I was intrigued by a couple of postcards I listed for sale over the holiday weekend, and thought about expressing my opinions about them here. This may happen one day, but what the two cards had in common was that each featured a chicken. And though I grew up in an era of reruns,Continue reading “Flocking Together”
Tag Archives: Postcards
Time to Dress for Fall
Our last time out, we were discussing Summer Romance, a time of young love filled with deep devotion, true emotion, and anything else that rhymes. We showed pictures and sayings of reasonably young people in the throes of a romance on vacation, where one could be young, free (when Mom and dad weren’t watching)Continue reading “Time to Dress for Fall”
Those Summer Nights
In my boy-days, it was traditional (by which I mean it may have happened three or four years in a row) for school to start today. It was a benevolent system, really, of easing us back into the daily grind. Three days of school, then a three day weekend for Labor Day, four daysContinue reading “Those Summer Nights”
Another Valenblog
We have been discussing certain postcards dating from somewhere between 1939 and 1955, which took on the aesthetic of the grade school Valentine: clear, firm illustrations, generally positive attitude, and really, really obvious puns. Someday, after the Lottery win comes through, I will mount an exhibition just of postcards and little Valentines based onContinue reading “Another Valenblog”
Offseason Valentines
As I was saying on Friday, I was investigating a whole nother subject when I fell down that doggone rabbit hole. (I’m a little behind the ties here: is there a new term to describe what happens when the Interwebs take you downstream from where you wanted to go? Are you rabbitholing? Have youContinue reading “Offseason Valentines”
Golly Gee
As usual, I was thinking about something else entirely, but that will have to wait until next week. Whilst going through my inventory to find illustrations for THAT notion, I came upon another subject to worry about. Postcards with dogs on them are always decent sellers: people do appreciate ‘em. A postcard publisherContinue reading “Golly Gee”
Lean Years
If I ever get around to writing that series on “Is That Still Funny?”, we will look into what different generations regarded as taboo. As we have moved, in the last thirty years from “Nothing inoffensive is funny” to “Nothing offensive is funny”, this will be a mere side issue, but one which willContinue reading “Lean Years”
Bratty Sells
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”
Cute 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”
Hitting the Beach
So we are in full vacation season now, in spite of heat and smoke and the decision whether to boycott states which are too blue or too red in their politics. People are flocking to places where they can kick back and forget about that alarm clock telling them to get dressed and goContinue reading “Hitting the Beach”
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