Vintage Snapshot Photo Lot 24 Pieces Owosso Michigan Whitehead Drug Store Envelope WWII Tractors Early Cars
$34.99
This lot of 24 vintage snapshots and ephemera, stamp included, stayed together for decades in its original Whitehead Drug Stores photo envelope from Owosso, Michigan, kept exactly as found at an estate sale.
Many images are clear and sharp, with age toning, curling, and edge wear on some photos and small tears and stains on the envelope, all shown in the photos.
The black and white snapshots span about the 1910s through the 1940s: servicemen in uniform, including a studio portrait of an officer with wings and a Paris patch, a back note reading "2nd World War," and a soldier holding a small animal outside a tent. There are huge iron-wheeled tractors at an exposition and in the fields, early touring cars and a delivery truck, a busy downtown street, family groups, a boy beside a Kitchen Bouquet crate, a ship at sea, and a postcard with a long note from a road trip through El Paso and Fabens, Texas.
Details
- Item: Vintage snapshot photo and ephemera lot, 24 pieces including one stamp
- Item Type: Vernacular photographs, postcard, and drugstore photo envelope
- Era: About 1910s to 1940s
- Materials: Black and white photographic prints and paper
- Color: Black and white photos; yellow envelope
- Maker and Mark: The Whitehead Drug Stores, Owosso, Michigan, Store No. 1 envelope with winged photo service logo and handwritten order details
- Pattern or Model: Not confirmed from photos
- Style: Vernacular photography
- Dimensions: Envelope 7 in. by 4 3/4 in.; postcard 5 1/2 in. by 3 3/4 in.; officer portrait about 5 in. by 3 3/4 in.; Kitchen Bouquet snapshot 3 3/4 in. by 2 3/4 in.; other sizes vary
- Special Features: Military, farm machinery, early cars, street scenes, family snapshots
Condition Grade: Good
Positives
- Graded Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named below.
- Kept together in the original envelope
- Many clear, sharp images
- Handwritten dates and notes on several backs
Issues / Wear
- Age toning, curling, and edge wear on some photos
- Paper loss and album residue on a few backs
- Small tears and stains on the envelope
Find more like this in our Ephemera collection.
If you collect Michigan photo ephemera, this Owosso envelope and its 24 pieces give you farm, auto, and wartime images to look through. If it's the one you've been looking for, it's ready to come home.
- Near Fine: Close to new. Any flaw is small and named above.
- Very Good: Light use. Every flaw is named above, and none of them get in the way of reading or display.
- Good: Complete and usable, with clear signs of use. Every flaw is named above.
- Fair: Heavy wear or damage, named above. A reading or working copy, not a display piece.
Every item is honestly described and carefully packed. These are vintage pieces, so light age-related wear comes with them. I show and describe what I see so you know what to expect.
If your order arrives damaged or materially different from the listing, contact me within 7 days of delivery and I will make it right.
Returns must be sent back within 30 days of purchase, in the same condition received. I inspect each return against the original photos and description.
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- Photo-verified condition, no surprises
- Packed with care. Glass and fragile pieces get extra cushioning
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Questions buyers ask
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Every listing spells it out and shows it in photos. Chips, hairlines, crazing, worn plating, old repairs. If I did not mention it, it is not there.
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Yes. Every photo is the actual piece, taken by me. When it sells, it is gone.
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I note maker, mark, era, and measurements when I can confirm them, and say so plainly when I cannot. Unmarked pieces get dated by what the piece itself shows.
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