AirmailEd
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Post by AirmailEd on Apr 21, 2015 20:31:02 GMT
Wall Street, New York Zipper: Been meaning to ask. Some of your New York postcards, such as Wall Street above, clearly are 19th Century, or very early 20th Century. Yet, they have more recent dates on them. The Wall Street card above says 1961. I've noticed that on other cards. Do you know why?
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Apr 21, 2015 21:44:36 GMT
Zipper: Been meaning to ask. Some of your New York postcards, such as Wall Street above, clearly are 19th Century, or very early 20th Century. Yet, they have more recent dates on them. The Wall Street card above says 1961. I've noticed that on other cards. Do you know why? Hi Ed, Zipper may be better informed, but my guess would be the Postcard would be numbered in series, for Vendor's to re order when sold, perhaps travelling salesman, would have a catalogue, and shop owners would then order by number. 1961 may be just the number of that card. PS: Alexena Female name from the Greek "Man's defender" Sometimes I get the feeling some of the figures / machines / carts are painted in?
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Apr 22, 2015 4:55:20 GMT
The Brass Rail, New York.
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AirmailEd
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Post by AirmailEd on Apr 22, 2015 15:05:38 GMT
Zipper: Been meaning to ask. Some of your New York postcards, such as Wall Street above, clearly are 19th Century, or very early 20th Century. Yet, they have more recent dates on them. The Wall Street card above says 1961. I've noticed that on other cards. Do you know why? Hi Ed, Zipper may be better informed, but my guess would be the Postcard would be numbered in series, for Vendor's to re order when sold, perhaps travelling salesman, would have a catalogue, and shop owners would then order by number. 1961 may be just the number of that card. PS: Alexena Female name from the Greek "Man's defender" Sometimes I get the feeling some of the figures / machines / carts are painted in? I found one marked 2034, so I think you're right, Rod. I feel sure they're handpainted. Don't know when color film became available (and I'm too lazy to research it!), but I doubt these old scenes would have been shot in color. Nonetheless, the cards are stunning. I look at them and think, "These scenes are impossibly beautiful." Just before she died, Lauren Bacall was interviewed in the New York Times. She mentioned how beautiful Los Angeles was in the 1930s and '40s. Wouldn't use that adjective today. So, maybe they didn't have to doctor them too much.
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Post by Admin on Apr 22, 2015 20:19:39 GMT
Colour photography has been around a long time, you can find many colour photos from mid 1800's. One well known early pioneer was Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky who took colour photos from around Russia in the early 1900's Here are a few of his photos the first one is a self portrait, the second one is of a building taken in 1910. So could the postcards be colour photography? Yes.
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Apr 23, 2015 22:52:16 GMT
Times Square. Macy's and Herald Square. Empire State Building.
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Apr 23, 2015 23:52:52 GMT
Macy's 34th Street Didn't have either a stamp or coin shop, within the store. One had to go to Gimbels
I think the artist has added the flags and poles, later.
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Post by Jerry B on Apr 24, 2015 0:59:51 GMT
Hi Rodney
Minkus had a stamp department in Gimbels and also one in a store in Chicago and, I believe, one on the West coast. I use to purchase stamps there as Jacques Minkus had a good supply of the new Israel stamps. For supplies, it was a quick trip by subway to Nassau Street and the Subway shop (it really started in a Subway arcade).
Anyone that lived in New York, or visited, in the 1940's and early 1950's can tell you that Nassau Street was a stamp collector's paradise. To get a cheap price for a stamp one sometimes went "door hopping" as dealer's were next door to each other. You coulkd also go from floor to floor in a building. I once asked a dealer for a French stamp (used to collect France). He said wait a minute. He went to the office next to his, bought the stamp from another dealer and then sold it to me. As the song says: "Those Were The Days"
Jerry B
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Apr 25, 2015 3:40:21 GMT
Luna Park
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zipper
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Post by zipper on May 5, 2015 5:48:26 GMT
The Waldorf Astoria Basildon Room
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zipper
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Post by zipper on May 6, 2015 6:26:58 GMT
Central Park Menagerie. Feeding a Snake.
