Artists
Aina Stenberg

Aina Stenberg a.k.a Aina Stenberg MasOlle (1885-1975) was a Swedish artist. In Sweden her advent calendars were also very popular. Elves (Tomte), fairies, and other folklore are popular subjects within her art. The five cards shown on this page were published by Eskil Holm, Stockholm. The dates of ...

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Franziska Schenkel

Schenkel was a German children's book illustrator. Left: . Center: . Right: Published by R.K. and posted in Stuttgart in 1928. Published in Stuttgart, publisher unknown   Published by Meissner & Buch c. 1916   Published by R.K. and posted in Stuttgart in 1928

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Hannes Petersen

I haven't been able to find out anything about this artist. Was he German? Swiss? His name seems to be Scandanavian. While there is a profusion of unexciting cards out there by him, others are very nice. Posted in Zurich in 1933. Published by Becro-Pastell   Posted in Germany in ...

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Ethel Parkinson

These postcards were all published by C.W. Faulkner of London c. the 1910s. The print quality of many of the Parkinson cards is outstanding. For more information and examples of her work, please see Dawn & Peter Cope's, Postcards from the Nursery.

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Freddie Langeler

Freddie Langeler (1900-1948), from the Netherlands, was an illustrator of comic strips and children's books. The cards shown here are all vintage postcards. One is postmarked 1927 so they may all be from around this time.

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Marie Flatscher

Postcards by Marie Flatscher, published in the 1930s by Meissner & Buch (a German publisher known for quality printing). PFB also published a number of her postcards. Flatscher's colorful postcards are popular on eBay.

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Grace Drayton

Grace Drayton (aka Wiederseim) was an early female comic artist from the U.S. She was also the creator of the Campbell's Soup Kids. Her Halloween postcards published by Raphael Tuck of London are scarce.

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Walt Disney

On this page we have three examples of Disney postcards that were published by Valentine's of London in the 1930's.

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Elsa Beskow

Elsa Beskow was a popular children's author and artist from Sweden. The first three postcards shown below were published in the 1920's by Axel Eliassons, Stockholm. Published by Birkagardens Forlag, Stockholm c1945   "The Sun Egg" Published by Birkagardens Forlag, ...

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Postcard Collecting: A Hobby
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