And here we are again, on another Monday, preparing to face the week. What is the one thing you need to be fully prepared? A good breakfast? Aspirin? A few red jellybeans? No, what we need is another old joke quiz? (If you knew the answer already, you are ready for both theContinue reading “Moldy Miscellany”
Tag Archives: Postcards
Hard Thinking
It is Monday, and time for another old joke quiz. The theme for this Monday is one which has perhaps changed its name with the new century. Once these were known as moron jokes, or dumbbell jokes, or some such. I prefer, as someone who has frequently decided to save time by washing theContinue reading “Hard Thinking”
GGA Rhyme Scheme
‘Tis Spring, or so they tell me. Living in the Midwest, we all know it isn’t REALLY Spring until we have put our winter coats away for the season…for the fourth time. (My personal record for winter coat wearing is June fifteenth, but they aren’t making summers the way they used to.) InContinue reading “GGA Rhyme Scheme”
Banker as Santa?
I have been led down another rabbit hole by a mildly boring art postcard, and I am going to take you with me as I reflect on the trip. But first, let me introduce you to a Chicago banker of a previous century. Lyman Gage made his mark in Chicago, where he startedContinue reading “Banker as Santa?”
Double Dutch
When last we spoke, we were discussing the Dutch kids in love, those smiling, happy wooden-shoed children who, at least in American postcards of the 1910s, spoke a fluent Pennsylvania Dutch, to nag about why you haven’t written, to espouse certain positive philosophies, or to reflect on the course of love. (As noted byContinue reading “Double Dutch”
Wooden Shoe Know It
It has been a little while since we checked in with the Dutch kids, and their postcards do keep rolling in. For those of you who missed my earlier perorations on the subject, there was, in the 1910s, a mysterious (to me, anyhow) fascination with postcards featuring children who dressed in the folk costumeContinue reading “Wooden Shoe Know It”
What’s the Story, Morning Glory?
In my pursuit of archaic humor, I rely, as any detective would, on a combination of information and deduction. I have learned, when a caption aooears on postcards by different artists, to check the world of advertising or the realm of pop song. This has led me to a greater familiarity of the recordingsContinue reading “What’s the Story, Morning Glory?”
My Room Marked With Y
Not long ago, I mentioned in this space the way some people will go on vacation and, far from being grateful, spend the whole time complaining. I will excuse the numerous postcards which complain either a) that the vacation never seems long enough or b) that you need another vacation to recover from theContinue reading “My Room Marked With Y”
Pick of the Litter
I suppose someone out there in the world of postcards knows a whole lot more than I was able to learn about Vincent V. Colby, an artist responsible for a LOT of postcards in the 1910s or thereabouts. Anybody with this body of distinctive work must have had a fan who dug out informationContinue reading “Pick of the Litter”
Number One Column
There has been absolutely no call for equal time, but we did commit a modest oversight a few months back with a series of columns on what dogs do, and what babies do. Although there was a brief examination of the possibility that cats also did such things, we may have given you theContinue reading “Number One Column”
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