Off-Topic Forum

I recently started collecting post-cards. I visit a lot of antique stores and sometimes trading cards are hard to find however almost every antique store has a bin or two of post-cards. If I "strike-out" with trading cards, I'll usually pick up a post-card or two. I find some of them as interesting as trading cards. I really like the cards by"Curteich", especially the ones from the '30's, 40's, and '50's. I'm currently fascinated with post-cards of trains and diners. Here are two of my recent purchases.

Anyone else collect "card like" stuff?

Cool stuff! I have a few in my collection, most of which I've purchased at rest stops and tourist areas. I tend to collect the ones based on automobiles as well. I've actually considered counting them as part of my trading card collection- they are pretty much the same, only bigger, but have not gone down that rabbit hole yet. I have my rather modest collection (74 cards) scanned on my website if you want to see what I've got.

I have a boxful from around 1908.   I've been trying to sell them off.    The planes, trains,automobiles and ships sell very well.   Unfortunately, I am out of them, I think,  and never had any diners.  Btw, the Hightstown Diner is still there, of course with a different facade.

I have a box of post cards.  It's more of an accumulation than a collection at this point.

One of my 'other' collections is of transit tokens.  I have often contemplated collecting postcards that picture toll booths, toll bridges, trolleys, etc., that accepted tokens to augment my token collection, but I have yet to find the first one to get that collection started with.

-Tom

I'm an aficionado of authentic, factory-built diners.  I collect postcards of real diners.  I used to frequent flea markets, but diner postcards were hard to come by. You may remember this forum that got sidetracked. http://www.tradingcarddb.com/Forum.cfm/Page/G/ID/0/?MODE=VIEW&ThreadID=8875&PageIndex=1

You mean like this:

Hightstown Diner was built by DeRaffele in the 1940s.  I wish they'd remove that stone facade.

Billy....cool collection. I really like the Christmas card from 1912. You can't go wrong with turn-of-the-century paper stuff.

NJD...My wife and I are big fans of authentic diners. It would be neat to visit the ones I have post cards of.

Chuck...that was the thread that go me interested in diner post cards.

Toll booths?.....that's the neat thing about post cards. You can find almost any subject. I'll keep an out for toll booths etc.

I have a small collection of post cards from Europe when my wife and I traveled last year. One is a set from Belgium celebrating the end of WW1. A couple of others are of individuals communicating with one another from 1909.

I also purchased postcards of Roy Rogers, Jimmy Stewart ,and Randolph Scott, of which someone once gave me guidance on identifying them. 

I love the vintage, artwork postcards vs. the photograph postcards.  I try to get a postcard (and diner mug) from every diner I've visited.