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California Postcards
Collectors' & Reference Sites
- Grandma's Postcards: Northern California
- Postcards of northern California collected in the 1920s through the 1940s.
- Grandma's Postcards: Southern California
- Postcards of southern California collected in the 1920s through the 1940s.
- Penny Postcards from California
- A wonderful exhibit of old postcards from a USGenWeb Archives Web Site.
- Postcards from San Diego Communities
- Vintage postcards from the San Diego Historical Society's extensive collection of San Diego area postcards. You can order prints of these postcards.
- Panama-California Exposition - San Diego 1915-1916
- Historic postcards of the Exposition staged by San Diego in 1915 to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal. San Diego would be the first American port of call north of the Panama Canal on the Pacific coast.
- San Francisco: The Call/Spreckels Building in Vintage Postcards
- The Call/Spreckels Building was built in 1898 by the Reid Brothers. Although the building still stands today (on the corner of Market and Third), it no longer has its dome and looks quite different. These vintage postcard images are a web tribute to that beautiful old original building.
- San José Public Libraries: California Room Postcards
- The California Room has a small collection of historic postcards depicting scenes in San Jose, Santa Clara County, and California.
- Tahoe Country's Vintage Tahoe Postcards
- From John McKinney's rustic Hunter's Retreat in the 1860s to such posh turn-of-the-century resorts as the Tallac Hotel and Tahoe Tavern, the life of early day vacationers was made vivid for those at home by postcards.
- The California Reader: Eyewitnesses to History
- A collection of eyewitness accounts, poetry, literature, postcards, photographs,and other documents telling the story (or tall tale) of California.
- Yesterday LA: A Tour of LA Through Vintage Postcards
- Postcard views of Los Angeles, mainly dating from the 40s, 50s and 60s, but some earlier.
Postcard Dealers' Sites
- Historic California Postcards
- Dealer with a vast collection of affordable historic California postcards for sale, with a fast, easy interface to help you find exactly the cards you want. Brief articles regarding various topics and cities for extra fun and insight about California as you browse.
- California Postcards from Delcampe.com
- California postcards from Playle's Online Auctions
- California Postcards from Legends of America
- California postcards from The2Buds
- California postcards from VintagePostcards.org
California Postcard Books
- Corona (Postcard History)
- Hollywood in Vintage Postcards
- Hollywood Studios (Postcard History)
- Hollywood 1900-1950 in Vintage Postcards
- Long Beach in Vintage Postcards
- Newport Beach (Postcard History)
- Oakland (Postcard History)
- Orange County (Postcard History)
- Palm Springs in Vintage Postcards
- Pasadena in Vintage Postcards
- Redlands (Postcard History)
- Resorts of Riverside County (Postcard History)
- Riverside in Vintage Postcards
- San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly in Vintage Postcards
- San Pedro (Postcard History)
- Santa Barbara: American Riviera (Postcard History)
- Santa Catalina Island in Vintage Postcards
- Santa Monica in Vintage Postcards
- Santa Rosa, California (Postcard History Series)
- Sonoma County Wineries (Postcard History Series)
- Stockton in Vintage Postcards
- Ventura (Postcard History)