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     In the interest of fair play and equal time for opposing views, something I am very serious about if it will bring me another subject to write a blog about, I thought we might consider postcards which present another side of childhood than the cute, well-dressed, well-behaved tots we considered in our last column.Continue reading “Bratty Sells”

     Any sort of cheap entertainment reflects the interests and dreams of the buying public for whom it is made.  As such, postcards show us what appealed (or what the publishers hoped would appeal) to the greatest number of potential buyers.  And ONE thing that amused Mr. and Mrs. Consumer was children dressed up.     Continue reading “Cute Sells”

    Not long ago we discussed postcard babies, who had two main roles to play, demonstrating Jerome K. Jerome’s definition of a baby as an object with a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.  Children, however, played a multitude of roles, depending on the artist’s notions  Children mightContinue reading “Putti, Putti”