We have examined, from time to time, the pleasure our postcard artists took in the infinite mixings and matchings of romance, but we have been primarily concerned with girth. The artists found other ways to express romance in inches. (Mind. Gutter. Please.) The tall, thin man and the short, round woman were veryContinue reading “To Make a Long Story Short”
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All Purpose Vehicles
Mere months ago, we considered the postcard possibilities of canoodling in a Cadillac or fooling around in a Ford. We looked at a number of postcards chuckled at by our ancestors which dealt with the uses of an automobile for a little romance on the road, and the perils associated with it. That heroicContinue reading “All Purpose Vehicles”
Summer Seats
Well, we are well into summer now, so I suppose this would be a good time to discuss hammocks. Hammocks have a role of their own to play in the postcard world. Despite the occasional reference to hammocks used by those who go down to the sea in ships, and the occasional vacationer besetContinue reading “Summer Seats”
Auto Eroticism
Compared to today’s automobiles, you find in the picture above a rather comfortable back seat, with nice padding and plenty of, er, leg room. If you could combine that with a very discreet chauffeur, so you didn’t have to waste any of your attention on actual driving, you created prime romantic real estate. OrContinue reading “Auto Eroticism”
Benched
We have, as the jewelry ads on television keep reminding us, coming up on Valentine’s Day. (The amount of chocolate in the stores should have tipped you off if you just don’t watch television these days.) As valentine’s Day itself is a Monday this year, which is my old joke blog day, I thoughtContinue reading “Benched”
The Course of True Love
Well, here it is Monday again, and do you know what it’s time for, Chocolate Lasagna? No, not getting to sit next to that lady with the mask-dislodging sneeze on your commute. It’s time for another installment of our old joke quiz. You say you prefer the lady with the sneeze? Well, there’sContinue reading “The Course of True Love”
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”
Round and Round
About an eon and a half ago, there was a one woman show in Chicago in which a plumpish wallflower mused on a romantic misadventure with a man who was leading her on just to make her look ridiculous. I am afraid I have forgotten the name of the actress AND the play, asContinue reading “Round and Round”
The Romance of Science
As you no doubt recall from our last thrilling episode, we were looking at some of the ways postcard makers showed the comic possibilities of new technologies. The automobile, the telephone, the phonograph: all were used for gags ranging from the merely cheerful to the rollicking. (If you were not, personally, rollicked by anyContinue reading “The Romance of Science”
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