Antique & Vintage Postcards

Inside a house built entirely of newspaper — walls, furniture, fireplace surround, even the mantel clock frame all constructed from tightly rolled and lacquered pages — Mr. E. F. S. stands tall beside his seated wife, both regarding the camera with quiet satisfaction at the extraordinary folk-art home they spent decades creating in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts. This real-photo postcard (RPPC), an actual silver-gelatin photograph printed on postcard stock, documents the legendary Paper House of Rockport, Massachusetts, one of New England's most singular roadside attractions, begun around 1922 and still standing today. A separate enlarged print of the same image is included, offering a cleaner, high-contrast view of the couple and the remarkable rolled-paper wall behind them.