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McNeill Family Collection, ca. 1910-2000 (continued)
Postcards Collected by and Written to Bertha McNeill, ca. 1940-1959
Call No.: LOT 15589 (F)
Extent: 730 items
Postcards and postcard souvenir booklets collected by and written to Bertie McNeill, primarily from European countries such as Austria, England, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland, as well as postcards of the United States and Canada. Many of the postcards depict city life and culture and some are annotated and postally used. Additional topics include reproductions of paintings, events, people, and transportation.
Arranged into five groups: Geographical postcards, annotated and postally used, arranged alphabetically by country; topical postcards, annotated and postally used, arranged alphabetically by topic; geographical postcards, blank and unused, arranged alphabetically by country and then city or region; geographical postcard booklets and accordion fold booklets, arranged alphabetically by country; and topical postcards, blank and unused, arranged alphabetically by topic.
BOX 1 FOLDER 1 Postally used - Geographic: Foreign (Austria to Turkey)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 1 to 31 (F)
Extent: 31 items
Note: Includes Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Bermuda, Canada, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Russia Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, and Turkey.
BOX 1 FOLDER 2 Postally used - Geographic: United States (Alabama to Wyoming)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 32 to 67 (F)
Extent: 36 items
Note: Includes Alabama, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Wyoming.
BOX 1 FOLDER 3 Postally used - Topical: Animals
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 68 (F)
Extent: 1 item
BOX 1 FOLDER 4 Postally used - Topical: Art Reproductions
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 69 to 71 (F)
Extent: 3 items
Note: Includes postcards from Musée du Louvre (France) and the National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.). Also includes Raphael's The School of Athens.
BOX 1 FOLDER 5 Postally used - Topical: Biographical
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 72 (F)
Extent: 1 item
Note: Includes Anton Lang.
BOX 1 FOLDER 6 Postally used - Topical: Greeting cards
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 73 to 76 (F)
Extent: 4 items
Note: Includes well wishes, and Christmas, New Year's, and pre-stamped cards.
BOX 1 FOLDER 7 Postally used - Topical: Military
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 77 (F)
Extent: 1 item
Note: Includes a Navy sailor.
BOX 1 FOLDER 8 Postally used - Topical: Transportation
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 78 to 79 (F)
Extent: 2 items
Note: Includes ships.
BOX 1 FOLDER 9 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (Afghanistan to Canada)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 80 to 114 (F)
Extent: 35 items
Note: Includes Afghanistan, Austria, and Canada.
BOX 1 FOLDER 10 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (Croatia to Dominica)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 115 to 139 (F)
Extent: 25 items
Note: Includes Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, and Dominica.
BOX 1 FOLDER 11 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (England)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 140 to 167 (F)
Extent: 28 items
BOX 1 FOLDER 12 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (France) (1 of 2)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 168 to 199 (F)
Extent: 32 items
Note: Includes France (Barbizon to Paris).
BOX 1 FOLDER 13 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (France) (2 of 2)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 200 to 226 (F)
Extent: 27 items
Note: Includes France (Paris to Veules les Roses).
BOX 1 FOLDER 14 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (Germany to Hungary)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 227 to 250 (F)
Extent: 24 items
Note: Includes Germany, Guyana, Hong Kong, Hungary.
BOX 1 FOLDER 15 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (Italy)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 251 to 283 (F)
Extent: 33 items
BOX 1 FOLDER 16 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (Japan to Saint Lucia)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 284 to 309 (F)
Extent: 26 items
Note: Includes Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Puerto Rico, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia.
BOX 2 FOLDER 1 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (Scotland and Spain)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 310 to 322 (F)
Extent: 13 items
BOX 2 FOLDER 2 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (Sweden)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 323 to 345 (F)
Extent: 23 items
BOX 2 FOLDER 3 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (Switzerland)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 346 to 385 (F)
Extent: 40 items
BOX 2 FOLDER 4 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: Foreign (Thailand)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 386 to 387 (F)
Extent: 2 items
BOX 2 FOLDER 5 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: United States (Arizona)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 388 to 397 (F)
Extent: 10 items
BOX 2 FOLDER 6 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: United States (California) (1 of 2)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 398 to 419 (F)
Extent: 22 items
Note: Includes Avalon, California to San Francisco, California.
BOX 2 FOLDER 7 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: United States (California) (2 of 2)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 420 to 443 (F)
Extent: 24 items
Note: Includes San Juan, California to Yosemite, California.
BOX 2 FOLDER 8 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: United States (Colorado to Massachusetts)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 444 to 470 (F)
Extent: 27 items
Note: Includes Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, and Massachusetts.
BOX 2 FOLDER 9 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: United States (Michigan to New Jersey)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 471 to 482 (F)
Extent: 12 items
Note: Includes Michigan, Minnesota, and New Jersey.
BOX 2 FOLDER 10 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: United States (New York)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 483 to 510 (F)
Extent: 28 items
BOX 2 FOLDER 11 Postally unused/blank - Geographic: United States (North Carolina to Wisconsin)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 511 to 542 (F)
Extent: 32 items
Note: Includes North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, and Wisconsin.
BOX 2 FOLDER 12 Postally unused/blank - Geographic accordion booklets: Foreign (Antwerp to Canada)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 543 to 571a (F)
Extent: 29 items
Note: Includes Antwerp, Belgium; Bermuda; and Canada (Canadian Rockies).
BOX 2 FOLDER 13 Postally unused/blank - Geographic accordion booklets: Foreign (Copenhagen to Grenada)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 572 to 607 (F)
Extent: 36 items
Note: Includes Copenhagen, Denmark; Oxford, England; and Grenada.
BOX 2 FOLDER 14 Postally unused/blank - Geographic accordion booklets: United States
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 608 to 635a (F)
Extent: 28 items
Note: Includes San Francisco, California and Seattle, Washington.
BOX 3 FOLDER 1 Postally unused/ blank - Topical: Art reproductions (1 of 2)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 636 to 669 (F)
Extent: 34 items
Includes The National Gallery (England), Louvre Museum (France), Musée du Luxembourg (France), Hôtel des Invalides (France), and Szépművészeti Múzeum (Hungary).
BOX 3 FOLDER 2 Postally unused/ blank - Topical: Art reproductions (2 of 2)
Call No.: LOT 15589, no. 670 to 679 (F)
Extent: 10 items
Includes National Gallery of Art (D.C.), Museum of Old Dolls & Toys (New Hampshire), and unidentified art.
BOX 3 FOLDER 3 Postally unused/ blank - Topical: Biographical
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