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“All In The Day’s Work” – The North Coast Limited (1937)

November 12, 2025 No Comments

We have seen a number of scenic postcards that were published by railroad companies as inducements to train travel: “Taking a Train to the Grand

“Dude” Larsen and The Rodeo – 1940

April 13, 2023 No Comments

Lewis H. Larsen was one of the most successful postcard artists of the mid-20th century. He adopted the moniker, “Dude”, as a sign of his

Drink from the Mountain Stream – Cowboy Nostalgia (1939)

March 26, 2023 No Comments

In the “Golden Age of Postcards”, roughly 1905-1925, most postcard illustrators worked anonymously. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postcard A few (who were especially popular, skilled, prolific, or had the