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This page features items that are not attributed to any card issuer or manufacturer.
Any help with identifying the makers name would be very welcome.
Please email me with any details you may have quoting the reference number beside the illustration.
POSTCARD - Circa 1905-06
Ref No: Anon001
HANDWRITTEN POSTCARD - 1912
Inscription reads:-
Extract from ye "West Ham Observer" for the week ending 2nd March
Deaths
West Ham: at Swindon
Suddenly, on 28th Feb 1912, Ye much fancied & dearly beloved West Ham football club, who perished while gamely fighting in the 3rd round of Ye English Cup! "Alas their young hopes were blighted & nipped in the bud".
Kismet
Better to have tried and lost, than never to have tried at all
Ref No: Anon002
Oh! dry those tears
Although this is a handwritten postcard, I thought I would include it on this page, simply because I've seen other such offerings for sale at card fairs featuring other football teams, someone out there may know who the artist is.
(I'm not quite sure of the music)
Love from "Spurs"
POSTCARD - Circa 1912 Crowd Scene
Ref No: Anon003
Black and white photographs of crowd scenes at football matches which were later turned into postcards were prevalent before the outbreak of the First World War.
POSTCARD
Coloured anonymous hand drawn postcard. This example dates around 1912. Inscription on reverse reads.
“Dear Arthur. How does this suit you – is it anything like the real game at foot-ball”
from Mr and Mrs Calverley
Ref No: Anon004
Buck up West Ham! Half time!
SHAPED SHIELD - Circa 1934
POSTCARD - 1923
Ref No: Anon006
Ref No: Anon005
FOOTBALLERS - 1946
Ref No: Anon007
POSTCARD - 1966
Ref No: Anon008
Playing squad 1966-67. Reverse inscribed "Printed in Great Britain" and players named.
Size 157x113mm
