIAL TOPDRESSING" with emphasis on a simple country map, art in vertical format, unused continental postcard, tiny corner bump." $1.25 na

"NEW ZEALAND / D.H.82A TIGER MOTH /  Pioneering Aerial Topdreessing" showing a plane flying over a flatbed truck, with art in vertical format, unused continental post card, 2 corner bumps. $1.00 na

"New Zealand / PIONEERING AERIAL TOPDRESSING / D.H. 82A TIGER MOTH" with artwork in vertical format, unused continental postcard, tiny corner bump. $1.25 na

"No. 1420. / Three Year Old apple Tree. / Eastern Washington" making a point of the abundance, color post card on grayish paper from Lowman & Hanford Company, made in Germany, mailed 1909 at Bridgeport (partial Doane 1 cancel?), light toning on back, small corner crease. minor edge wear. $3.00 wa

"No. 146 / Cultivation of the Rice in Thailand. / (4) Making the Tender Rice Plants into / Sheaves for Replanting" unused chrome postcard from Phorn Thip, slight toning along back bottom edge, unusual subject matter. $2.00 ta

"No. 261  NAKORN CHAISRI, THAILAND: Transplant rice." showing several workers in a paddy, unused chrome post card, circa 1962. $2.00 ta

"No. 377 BANGKOK, THAILAND: Ploughing Ceremony" depicting a Buddhist agricultural event, unused chrome postcard, very colorful, excellent condition. Circa 1962. $2.00 ta

"O-127--Picking Oranges near Orlando, Fla. / 8A-H1430" unused circa-1938 linen post card, small spot of very light toning on back, otherwise fresh. $2.00 f(o)a

"Office of HERRON & SPENCER, / Importers and Dealers in Cocoanuts, (Almonds, Peanuts, Filberts and Walnuts…)" ad on government postal card mailed 1882 from New York City, minor edge wear. $4.50

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"Old farm machinery at a / Fair in Iowa" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1965. $2.00

"Old steam tractor at a Fair in / Iowa" showing a close-up, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1965. $2.00

"One of our Hay Stacks 45 ft. long contains 16 tons" real photo postcard from Kit Carson Colorado, mailed there 1910, caption from writing on back. Interesting view with 4 men working and the apparatus used to hoist them up. $20.00 (cpa)

"One of the Hershey Farms, Hershey, Pa. / 'Home of the Hershey Chocolate Co.'" including several dairy cows grazing near a round barn, post card that is not as all as most regular size, unused, minor edge wear. Uncommon: we found an example in the Hershey Community Archives, but no one was offering it, or even bragging about having sold it. $7.50 p(h)aa

"One Shipment of Cotton / 2500 Bales" showing railcars near the Union Elevator, post card mailed 1908 in Memphis Tennessee, considerable corner & edge wear. $3.75

"On The Farm of M. Poulson / Antelope Mont." with an ox & horse in tandem harvesting the wheat; unused sepia-tone real photo NOKO real photo with unevenly divided back (placing it circa 1907-1908), faint paper clip indent top center. Note the tell-tale light letter t's in the caption: this is an early effort for the photographer who was not yet comfortable writing backwards on the negative. Rare! Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. m(a)ag

"Ostrich Farm, Hot Springs National Park, Ark." postcard from the white-border era, fairly fresh. $4.00 oaa

"Packing Lettuce in Florida for Northern Market." including 2 blacks who have already filled several baskets, postcard mailed FEB 26 1912, noticeable corner & edge wear, very light traces of cancel ink in sky. $4.00 af(u)

"Packing Sultana Grapes / in California" for the Earl Fruit Company (name on crates), postcard with unevenly divided back mailed FEB 4 1907 at Riverside California to Miss Beulah Reed in Oregon Illinois, minor corner wear, very lightly toned both sides. $7.50 c(u)a

"Palace of Arts / World's Fair / St. Louis, Mo. / 1904 / Palace of Agriculture" multiview postcard with undivided back, mailed, 2 short tears at the left front edge with wear & a crease between, a little cancel ink on front. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 eamm

"Pails full of maple / sap in Vermont." well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962. $2.00

"Paris  L'Angelus  J. F. Millet" art showing a young farming couple praying in their field, unused Stengel postcard made in Germany, numbered 29901 on back, a lot of album paste near all back edges, minor edge wear. $1.75 sa(m)a

"PEACH ORCHARD IN BLOOM / MT. GARFIELD IN BACKGROUND / IN SCENIC COLORADO" unused linen postcard numbered 9666N on back, excellent condition. The back explains that the orchard is near Palisade Colorado. $2.50 c(m)ma

