Every post card in my collection has its own story. Every Wednesday I post one of the 3,000 plus stories.
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
Another Exaggerated Themed Post Card
In three days this post card will turn 114 years old. At least, it will be 114 years since it was mailed. This is a post card that shows how great Edward H. Mitchell's imagination was. He was able, in 1909 - the copyright is in the upper left-had corder of the front of the card - to superimpose a bunch of oranges onto a gondola of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Then he added "1881 - A CARLOAD OF NAVEL ORANGES FROM __________ ". Another stroke of genius: the purchaser could add the city onto the front of the post card to boast to the reader where the sender was.
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