You will recall, from our last thrilling episode, that we were discussing postcards designed for servicemen to send home to let the folks at home know they were doing well, enjoying much of their life getting ready to fight the enemy. There were some humorous drawbacks to being employed by Uncle Sam—having to washContinue reading “We Can Do It”
Tag Archives: Postcards
Having Wonderful Time
Morale was a major concern during World War II. Not only was the government worried about the state of mind of people in the service, whether they were training for war or already busy in it, but there were the people at home. Waiting around for victory can be very wearing on the nerves,Continue reading “Having Wonderful Time”
Reality and Mystery
It has been a little while since we considered the charms of the rppc, or Real Photo Postcard. This, in case you missed it the first time around, is a sort of homemade postcard: you could make them in your own darkroom at home or you could ask your drugstore, or whoever processed yourContinue reading “Reality and Mystery”
Interpreting Artifacts
It has been a while since we delved into the archaeology of humor as reflected in postcard art of the past (as opposed to our rather shallow digs every Monday.) More postcards come in all the time, and some of the jokes are moderately obscure unless you’re old enough, or are thoroughly obscure despiteContinue reading “Interpreting Artifacts”
Comin’ Atcha
One of the things you might not expect, living in the era of fairly calm, sedate postcards, is the postcard which would come up and confront you, face to face. You need to keep in mind that the postcard to some degree took the place of texting in that bygone golden age of postcardsContinue reading “Comin’ Atcha”
Good Advice
Though I think I have made it clear that this blog exists primarily to spotlight and criticize certain postcards I have for sale on other venues,. I do like to think it serves other purposes as well. And with this in mind, I thought my postcards and I might just give you a handContinue reading “Good Advice”
Santa Blogs XXXIV
In my previous life as a blogger, I acted as a conduit for two or three letters every year involving another individual. I was a little surprised to be pressed into service again this Christmas Eve by some familiar sounds from the old North Pole letters column. Dear Santa Blogs, You Dufflebag Doofus: Continue reading “Santa Blogs XXXIV”
Oops!
Ah, the Monday before Christmas, and what can you expect as a surprise gift from your Uncle Blogsy? Old Jokes? Not much of a surprise. Was it? The selection of gags from the Old Joke Quizbook comes from the section covering mishaps, faux-pas, and straight accidents, the sort of thing life tosses at youContinue reading “Oops!”
Easy as A B…um
Why, what do you know? It’s Monday again! Let joy be unconfined at the return of the week as well as another Old Joke Quiz! (Look, get some of that leftover egg nog from the weekend and put it in your morning coffee. Maybe that will help unconfine your joy.) This set of jokesContinue reading “Easy as A B…um”
Heaping Helping
In our last thrilling episode, we continued out discussion of Round People by considering Round People in Love. Because we are avoiding the whole catchphrase “Nobody loves a Fat Man” and its descendants, this quickly turned into a discussion of the Round Woman and Love. We saw a number of postcards which suggested thatContinue reading “Heaping Helping”
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