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Postcard c1920s White Border Haight School Alameda California Unused
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Pre-linen · 1920

Postcard c1920s White Border Haight School Alameda California Unused

Alameda, California, USA1920Pre-linenExcellent

Crisp and stately against a soft California sky, the Haight School in Alameda presents its neoclassical facade — columns, cornices, and a proud American flag snapping above the roofline — framed by mature shade trees that have watched generations of students pass beneath them, in a white-border card that quietly documents a community landmark that no longer stands in its original form. Published by Pacific Novelty Company of San Francisco and Los Angeles, this unused card carries the hallmarks of the white-border era: restrained palette, tinted wash, and the kind of civic pride that made school buildings postcard-worthy subjects across America in the 1910s and 1920s. The reverse is entirely blank — never sent, never addressed — leaving it in pristine condition for collectors of Alameda County ephemera or California school topicals, a surprisingly active niche within the Golden State postcard market.

$10.95
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PC-04424 · Pacific Novelty Co., San Francisco & Los Angeles
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