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Welcome to Bobbie Skye’s Variety Shoppe!
Curator of Ephemera
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Determining the value for vintage post cards is a subjective process.
As a deltiologist, I do my best to put a fair value on items at a bargain price!
I do careful research before listing an item in order to determine an honest price.
I determine the value of vintage post cards by
the age, the rarity, the condition, the publisher, and the interest of the postcard’s subject.
Take a trip down memory lane with the magic of a vintage picture postcard!
The postcard photos and images serve as a historical record of the past.
Evoking memories of time past and of how things used to be.
A truly historical look at our roots from a different time and age.
A vintage postcard is great for your scrap book
or
School projects!
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POSTCARDS FROM THE PAST 1950’s Photochrome Era Postcard TOURISM POSTCARD In Photochrome 4-Color Process printing |
Portland, Oregon Lambert Gardens was a private botanical garden of
over 30 acres in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was a significant
attraction, drawing tens of thousands of visitors a year. It was owned by Andrew Lambert, who turned the
grounds of his former landscaping business into a series of thematic garden
settings, such as the Sunken Rose Gardens and the Italian Court, complete
with peacocks and flamingos. By 1968, when Lambert grew too old to care for the
gardens, he offered to sell them to the city of Portland; when they turned
him down, he sold it to developers, who tore out the gardens and replaced
them with apartments and parking. One of the apartments built on the land is
called "Lambert Gardens Apartments." In September 2005, Lambert Gardens Apartments was
acquired by neighboring complex Wimbledon Square and renamed "Wimbledon
Gardens." |
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Year |
1950’s |
Era |
Photochrome Era (1939-ongoing) “Chrome” postcards began to dominate the
scene soon after the Union Oil Company placed them in its western service
stations in 1939. Mike Roberts
pioneered his “WESCO” cards soon after World War II. Three-dimensional postcards also appeared
in this era. By 1960s, the standard
size of cards had grown to 4 x 6 inches. Photochromes
are not real photos but rather, printed cards done by a photochrome
process. To distinguish a printed
postcard from a real photo postcard, examine it under a magnifying glass and
you will see the dot pattern that is characteristic of printed cards. |
Printer |
Union Oil Company’s Natural Color Scenes of the West Tour the West This Year with 76 Union
Gasoline Union Oil Company of California
(1890-2005), dba Unocal is a company that was a major petroleum explorer and
marketer in the late 19th century, through the 20th century, and into the
early 21st century. It was headquartered in El Segundo, California, United
States. Starting in the early 1940’s, they
started publishing photochrome postcards of the West. Most were sold in their
gas stations. |
Publisher |
Published by Union Oil Company |
Size |
Standard Size: 5 ½ X 3 ½ / 14cm X 8.9cm |
Printing
Technique |
Photochrome
1939- 4-Color Process printing Full-color
images are created on the printing press by applying separate layers of the
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black inks. Photochrome cards were both more
realistic looking and less expensive. Thousands of colors can be reproduced
by overlapping these CMYK colors in various concentrations. Applied as tiny dots on the paper
the four CMYK colors combine to create the visual effect we know as full
color printing. |
CONDITION |
Unused /Unposted Corners and edges in
good condition. Picture side in very
nice condition. Some smudges on back
side. NO tears, creases,
pinholes, smears, , stains, or mold. |
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