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AirmailEd
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Post by AirmailEd on May 6, 2015 16:32:31 GMT
Central Park Menagerie. Feeding a Snake. LOL. Amazing.
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Post by Jerry B on May 6, 2015 19:48:06 GMT
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zipper
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Post by zipper on May 8, 2015 3:35:29 GMT
Waldorf Astoria Hotel Park Row, New York Menagerie, New York The Mall, Central Park
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zipper
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Post by zipper on May 13, 2015 4:03:33 GMT
Nassua Street Looking North, NYC I got this because I knew you guys would love it.
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Post by Jerry B on May 13, 2015 4:57:04 GMT
Hi
Look at the right side of Nassau Street. There is one of the Stamp stores!
Jerry B
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zipper
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Post by zipper on May 13, 2015 5:03:32 GMT
Saw it. That's why I got it for you guys.
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Post by zipper on May 14, 2015 5:04:19 GMT
Grand Central Depot
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zipper
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Post by zipper on May 16, 2015 0:42:02 GMT
The Ghetto, New York
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Post by Jerry B on May 16, 2015 7:59:12 GMT
Hi
Re: The Ghetto
When we left New York 30 years ago if one wanted linens, clothing, towels, etc. one went to the NY East side on a Sunday (ghost town on a Saturday as it was the Sabbath). The main shopping street was Rivington Street. If you knew where to go you could also buy jewelry, kitchen wares, etc.. You could bargain like crazy, it was expected. If you did not like someone's price and you told the shopkeeper "So and So sells it for $5", you just might get it for $4. In general, everything was at a wholesale price and way below Macys or Gimbels. Except for the clothing and push carts, the East Side on a Sunday pretty much looked like the postcard. No cars though and tons of people. After bargain hunting one went for lunch at one of the multitude of East Side delicatessens of which Katz's was the most famous (now a tourist destination).
Great cards zipper! Interesting to see the 1920's and 1930's New York. I remember New York from the 1940's on. We lived in Maine and when we went to visit family in New York a treat was an East Side shopping trip. It was a journey back in time. When I started collecting stamps my aunt took me to Nassau street. The same aunt who started me collecting stamps. That in itself was an experience.
Jerry B
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zipper
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Post by zipper on May 16, 2015 21:36:19 GMT
Fifth Avenue on Sunday Morning, New York City
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zipper
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Post by zipper on May 20, 2015 1:12:48 GMT
City Hall, Subway Station, New York
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Post by zipper on May 21, 2015 1:27:30 GMT
The Mall, Central Park, New York Is that a goat pulling that buggy?
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Post by Jerry B on May 21, 2015 7:08:50 GMT
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Post by zipper on May 21, 2015 22:58:27 GMT
Thanks, Jerry!
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Post by Doe on Jan 30, 2016 15:46:18 GMT
I didn't think I would enjoy the NYC cards, but I did! I spotted at least one Woolworths. There were several interesting night scenes, but I could not find a bat signal.
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Post by jamesw on Feb 22, 2016 3:44:07 GMT
Wow! Incredible collection of NYC images zipper. Just great! Hope you don't mind if I add one here. Been working on my US covers, and have a small stack of picture postcards. Found this one of the Williamsburg Bridge in the pile. It's postmarked July 1 1920 from the Big Apple. [BROKEN IMAGE LINK(S) REMOVED] Don't you love the biplane flying over the bridge?
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rod222
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Post by rod222 on Feb 22, 2016 3:47:54 GMT
That's how we build great Philatelic Threads, keep it up The Pyramids were built, block by block. Great Postcard jamesw That is a plane above the bridge, right? Oops, missed your text at the bottom,
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Jul 11, 2017 8:36:53 GMT
Steel Pier, Atlantic City, NJ
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zipper
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Post by zipper on Sept 26, 2020 11:47:49 GMT
New York Museum of Natural History
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