• Anything Musical (real or fanciful), including
  • musical instruments of any type
  • musical instrument manufacturers

  • C. G. Conn Musical Instrument Company, Elkhart, Indiana

  • bands, orchestras, ensembles of any type or size

  • performers, people making music (all cultures)

  • bandstands, bandshells
  • amphitheaters
  • auditoriums, municipal auditoriums, music halls, concert halls, opera houses (both interiors and exteriors)
  • church interiors showing organs
  • musical notation
  • composers

  • pre-1930 holiday cards with music or musical instruments

• Anything having to do with City Parks, including
  • park scenes
  • park benches
  • park fountains
  • boating on park lakes
  • bandstands, bandshells, dance and picnic pavillions
  • people in parks

• The following specific Places (from any time period):
  • Berlin, Germany
  • Binghamton, New York
  • Catalina Island, California
  • Central New York State (any towns)

  • Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota

  • Elkhart, Indiana
  • Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, battlefield
  • Hamilton, New York
  • Morgantown, West Virginia
  • Niagara Falls, New York
  • Saratoga Springs, New York
  • Sioux City, Iowa
  • South Dakota (any towns)

  • Vermillion, South Dakota

• Other categories:
  • Anchors
  • Bears (esp. bears around people and cars in national parks)
  • Teddy bears
  • Birds on pre-1930 holiday cards
  • Calendar cards (pre-1930)
  • Christmas cards (pre-1930)
  • Churches
  • Eagles
  • Easter cards (pre-1930)
  • Halloween cards (pre-1930)
  • Holiday and Greeting cards, pre-1930 (all types)
  • Homes of famous people
  • Large letter cards
  • Leap Year cards (pre-1930)
  • Maps
  • Memorial Day cards (pre-1930)
  • New Year's cards (pre-1930)
  • Micki and Mecki (German)
  • Military humor
  • Patriotic
  • People doing things (pre-1960, all cultures)
  • Redwood Forest
  • St. Patrick's Day cards (pre-1930)
  • State capitols
  • Thanksgiving cards (pre-1930)
  • Tuck cards
  • U.S. Navy Ships
  • Valentine's Day cards (pre-1930)
  • Victorian architecture

Contact before mailing cards: mbanks@usd.edu

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