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"Pear Blossoms, Rogue River Valley.  425." real photo postcard with high contrast & slight oxidation, mailed NOV 29 1951 (clear PORTLAND & S. F. N. D. TR.330 R.P.O. hand cancel) to Mrs. Ruby Hoffstadt in Shelby Ohio, good edges. $4.00 o(r)a

"PICK Dole / HAWAII'S BEST, AMERICA'S FAVORITE!" Unused chrome post card, fresh appearance. (3 different) $2.50 each

"PICKERS ARRIVING FOR WORK / IN AN OREGON HOP FIELD" unused black & white from Patton Post Card Company, numbered 44837 on back, mild wear at top edge, minor wear at one corner. An interesting view. $6.00 oap

"Picking Apples on Five Mile / Prairie near Spokane, Washington." showing men & women workers in action, color postcard from M. Rieder, unused, brownish paper, trivial corner wear. $8.00 wa%

"Picking Carnations in Wintertime." post card mailed 1910 (Phoenix Arizona territorial flag cancel), hint of cancel ink on front, unusual subject matter, nice. $7.50

"Picking Cotton, LOUISIANA." unused postcard with undivided back, back paper browned evenly with age, good edges. $11.00 bla

"PICKING HOPS IN OREGON" including 4 workers & 2 baskets; black & white postcard with printer's markings on back dating Aug 24 1915 & price charged, paper browning evenly with age, unique & interesting. $12.00 oap*

"Picking Oranges in California. / AS SEEN ON THE BALLOON ROUTE / EXCURSION" post card with unevenly divided back mailed 1907 from Playa Del Ray California to Mrs. Frank Sackey in Richmond Indiana, 2 corners creased, mild corner & edge wear. $3.25 abc(u)

"Picking Oranges in Florida" post card mailed 1949. $2.00

"Picking Oranges near the Snowfields" in California, postcard with undivided back from M. Rieder, mailed 1905 to Altamonte Springs Florida (clear receiving mark), much corner & edge wear, 1 / 5" tear that closes well in message area. $3.50 ca

"Picking / Pimento" by a family group gathered in & by a source tree; postcard made in Germany for Dr. Jas. Johnston in Brown's Town, unused, unevenly divided back, hint of wear at the bottom corners. $4.75 ja

"PICKING POTATOES IN MAINE  2210" postcard mailed AUG 18 1954 from Crouseville Maine to Jimmie T. Bell in Mansfield Ohio by his mother, faint small upper corner bend. $3.00 am(u)

"Picking Thompson Seedless Grapes in California" including a Mexican worker, Rieder published post card in color, unused, album marks on front. $4.25

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"PIGEON FARM. LOS ANGELES, CAL. 9800" post card from Bosselman, made in Germany, circa 1915, writing on back, small corner crease, minor corner wear. $5.50 c(l)bba

"Pineapple Harvesting" Unused chrome post card, Helbig published, fresh appearance. $2.00

"PLACING CRANBERRIES IN TRAYS, CAPE COD, MASS." postcard in color, TCV with John Smith commemorative but not mailed, fresh. $8.50

"Play Safe / … / BUY A MYERS WATER SYSTEM" advertising blotter picturing a farmer washing down a dairy barn & the system, includes slogan 'running water / your family deserves it'. A little longer than a regular post card, minor wear at one short end, unused. $3.75 a

"Plowing Grain Stubble." postcard in color, album adherences on back, unused, front has fresh appearance. $3.50

"Plowing Virgin Soil in Canada" post card in color, corners worn, writing on back dates to 1911. $4.75

"PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN" generic chrome postcard with a farm scene including bales of hay, writing on back dates to 1967, fresh appearance. $1.25

"PONDER'S FARM, ROUGHAM. Howell's Series J6788." a corner view of the farmhouse constructed in the 18th century & added onto later; unused Norvic Mill real photo post card, fuzzy focus at the near sides but mid-ground & distance focus is good for architectural details, tiny spot in stamp box, good edges. On the National Heritage List for England. $13.00 e(r)ga

"Porto Rico  Shucking Cocoanuts" sepia-tone Azo (triangles both ways) real photo postcard, writing on both sides repeats caption, corner wear including 2 small corner creases not into the image, small tears at one short edge again not into image. $4.25 pa%

"Potato Market Burr Oak Mich 3" with several horse-drawn wagons near railroad cars--N&W & Big Four among them; real photo post card with focus good enough to make out most markings on the cars. writing on back comments on potato farming in the area, light toning along bottom front edge, trivial wear at one corner, grayish paper. $27.50 mhar(n)f*

 "President Jimmy Carter, most famous Ameri- / can farmer since George Washington, surveys / his well-tended peanut fields." in Plains Georgia; unused Coral-Lee postcard, tiny upper corner bend, otherwise excellent condition. $1.75 pga NEW / NY / NOUVEAU

