Postcards

San Francisco, CA

Ferry House, Old Gateway to San Francisco, CA

Location

San Francisco, CA

Scanned

June 3, 2026

Colorscale

black/white

Front

Description: Early blue-tinted undivided-back postcard showing the Ferry House at the San Francisco waterfront, with a busy scene of horse-drawn wagons, carriages, and streetcars in front of the large terminal building; sailing ship masts are visible in the background.

Printed Text: FERRY HOUSE—OLD GATEWAY TO SAN FRANCISCO.

Back

Description: Undivided back with 'POST CARD' in red, handwritten address to Mr. Bruce Locke in Shawnee Pleasants Co., W. Va., handwritten message at left, and printed stamp box 'Place Postage Stamp Here / Domestic and Canada One Cent / Foreign Two Cents' and 'THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY'.

Printed Text: POST CARD / THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS ONLY / Place Postage Stamp Here / Domestic and Canada One Cent / Foreign Two Cents

Postmark & Message

Postmark:

Message: I suppose you help make less and less in Wood / S. A. Rice Ect to

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