Antique & Vintage Postcards

Dressed in a jaunty red waistcoat and frozen mid-strut on a limestone plinth, the bronze Brer Rabbit of Eatonton, Georgia stares down Main Street with the old Putnam County courthouse rising behind him — a monument to Joel Chandler Harris and the African-American oral tradition he transcribed into the Uncle Remus tales that enchanted generations of children. Sent in September 1959 from Dublin, Georgia, the card was addressed to Bobby in Towanda, New York; the sender — whose looping cursive fills every inch of the message panel — writes of following someone, keeping busy, and signs off warmly as "Aunt." The 4¢ Lincoln stamp (Scott 1036) is neatly tied by the Dublin, GA machine cancel dated SEP 8, 1959. Color photography is credited to Lee Caskey, published by Strykers' Western Fotocolor of Amarillo, Texas — an unusual cross-regional pairing that reflects the mid-century postcard distribution network at full stretch.