"Preston V.T.C. Camp 1915. Members of Ashton Company 19890" real photo postcard taken in front of the Lancashire County Council Agricultural Department in England, unused. VTC stands for Volunteer Training Corps.  Exceptional! $25.00 dmea*

"Pythian Sisters Home / Sophia Huntington Parker Farm 86 Acres / Medina, Ohio" unused circa-1908 sepia-tone real photo post card with unevenly divided back, a lot of oxidation, upper corner crease, small part of bottom corner knocked off, long diagonal paper bend. Lines at the top are oxidized, so they are tree branches rather than marks. The Pythian Sisters were formed in 1906 by the merger of two Knights of Pythias auxiliaries. Hard to find! Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. o(m)f(p)a

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"REAPING PADDY, CEYLON" showing several workers, unused real photo post card from Plâté, British made. $3.00 ca

"R. E. Trible plowing on Reed-Allen Farm near Dalhart, Texas" unusually detailed postcard, writing on front dates to 1914, writing on back. Unusually specific. Sold but front still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 tg(t)a

"S-1067" linen post card showing a harvest, writing on front. $3.00

"S-11 The California Date Gardens / © FRASHER FOTO" linen postcard mailed 1942, minor corner & edge wear. $1.50 ca*

"S-11C  Date Gardens of the Coachella Valley" unused linen postcard, very light fingerprint smudge on back, otherwise excellent condition. The date palms shown were imported some 20 years earlier. $2.50 c(c)ta

"S-404 / GREETINGS FROM OLNEY, ILL." showing a farmer using 2 horses to plow, pausing beneath the shade of an apple tree, near mint Curteich generic post card printed in 1935. $5.00 ia. Generic postcards explained.

"S-5 The World's Largest Pen-Feeding System for Beef Cattle / At Tovrea's, Phoenix, Arizona" Unused linen postcard. $2.00

"Salinas / THE VALLEY OF GREEN GOLD" showing work in a lettuce field, unused chrome post card. $2.00

"SAM SUMSTINE & MR. MEIER / Rockland Idaho / 1946 or 1947" small photo with indicated writing on back" $3.75

"Sap buckets near the sugar house are emptied / last. The worker has to …" showing a phase in the production of maple sugar, unused chrome postcard. $2.00

"SCENE AROUND SUMMERTON, S.C." sepia-tone, showing field during harvest with baskets, unused. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 (sa)

See also Agriculture on stamps.

See also Apiculture postcards for beekeeping.

See also Agriculture topical covers. Shown are four 1970 New Caledonia cattle-raising stamps franking a cover to the US.

See also Food post cards.

"SEEDS FOR ROOT CROPS / FOR FARM STOCK / ... / PETER HENDERSON & CO. / 35 Cortlandt Street, New York" with prices per pound & per 5 pounds for various Mancel Wurzel, other beets, turnips & carrots; printed advertising on government postal card mailed there APR 25 1879, toned both sides (pricelist heavily), 2 corner creases (1 small). From the leading horticulturalist of his day, the founding father of the seed industry in the USA. In addition to this line, this pioneer offered kitchen gardening mixtures for city & suburban dwellers, and ornamental gardening products. Not bad for an immigrant who arrived with only a few coins in his pocket! His address was in the Port Richmond neighborhood of Staten Island. History in your hands. $13.00 gg(h)n(s)a

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"Sentinel Steam Tractor, 1927 / Sentinel Stoomtrekker, 1927" unused continental post card, tiny corner bend, long internal bend at the opposite corner. $1.00 a

Sepia-tone real photo postcard mailed MAR 13 1911 at Fayette Ohio to Mr. Robert Cunningham in Pittsford Michigan. Must-read message a testament to the inventiveness & hard work of the farmer of the day: ' Fayette, O. Mch. 12, 1911 / ... This is a BHP steam engine I bought last winter for $8.00. I put new flues in it, made patterns and got new grates, made a new valve gear and put on it and I has not cost me $25.00 and is good as new. I grind all our feed now and shell our corn. I use it to run the sausage grinder, grindstone, feed grinder, corn sheller and farming mill. I am going to get about a 20 inch buzz saw and saw all of our wood, get a plow point grinder, and use it to pump water when the mill does not run. ... L. W. Blaker'. The abbreviation BHP stands for boiler horse power (which approximates the horsepower of engines fed by it). Tiny upper corner crease, minor corner wear. $50.00 o(f)a

Sepia-tone real photo post card showing two men picking grapefruits, mailed DEC 30 1915 from Mount Dora Florida, bottom corner creased twice (once faintly), light toning near the back edges. Sender who is in the picture comments: 'I can hear the colored boys singing / they are picking fruit." $7.50 f(m)a%

