Antique & Vintage Postcards

A striking High Victorian Gothic church rises against a luminous pale blue sky in this German-chromolithograph postcard — the Catholic Church of Whitman, Massachusetts, its dramatic half-timbered bell tower and elaborate rose window facade rendered in warm cream and dark green trim that sets it apart from the typical New England white clapboard vernacular. The building's ornate decorative woodwork, pointed lancet windows, and twin entrance stairs give it a Continental flair unusual for a small Plymouth County town. The card is unused and unaddressed, its back blank save for the elegant green "Post Card" header with a bee motif and the legend "Printed in Germany" — hallmarks of the 1907–1915 divided-back era import market.