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“The First Riding Lesson” – Fred Harvey Advertisement (circa 1940)

July 23, 2025 No Comments

In earlier postcard stories we touched upon the dramatic career of Fred Harvey who began his career as a restaurant worker in New York and

A Home for Kit Carson – circa 1936

May 9, 2022 No Comments

This linen postcard features one of the homes of Kit Carson, an iconic figure of the Western Frontier in the first half of the 19th

Kit Carson – circa 1936

March 15, 2022 No Comments

Any collector of vintage postcards is likely to find numerous examples of lovely linen postcards printed by Fred Harvey Restaurants. What Howard Johnson’s restaurants were