"Sheep Ranch near Moorcroft, Wyo." showing several sheep grazing near the bend in a river, real photo postcard mailed 1910, 2 corner creases. $13.00 waa(s)

"Shepherd and Flock, Druid Hill Park-Baltimore, Md." black & white, unused with undivided back, faint album impressions at the corners. One of our favorite postcards from this city, even though it is not rare. Note the collie dog. $10.00

"Snipe Lake District, Saskatchewan, Sept. 8, 1915. / Garden Truck, R. A. Snyder's farm, Sec. 15-26-19 W. 3^rd." Azo real photo (triangles up) post card with writing on back identifying one of the visitors in the shot. $20.00 sga

"SOME INTERESTING FIGURES / ON THE OTHER SIDE // National / Photographic Company / Chicago / 3094" advertising agricultural Alabama real estate available from the Alabama Land & Lumber Company on Dearborn Street in Chicago, real photo postcard mailed MAR 7 1908 to C. J. Stackwell in Grand Ledge Michigan (where it was received the next day). One of 5 example offers: 40 acres near Citronelle, all level land for cultivation was $400. Rare: Nothing like it for sale or exhibited when we searched the Internet. $9.00 ra(g)i(c)a

"South Carolina / tobacco plantation" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1965. $2.00

"Souvenir of the Fair--Case Engine Doing Stunts" unused black & white advertising post card showing people watching a demonstration, two nearby signs reading 'CASE ENGINES / ARE THE ONLY REAL / HILL CLIMBERS'; toned both sides, heavily in the front sky. $5.00 aa

"Spraying for grub control." black & white photo, no postcard back, unusual subject matter. $2.50

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"Stacking Alfalfa, Greeley, Colorado" real photo post card published by Arthur Kapper, unused. $6.50 (ca)*

"Steam Plowing / THOMAS RANCH / Chico, Cal. / 7264 / M. Reider Publ. / LOS ANGELES, CAL." unused undivided back post card, light album marks at the corners of both sides, good edges. In the Merriam Library Special Collections of the California State University at Chico but rarely offered. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. c(c)ag

"Strawberries in Oregon." postcard in color, published by M. Rieder, writing on back. $7.50

"Strawberry Farm, Van Buren, Ark." including a large number of children, black & white post card with green tinting, mailed there 1909, small bottom corner crease, back printing a bit high. Hard to find! $10.00 a(v)ac^

"Strawberry Pickers and Crates, NORFOLK, Va." showing many blacks, many crates & a horse-drawn wagon; post card on undivided back from A. C. Bosselman, mailed there 1907 (clear Jamestown Celebration cancel), yellowish paper, 2 corners with small creases, light toning on front, a little extraneous writing on back. $11.00 bbva

"STUD MERINOS" showing a herd, front & elaborate back advertising settlement allotments available for mixed farming in Victoria Australia, under the Closer Settlement Acts; black & white postcard issued by direction of the Honorable J. E. Mackey (Commissioner of Crown Lands), considerable corner wear, address written in pencil on the back. $6.00 va(s)ga

"Stuttgart, Arkansas, Heart of the Rice Belt / In this Manner Water for Irrigation is Supplied at the Rate of..." white-border era black & white postcard, unused. $3.75 (a(s)a)+

"Sugar Maple time. The sap gathered in this winter /   scene will go to make Maple sugar,…" unused chrome post card. $2.00

"SWEET AND JUICY-CONCORD GRAPES / FROM CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NEW YORK STATE" unused white-border era post card from M. Russell McLaren, light toning at one back corner, otherwise fresh. $3.00 an

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"TABLEAUX PYRÉNÉENS / 1203 - TROUPEAU AU PATURAGE" showing a flock of sheep & shepherdess, in color, unused postcard, fairly fresh. $3.00

"TANANARIVE. - Batteurs de Riz / Edition Robert   Ducrocq - Reproduction Interdite" showing a Madagascar couple threshing rice, black & white postcard with green back, light album marks on back, sound edges & fresh appearance. $20.00 ma

"TANANARIVE. - Labourage des Rizières" showing several Madagascar laborers digging in a rice field, black & white postcard with green back, good edges, fresh appearance. $7.00 ma

"Tapping the sugarplace. Making Maple sugar." Unused post card, published by Green Mountain. $2.50

"Taro patch, Oceania" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1964 at Sidney Ohio, good edges. $1.50 oa

"TEE(sic) GARDEN IWABUCHI" showing a tea harvest in progress, circa-1908 carte postale with very late mailing at McKinley Maine, small upper corner crease, other corner wear is minor. Hand-colored in quite a different way from the only other example we were able to find on the Internet. $8.00 jha NEW / NY / NOUVEAU

