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Antique Set of 4 California Fruit Railroad Postcards – Pacific Novelty Co., San Francisco
Offered is a matching set of four antique color lithograph postcards from the Pacific Novelty Company of San Francisco, printed in Germany in the early 1900s. Each postcard features an oversized California fruit loaded onto a railroad freight car and includes descriptive text on the reverse.
The set includes:
A Car Load of California Strawberries
A Car Load of California Grapes
A California Watermelon
A Car Load of California Pears
These postcards were produced to promote California agriculture and are popular with collectors of railroad, fruit crate, California, and advertising good antique condition with age-related wear.
Pears and Watermelon have edge wear and small tears.
Grapes has moderate wear and a edge tear.
Strawberries is the nicest example.
All four are unposted.
Please examine all photographs carefully, as they are part of the description.
A scarce opportunity to acquire a complete matching set rather than individual cards.
Ships securely in a rigid mailer with protective packaging.
Country/Region of Manufacture: Germany
Subject: California Fruit / Railroad
Theme: Agriculture, Fruit, Transportation, Railroad
Material: Paper
Era: Divided Back (1907–1915)
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Features: Divided Back, Unposted
Color: Multicolor
