I have found Post Cards that have Cedar Vale postal stamps on them. From 1909 to 1916. There are many more cards than what I am posting. Just posting those with notes on them. I find it interesting that the notes do not match the picture on the Post Card. Have not looked on internet how and why these were made. I love these old cards. When scanning I had hopes that the printed side and picture side would be side by side. Not so, it seems. Young man with pups is Owen Lavely, he was the son of Jacob & Susie Lavely b 1884 in Cedar Vale (youngest child). He lived in Cedar Vale until his forties, then after 1926 census, find him in Colorado. He died Oct 1971 Tucson, AZ. Jacob & Susie are buried in Cedar Vale Cemetery.
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Just found another with Cedar Vale Stamped on it. Do not know how to edit this. Oh, Well.
Thanks for the old postcard images, Tew. If you want I can do some editing and put the front and back together for you. Send me the scans with notes as to which front goes with which back and I'll get on it.
I did some reading on Post Card during the early 1900's. Postcards with a back divided into two sections, one for the message, the other for the address, were first divided in 1907 for American cards.
The Post Office was the only establishment allowed to print postcards, and it held its monopoly until May 19, 1898, when Congress passed the Private Mailing Card Act which allowed private publishers and printers to produce postcards. Initially, the United States government prohibited private companies from calling their cards "postcards", so they were known as "souvenir cards". These cards had to be labeled "Private Mailing Cards". Although this prohibition was rescinded on December 24, 1901, when private companies could use the word "postcard". Postcards were not allowed to have a divided back and correspondents could only write on the front of the postcard. This was known as the "undivided back" era of postcards. On March 1, 1907 the Post Office allowed private citizens to write on the address side of a postcard. It was on this date that postcards were allowed to have a "divided back". [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Postcards]Post Card Era - Undivided Back (1901-1907)
New U.S. postal regulations on December 24, 1901 stipulated that the words “Post Card” should be printed at the top of the address side of privately printed cards. Government-issued cards were to be designated as “Postal Cards” (Staff, p. 62). Writing was still not permitted on the address side. In this era, private citizens began to take black and white photographs and have them printed on paper with post card backs. [from http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/images/M194/PostcardDating.htm]
There is much to read about these old Post Cards, I learned.
Thank you for posting the post card with Owen and the pups. I am Owen Lavely's granddaughter and have never seen a picture of him as a young man.
Madeline, I will look for other pictures. I have so many here and not all are labeled. Do you have an adult picture of Owen that I can add to my Ancestry.com tree? If you send me your email, I can send you a invite to my Tree and you can see if any other pictures are there!!
Iris
Glad I made you happy!!!
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