Trolley Postcards
Featuring the Collections of:
Nicholas Kibre (site editor)
Robert Townley
Bill Volkmer
For several years I've been collecting old postcards.
My particular focus is on views of streetcars in West Coast cities
and towns.
Lately, this web site has begun to grow beyond my own postcard collection
as others have shared images from theirs. Additions are always
welcome; I can be reached at:
March 2008: Added North Bay page,
and several LA Area cards.
January 2005: New San Mateo postcard.
September 2002: New San Francisco postcards featuring the
ferry loop and
Market Street cable cars .
August 2002: New Reno, NV
page.
July 2002: Added two Havana
postcards.
May 2002: New cards of
San Jose and
Bakersfield .
January 2002:
Added cards from
Wellington, New Zealand
and Atlanta .
December 2001, Batch II:
Divided Eastern US into
Mid-Atlantic States
and New England ;
added cards from Bill Volkmer collection
featuring New York,
Rochester NY, Eerie PA, Bradford PA ,
Los Angeles ,
and New Orleans .
December 2001, Batch I:
New pages for Bay Area Ferry
and Bridge connections with new images the S.F. ferry loop
and the Key Pier, South Bay with
new Los Gatos card;
divided Western U.S. into
California Misc. and
Mountain States , the latter
with excerpts from a Utah folder;
new postcards of
San Francisco ,
Vancouver ,
Chicago ,
Paris , and
Oslo .
August 2001:
Added images from Robert Townley 's postcard collection
in San Francisco ,
Los Angeles ,
Central Valley ,
Berkeley ,
and Santa Cruz pages.
June 2001: New pages for East Bay
and San Diego ;
added Ft. Collins, CO card to
Western US ,
and a New York City card to
Eastern US page;
another LA card .
May 2001:
Added Central Valley ,
with Sacramento and Stockton.
April 2001:
Humboldt Co. Courthouse, Eureka CA ,
Manitou, CO .
March 2001:
Ferry Approaching San Francisco ,
Shasta Springs funicular .
January 2001:
Added Los Angeles ,
Piedmont and Northern .
September 2000:
Added frames, split "Other US" into regions.
July 2000:
San Francisco:
Two views from Powell & Market
June 2000: Other US:
California Western "Skunk"
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