Antique & Vintage Postcards

A ghostly relic of a London that no longer exists — this atmospheric chromolithograph from the "Vanished London" series depicts The Greyhound, a beloved tavern and hotel in Dulwich that was demolished around 1895. Rendered in warm ochres and terracotta by publisher S. Hildesheimer & Co., the three-storey Georgian brick façade commands a quiet street corner, its signboards reading "Tavern" and "Hotel" flanking a solitary top-hatted figure crossing the empty road before it. Smoke drifts from chimneys while birds pepper a pale sky — a scene of ordinary Victorian life preserved in print long after the building itself vanished. The card was posted in October 1908 from London, a handwritten message from a sender identifying themselves to a recipient named by initial A.E.H., addressed to 102 Howard Road, Clarendon Park, Leicester. The writer mentions a "billiard" evening and references to "Blanche" (affectionately "Polly"), conjuring an intimate Edwardian social circle now accessible only through this small rectangle of card.