"Ten Acres of Prunes, showing the manner of Sun Drying, a familiar California scene" Undivided back postcard, unused, gripper mark near one corner, interesting. $7.50

"Testing Seeds for Vitality at Fordhook" undivided back post card, mailed MAR 14 1907 at Appleton Minnesota to John Olson in Zumbrota Minnesota (receiving mark 2 days later), corner wear & rounding, light toning on back. This is the Fordhook Farm (Burpee) in Doylestown Pennsylvania. $5.00 ap(d)

"THE AGRARIAN HISTORY OF WESTERN EUROPE / 500 - 1850" hardbound book by B. H. Slichter Van Bath, translated by Olive Ordish, printed in Great Britain, 364 pages indexed, gently used. Extensive & scholarly tables, outlines & diagrams. We have seen it offered for more than twice our price of $9.00 ah

"The Barns, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio // Cattle Building.  Judging Pavilion.  Horse Building" sepia tone postcard mailed there 1918 to Mrs. J. N. Morehead in New Plymouth Ohio by her daughter Leota; one upper corner creased twice, trace speckles of cancel ink in the sky. Rare: when we searched the Internet only one example was found -- an earlier printing exhibited in a library collection -- & none of any printing was offered. $12.50 o(c)c(o)a

"THE 'BREAD WINNER' / This little crude oil Traction Engine built in two sizes, Nos. 1 & 2, and operated by one man in plowing has a capacity of about one acre per hour ... / Is adaptable to all kinds of farm work. / Invented by / C. R. TRAXLER, / Winston-Salem, N.C." unmailed Azo (triangles up) real photo advertising postcard with good contrast & focus, good edges too. We found a newspaper mention in 1910. Considered somewhat a genius, he also invented a veneer cutting machine. Another example of this postcard appeared & was discussed in modern publications such as Gas Engine Magazine & Farm and Ranch Living, but it is seldom offered. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. n(w)ga

"THE BUDA MF'G CO., HARVEY ILL." showing the exterior of the agricultural engine manufacturer, unused sepia-tone real photo postcard made by P. L. Huckins in Chicago, minor corner wear, slight oxidation. Rare. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 i(l)ia

"The Decent car that hops the neighbouring hill. Irish farmyard" postcard in color, toned edge, writing on back. $2.50

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"The Eldridge Farm, Wells Beach Me. 2 Publ by the Eldridge Co. Wells Beach Me. 2" sepia-tone real photo post card including auto & people, mailed 1919. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 mga

"THE EVENING MEAL, SWANSTON" showing a flock of sheep, sepia-tone postcard from the Castle series, unused. $3.25

"The fifth wheel of the / NISCO permits you to turn / corners easily. // Representing / The New Idea Spreader Co. / Coldwater, Ohio." our caption from all the printing on back; real photo advertising postcard, location redundantly pencilled into the address area, minor corner rounding. This company specialized for a long time in manure spreading & held patents to protect their technology. NISCO mostly advertised using magazine ads, so this is a special treat. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. o(c)ha

"The Milkmaid." unsigned but quality art in color shows agricultural scene in which a farm woman empties water into vats so her 2 cows can drink; postcard with undivided back mailed 1907 at Quimby Iowa, corners with small creases tangential to or missing the art, top edge ding closes fairly well. $3.25 wpa

"The National Irrigation Congress at Sacramento, 1907. Opening of the / Congress--The Ogden Tabernacle Choir singing the Invocation Ode." post card, unused, toned back from album contact. Seldom seen: not in the excellent collection of the Sacramento Public Library, also absent from most Mormonism collections. Sold but front still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 mc(s)ma

"The Payette Valley Land and Orchard Co. Ltd." sepia-tone Azo (triangles up) real photo post card with caption taken from the violet handstamp in correspondence area of the back, one corner with tiny crease & an internal crease nearby, extensive water stain mostly visible in the left front sky. Idaho men in business attire (hats & some ties) stand between 2 old autos & a working source of irrigation. The importance of this scene can be appreciated by the notice for the town of New Plymouth in the 1910-1911 business directory, which reads in part: "Abundance of water for irrigation, with an unusually productive soil" The Payette notice was similar: "pipe line gravity irrigation and municipal water and sewerage systems..." The Payette Valley was already the home of Jonathan apple orchards & home of many fruit-packing houses; it grew rapidly. Possibly unique, certainly not produced in commercial quantities. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 ia

"The Trusties of Rock Township has assigned the farm you / live on to the Cleghorn Fire Dept for protection." typed notice on 1961 government postal card with heavy vertical crease, grammar & spelling mistakes reproduced here faithfully. Recipient was Orval (John) Brownmiller. $2.00 fi(c)a

"The valley of 'suspender farms' / and the bridge in Aroostook Co…" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1961, with a painting by Saunders. $2.00

