{"product_id":"vintage-snapshot-photo-lot-owosso-michigan-envelope","title":"Vintage Snapshot Photo Lot 24 Pieces Owosso Michigan Whitehead Drug Store Envelope WWII Tractors Early Cars","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vintage snapshot photo and ephemera lot, 24 pieces including one stamp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vernacular photographs, postcard, and drugstore photo envelope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEra:\u003c\/strong\u003e About 1910s to 1940s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black and white photographic prints and paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eColor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black and white photos; yellow envelope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaker and Mark:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Whitehead Drug Stores, Owosso, Michigan, Store No. 1 envelope with winged photo service logo and handwritten order details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePattern or Model:\u003c\/strong\u003e Not confirmed from photos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vernacular photography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 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\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e Military, farm machinery, early cars, street scenes, family snapshots\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition Grade: Good\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePositives\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGraded Good:\u003c\/strong\u003e Complete and usable, with clear signs of use, and every flaw is named below.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKept together in the original envelope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMany clear, sharp images\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHandwritten dates and notes on several backs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssues \/ Wear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAge toning, curling, and edge wear on some photos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaper loss and album residue on a few backs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall tears and stains on the envelope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFind more like this in our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/collections\/souvenir-and-ephemera\"\u003eEphemera\u003c\/a\u003e collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orders $35+ Ship Free","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50752373915903,"sku":"F2-T13-2738","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2503\/7976\/files\/vintage-snapshot-photo-lot-owosso-michigan-overview.jpg?v=1792695606","url":"https:\/\/myreadingvintage.com\/products\/vintage-snapshot-photo-lot-owosso-michigan-envelope","provider":"Reading Vintage","version":"1.0","type":"link"}