S.F. Postcard Catalog

This page displays color scans of 35 postcards from my collection. Cards are roughly 5.5"x3.5" except as noted. Click on any image to enlarge, then use the Back button on your browser to return. Click on a caption link for detailed information about a card, including transcriptions of written messages for most postally used cards. note links give additional information and dup links show duplicates/variants.

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To the extent possible under law, Stephen A. Ness has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work.


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by date (dated cards only)
by publisher
by subject
by type: U.S. Postal Card, Private Mailing Card, undivided back, divided back, RPPC, folder
by use: unused, written (but not mailed), mailed


Front Back Publisher Number Caption Date Notes Comments
detroit_173.png detroit_173_b.png Detroit 173 Monterey Old Mission Chapel 08/10/1901 note written in French (but mailed to Italy); stamp on front
detroit_5275.png detroit_5275_b.png Detroit 5275 Union Square 08/15/1902 note Bliss set
detroit_5655.png detroit_5655_b.png Detroit 5655 Mission Dolores dup
detroit_5655a.png detroit_5655a_b.png Detroit 5655 Mission Dolores 04/23/1903 note note note dup Unmailed set; stamped/postmarked but not written/addressed
detroit_5656.png detroit_5656_b.png Detroit 5656 Palace Hotel / Lotta Fountain 08/07/1902 note
detroit_5862.png detroit_5862_b.png Detroit 5862 California Street Hill 07/02/1902 note note dup Bliss set
detroit_5862a.png detroit_5862a_b.png Detroit 5862 California Street Hill 01/16/1903 note dup Bliss set
gruber_u01.png gruber_u01_b.png Gruber City Hall note on heavy stock; post-quake but PMC back
livingston_102.png livingston_102_b.png Livingston 102 A Quartette from Chinatown note
livingston_105.png livingston_105_b.png Livingston 105 Fort Point and Golden Gate 04/24/1900 note note dated/addressed but not postmarked; stamp missing
mitchell_028pmc.png mitchell_028pmc_b.png Mitchell 28 Mission Dolores 06/10/1902 note note
mitchell_030b.png mitchell_030b_b.png Mitchell 30 Fort Point and Golden Gate note note dup unrelated to later Mitchell 30
mitchell_050.png mitchell_050_b.png Mitchell 50 Cliff House and Beach note note
mitchell_053.png mitchell_053_b.png Mitchell 53 Mission Dolores 05/01/1902 note note Coelho set
mitchell_054.png mitchell_054_b.png Mitchell 54 City Hall and General View 07/09/1904
mitchell_055pmc.png mitchell_055pmc_b.png Mitchell 55 Seal Rocks near Cliff House note
mitchell_055.png mitchell_055_b.png Mitchell 55 Cliff House 12/03/1901 note note note Schwedler set
mitchell_058.png mitchell_058_b.png Mitchell 58 Emporium and Parrott Building 09/04/1902 written in French;
postmark hard to read but dated on front
mitchell_107pmc.png mitchell_107pmc_b.png Mitchell 107 The Golden Gate 12/03/1901 note note differs from Mitchell non-PMC 107; Schwedler set
mitchell_108pmc.png mitchell_108pmc_b.png Mitchell 108 Bunch of California Grapes
mitchell_u05.png mitchell_u05_b.png Mitchell California Hotel note album corner marks
mitchell_u06.png mitchell_u06_b.png Mitchell Cliff House and GGP 12/30/1901 note note written in German script; light creases
mitchell_u07.png mitchell_u07_b.png Mitchell 74 Four Little Tots 04/01/1902 note stamp missing; bent at center
mitchell_u08.png mitchell_u08_b.png Mitchell The California Hotel 06/06/1902 note note
mitchell_u09.png mitchell_u09_b.png Mitchell Greetings from San Francisco 07/22/1899 note note earliest PMC; stamp missing
mitchell_u10.png mitchell_u10_b.png Mitchell A Glimpse of Chinatown note
mitchell_u12.png mitchell_u12_b.png Mitchell Ferry Boat Approaching SF note
mitchell_u14.png mitchell_u14_b.png Mitchell Goethe-Schiller Monument 05/26/1902 note Bliss set
sf_card_109.png sf_card_109_b.png S.F. Card 109 Scene on Pacific Street 03/27/1905 note
unknown_05.png unknown_05_b.png [unknown] 2 Seal Rocks note
unknown_52.png unknown_52_b.png [unknown] 10 Sutro Baths, Hts., Cliff H. 03/01/1901 note note note smaller format 5.5x3.25; Albert set
unknown_56.png unknown_56_b.png [unknown] 31 Chinese Restaurant note note note note dup addressed but not mailed
unknown_56a.png unknown_56a_b.png [unknown] 31 Chinese Restaurant 10/07/1904 note note dup
unknown_66.png unknown_66_b.png [unknown] 11 Palace Hotel 03/01/1901 note note lower left corner stained; Albert set
unknown_73.png unknown_73_b.png [unknown] 35 Three Greatest Newspapers 07/15/1901 stamp missing

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