"The / Ram / of / 2^nd Derby / V / B." showing a champion, mailed 1907 from Towyn North Wales, black & white post card, light toning on back, edge wear, corner crease. $5.50

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"The World's Largest Melons, Eight, 195 lbs." Continental size, unused, two bent corners. A postcard bearing this image with a variant caption was featured on the cover of the October 1988 Postcard Collector. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 absp

"This is a picture of Charley's hay bailer what do you think of it?" uncaptioned (so we use most of the message on back) real photo postcard with pleasing contrast & focus, mailed SEP 1913 at East Orwell Ohio, sender giving a Windsor Ohio address (RD #3), minor corner wear, very light toning on back. Both East Orwell and Monroeville are small towns about 5.3 miles from each other in Ashtabula County Ohio. Probably one-of-a-kind: no caption, no publisher attribution, no photographer information. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. ao(w)

"This is Ed when he was hauling beets. This is the beet dump. Has Johns horses." showing their descent after dumping a heavy wagonload of sugar beets into a waiting Union Pacific car on the siding, undoubtedly destined for the Great Western Sugar Company mill at Longmont; uncaptioned (so we use the back message), sepia-tone real photo post card mailed at Julesburg Colorado DEC 3 1909, long bottom corner crease, corners worn & rounded. The Union Pacific depot in Sedgwick County is now a museum. Probably one-of-a-kind: no caption, no photographer attribution, no publisher information. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. c(s)afr(u)h

"Thousands of turkeys on an / island in the Snake River, Idaho" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1961. $2.00

"Trashing corn at St. Michael's Azôres." post card with undivided back, unused, album marks at corners. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 aa

"THROW THE COW / OVER THE FENCE / SOME HAY // It's Pennsylvania / Dutch talk" art depicting a farmer & his cow, unused Yorkcraft Pennsylvania Dutch post card, tiny spot of toning at one front edge, otherwise fresh. $1.00 pa

"Tobacco Field." showing 4 black workers (including a child) in the distance, postcard, circa 1915, unused, considerable edge wear. $3.75 (tba+)

   
Two early-1950's Kodak real photos, unused & uncaptioned, same backs (shown top right), same Ohio source, same excellent condition, same photographic quality, showing a large A. D. Baker steam tractor (shown top left, Lind? Bros. sign on back), another steam tractor & other old equipment  in a demonstration (shown lower left). We cannot be 100% sure, but the Jim Whitbey farm on Carroll Road NW & near Fort Wayne Indiana hosted the annual reunions of The Old Time Threshers & Sawmill Operators Inc. during 1954 to 1957; see the Farm Collector for details. Both for $15.00 total. a NEW / NY / NOUVEAU

Two regular-size photographs showing the east (right) & west exposures (left) of the Stimson farmhouse in Alexandria Ohio on May 16 1925, 2 corners gone on each but neither into the image. Sold but both sides still available for scholarly study & research as enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scans in .jpg format. $2.00 each or both for $3.75. o(a)ga

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"Una Carreta de Caña / Sugar Can Transport, Cuba.  145" interesting agricultural scene including a few workers & an ox cart, sepia-tone real photo post card with red captioning in the border, mailed at Habana ENE 26 1939, trivial corner wear. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 ca

Uncaptioned Azo real photo (triangles up) postcard showing a man & woman standing in a field possibly of tobacco, unused, slight oxidation, wear to one corner. $3.00 a

Uncaptioned Cyko real photo postcard made by Freter Brothers in Bridgeport Ohio, showing a large steam tractor pulling a wagon full of people, front has pleasing contrast & focus for this everyday-life scene. The nose of the tractor has a shiny plate identifying the type, but we cannot quite make it out. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. o(b)a

Uncaptioned Cyko real photo post card showing a Geiser "Peerless" brand steam tractor upended in a bridge collapse over a small stream. Lettering on the nose of the boiler informs us that the patented machine was manufactured in Waynesboro Pennsylvania. $12.00 p(w)a

Uncaptioned sepia-tone real photo postcard showing a large Geiser 'Peerless' steam tractor pulling 2 wagons, mailed Hustontown PA OCT 26 1908 to Thomas Huston in Union Church Pennsylvania from his sister. Message in part: 'I suppose you will know these fellows all right.' The addressee may be a descendant from the Thomas Huston after which the town was named. The patented Peerless brand of tractor was made in Waynesboro Pennsylvania, as we learn from the plate on its front. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. p(h)p(w)a

