Bidspirit auction | 1909-1940s Postcard Album of New

1909-1940s Postcard Album of New York and Florida Local Views - This vintage collection consists of a postcard album dating from the 1909-1940s period. The album features cloth-covered boards decorated with Art Nouveau-influenced motifs in red and dark grey, with the title POST-CARDS printed in a stylized red font. The interior construction utilizes a slot-mounting system on paper leaves. The contents comprise an assortment of real photo postcards (RPPC), color lithographs, and linen-texture cards, primarily focused on New York State locations. Specific views include the Baldwin Harbor Club Hotel, identified as The House with the $10,000 Flag Pole (postmarked Norwich, N.Y., August 13, 1913, with a one-cent green Benjamin Franklin stamp addressed to Buell E. Barnes); W. G. Goe's Livery and Residence at 82 East Main St. in Norwich, N.Y.; Warren Street at night in Syracuse; and the Homeopathic Hospital in Syracuse. A photographic card depicts The Cathedral in Garden City, L. I. Mid-century views include Webb's City, World's Most Unusual Drug Store in St. Petersburg, Florida. The collection also features a historical commemorative card titled Henry Hudson's Half Moon Discovery of the Hudson 1609, marked with a Koehler N.Y. copyright and a two-cent red George Washington stamp. The album cover is in fair to poor condition, exhibiting fraying at the spine and corners along with surface staining. Interior pages are in poor condition; the paper is extremely brittle with extensive tearing and paper loss around the mounting slots. The postcards are generally in fair to good condition, showing age-toning and impressions from the album slots. Several cards are postally used with contemporary stamps and handwritten correspondence.