The Seven Wonders of The World

. . . and a sale on China, Glass and Linen Goods.

Postcards given away by Arnstein & Bonn, a dry goods merchant at 3rd Avenue and 56th Street

Nathalie et Lucien

Two postcards from the papers of Natalie Paley, May 1930.

Cliff House

The Cliff House, San Francisco, California, circa 1902.

During the Day . . .

and at Night

No Leaning Out!

Circular Bridge, Mt. Lowe Railway (Altadena, California), no. 53072. Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co. ca. 1897-1924

Ripe

Fruits and vegetables from the Beinecke garden.

Photograph by Carl Van Vechten
Photographs by Carl Van Vechten are used with permission of the Van Vechten Trust; permission of the Trust is required to publish Van Vechten photographs in any format. To learn more, contact the Curator, Yale Collection of American Literature.

A Proper Education & the Death of Isadora.

A postcard sent from Monroe Wheeler to George Platt Lynes,  April 16, 1927,
suggesting important books to read.

 

And another, posted September 16, 1927, noting the death of Isadora Duncan.

Fountains

Washington, DC

 

Macon, Georgia

 

Brussels, Belgium

 

Sevilla, Spain

 

Rome, Italy

 

New York, NY

Hello, Goodbye

From a series of postcards by Kenward Elmslie

 

And a note from Georgia O’Keeffe to Alfred Stieglitz

Hot greetings!

A postcard from the Langston Hughes Papers, ca. 1933.