Uncaptioned sepia-tone real photo postcard showing a side view of a Buffalo Pitts tractor, mailed OCT 27 1908 at Fond du Lac Wisconsin to Mr. A. C. Rady in Minneapolis Minnesota, bottom corner with 2 small creases, oxidation consistent with age. Pertinent message: This is a 20 H. P. Eng. & this was taken at Fond du Lac Fair. This Eng maid the best shoing of all Engines at the Fair. It is a peach.' Sold but its front is still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged & enhanced (publication-quality) 300-dpi scan in .jpg format. $3.75 w(f)a

"Valley View Farm. Hot Springs, Va." Hand-colored post card published by The Virginia Store, unused. $2.75

"VANILLA VIEWS / by /  FOOTE & JENKS--Jackson, Michigan.." postcard showing a Mexican crop about ready for harvest. "$7.50

"Verona, O." undivided back postcard with location written at the top center of the back as we quote, showing the collapse of a bridge (either East or West Main Street as they cross over Swamp Creek), the weight of the steam tractor pulling a Rumely Ideal threshing machine being too much to bear. Possibly one-of-a-kind: no printed caption, no photographer attribution, no publisher information. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. o(v)a*

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"Viele Grüsse / zu / Ostern!" black & white Easter card with wheelbarrow & chickens, mailed 1919, censor mark. $5.00

"VISTA PANORAMICA E INSTALACIONES DEL CENTRO AGRONOMICO / TROPICAL DE INVESTIGACION & ENSNANZA (CATIE) EN EL VALLE DE / TURRIALBA, COSTA RICA, C. A." also captioned in English, showing a tropical agricultural research & training center; postcard from a photograph credited to Eugenio Vargas G., mailed 1988 (one of 2 large stamps had to be folded over the top to allow for the address on back), 2 tiny upper corner creases. $1.25 ca

"Vogesen Ferme Morel, Wirthschaft (Auberge) Vosges" postcard mailed 1901, light toning, 2 corner creases. Unusual that the name of the farm is given. $7.50

"W4CWH" illustrated Demorest Georgia QSL postal card on brownish stock, mailed there 1935 by operator Robert E. L. Travis, pushpin discoloration at top center, one bottom corner creased twice faintly, back lightly toned. Color illustration is of the Big Red Apple monument in Cornelia, paying homage to the apple growers of Habersham County. $3.00 g(d)a

"WALTER A. WOOD / FARM MACHINES / NOT MADE BY A TRUST" uncaptioned Azo (triangles up) sepia-tone real photo postcard, upper corner crease, slight pushpin indent at top center, minor corner wear. Our caption relates the sign at the left end of the building. While no caption date, annotation, or postmark is there to guide us, the card is necessarily late 1907 or later because of its divided back. Keeping in mind the headline-grabbing trust-busting activities of President Teddy Roosevelt during his September 1901 -  March 1909 presidency, we thus have a fairly confident estimate this photograph was taken late 1907 - early 1909. Possibly unique: no caption, no publisher information, no photographer attribution. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. o(b)ga

Wanted to buy--the post card set featuring the Ohio Bicentennial barns. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars Euros, postpaid to Columbus Ohio! *c

"W. A. wants you to see some of his fine stock - not half show in the picture" real photo post card mailed 1911 from Stamps Arkansas, caption from writing on back. Sold but front still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg format. $1.50 a(s)aaa

"Well By Gum! I hope she lands here!" an elderly farmer exclaims on seeing an aviatrix, postcard mailed MAR 17 1913 to Miss Faye Lowe in Ingalls Indiana by her cousin Pearle. Faye's name & that of a gentleman friend have been penned on front, long bottom corner crease, bottom corners well rounded, light toning both sides. $4.00 a(p)ca NEW / NY / NOUVEAU

"WENTE VINEYARDS AT LIVERMORE / Stretching for 500 acres…" Early chrome postcard, showing a harvest, corner crease, edge wear, couple spots on back. $2.50

"West Branch from Trolley, N. Y. / 11380.  H. C. GUTHRIE, PUBLISHER." looking out over grapevines to Lake Keuka, unused black & white post card with undivided back, long but faint vertical crease, lightly toned both sides. The publisher was located in Penn Yan, on the East Branch of that lake. An electric trolley ran from Penn Yan to Branchport on the West Branch - thus explaining the rather vague captioning! Rare! $25.00 n(k)sa

"West Liberty Ohio July 21 1911...Come over Sunday" uncaptioned (so we use part of the message on back) sepia-tone real photo post card showing a milk cow suckling some piglets, mailed at West Liberty that day to Cable Ohio (about 12 miles distant), minor corner, . Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged 300-dpi scan (publication quality) in .jpg format for $3.75. o(w)a

"WHAT'S THE MATTER MOTHER? / OH, I'M AFRAID MY DAYS OF USEFULNESS ARE OVER" horses converse as farmer drinking iced lemonade plows his field using a Ford; signed Witt art on an unused 'LET LIZZIE DO IT' post card, light album marks at the front corners, tiny upper corner crease, minor wear to one bottom corner. $3.50 a(w)aa

