Antique & Vintage Postcards

White border color lithograph of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine, Florida — the yellow stucco façade, the tall bell tower with its red conical cap, a palm tree leaning into the frame, flower beds bright in the foreground. The back of this card notes that the cathedral was "erected by the Spaniards in 1791" and that one of its bells bears the date 1682 — making it among the oldest continuously used Catholic church bells in North America. St. Augustine itself is the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the United States, founded by the Spanish in 1565, and the cathedral sits at the center of that long history. E. C. Kropp of Milwaukee was one of the major American postcard publishers of the white border era, producing color cards for tourist destinations across the country.