"WHEAT HARVEST / GARDEN CITY, KANSAS" with 2 threshing machines in the foreground & several other machines more distant; unused real photo postcard from an undisclosed published, minor wear at one upper corner, crease in one bottom corner from album removal. $6.00 k(g)a

"Wheat raised on Simpson and Ballou Ranch by Winter Irrigation, / 6 miles west of Dodge City, Kansas.  June 1st, 1911, Eureka Canal" black & white post card with green tinting published by E. C. Kropp, mailed about that time but stamp removed obscuring some of the RPO cancel, minor wear & album toning at the edges. Rare: there are at least 3 views in this series, but we have only seen one example of each in all our years of dealing. The photographer was F. M. Steele & information on his case in the foreground indicates he was out of Dodge City itself. $15.00 k(d)pa

"World's Largest Lemons (Ponderosa) / Florida 285" post card mailed 1953, typewritten message. $2.00

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(Uncaptioned) art showing field after harvest, signed Geo. M. Munsoll(?), postcard mailed 1905, writing on front, cancel ink on front. $2.00

(Uncaptioned) AZO real photo (triangles both ways) post card showing a large sow suckling 2 piglets, racial slur in writing on back. $6.50

(Uncaptioned) real photo postcard showing many chickens, mailed later than oxidation suggests, corner & edge wear. $3.00

(Uncaptioned) real photo post card showing plowing of a partially submerged rice paddy in Asia, unused. $2.00

(Uncaptioned) showing 2 men & 2 bulls plowing, postcard in color, mailed 1911,considerable corner & edge wear, heavily toned back, as is. $2.50

(Uncaptioned) showing a young woman on equipment in a field, well done home-made (and, hence, unique) post card mailed 1964, cancel ink on front. $1.75

(Uncaptioned) showing an Arab plowing behind a camel / ox combination, postcard in color, trivial corner wear, unused. $2.75

(Uncaptioned) showing shepherd, dog & large flock of sheep in color. Probably Latvian considering the source, serie 2936 / 4, post card writing on back. $2.50

(Uncaptioned) showing what appears to be an apple orchard in bloom & a woman working there, writing on front, post card mailed in Berlin 1905. $3.25

"WALCHERSCHE BOER" picturing a young farmer in The Netherlands, sepia-tone briefkaart neatly separated from booklet, very late usage at Davey Nebraska, soft bottom corner, light fingerprint toning on back. Imperfectly rectangular due to the way the perforations were punched for the booklet (top edge). $2.50 na

Wanted to buy--postcards about the Arkansas Future Farmers of America. Please offer us some, priced in US dollars Euros, postpaid to Columbus Ohio! *c

"W. de Haas. Utrecht -- Serie N - 12 dessins." showing hay being loaded into a boat, an entire family working; unused briefkaart printed in Holland, lower corner crease, minor corner wear, light toning both sides. Caption is from printing on the back. $3.25 na

"Weatherford Milling Co." in Weatherford Oklahoma, with readable signs & 3 men outside, sepia-tone real photo post card mailed there 1909, slight oxidation, light toning on back, small corner crease. $15.00 oa

"WHAT'S THE MATTER MOTHER? / OH, I'M AFRAID MY DAYS OF USEFULNESS ARE OVER" horses converse as farmer drinking iced lemonade plows his field using a Ford; signed Witt art on an unused 'LET LIZZIE DO IT' post card, light album marks at the front corners, tiny upper corner crease, minor wear to one bottom corner. $3.50 a(w)aa

"Winsted, Conn.  33  65 Acres.  $2075 / A good house of 8 rooms, a good barn / for 9 head, new house 12 x 50 nearly com- / pleted, 22 acres in fields, cutting 20 tons hay, ... / E. A. STROUT CO., / F. N. MOORE, Agt., 119 Main St., Winsted, Conn." real photo postcard of the real estate ad mailed circa 1910 to A. E. Leedle in Bedford Michigan, minor corner wear. Sold but front side still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg format. $2.00 c(w)rg(m)a

"Yoked bullocks haul cane to a mill in Martinique" well done home-made (and, hence, unique) postcard mailed 1962 at Maitland Florida, tiny upper corner bump. $2.25 ma

"You see I'm putting / out so much ground / in taters this year / that by the time I get around the field / once the taters in / the next row are up / and ready to be / cultivated" signed Witt art showing farmer planting seed potatoes & simultaneously exterminating bugs from his Ford; postcard mailed 1920, 2 small corner creased, writing on front as by sender was not allowed then. $3.50 a(w)a NEW / NY / NOUVEAU

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