Tag: linen postcard
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January 25, 2009 09:32 AM EST --
I found a lovely set of linen postcards containing views of Cape Cod.
The cards were never used, so there are no stories to be told about them.
Nevertheless, the scenes were so charming, . . .
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October 14, 2009 07:31 AM EDT --
If my eye had not been captured by a lovely linen postcard at the flea market, I might never have learned of Ruidoso, New Mexico and the Noisy River.
Ruidoso is a mountain village in south central New . . .
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February 16, 2009 11:03 AM EST --
Here is another linen postcard that was never mailed. It shows "Main Street" of Lexington, Kentucky about 1940.
Like all "linen' postcards, this was a hand-colored photograph; the buildings, and . . .
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February 21, 2009 11:35 AM EST --
Last summer, I found two vintage postcards containing messages between members of the same family.
Both postcards related to a young married couple, William and Bess Tautphaeus, who were . . .
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September 21, 2009 01:04 AM EDT --
Fife Lake is a village (about 400 souls in 2000) in Grand Traverse County, Michigan. Traverse City is the county seat.
If you use your left hand to approximate the shape of the state (without . . .
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October 26, 2009 04:53 AM EDT --
Mount Olive, Illinois is a small city of about 2,000 people in southwest Illinois.
The city is included within the metropolitan statistical area of St. Louis, Missouri, about 45 miles southwest of Mount . . .
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October 16, 2009 07:31 AM EDT --
During the past few months, I have posted several postcards that few persons would choose to send sentimental or romantic messages.
Alcatraz Island
I Send my Love - A Rattle Snake . . .
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July 12, 2009 06:26 PM EDT --
I found a very clean linen postcard with an image of the Big Smokey Falls in Wisconsin.
The spot looked lovely.
Although a lover of canoeing and white-water rafting, I was unfamiliar with the . . .
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October 18, 2009 08:32 AM EDT --
Meshoppen is a borough of about 450 people in Wyoming County, in northeast Pennsylvania.
The community is located on the Susquehanna River, about 34 miles northwest of Scranton, PA.
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October 23, 2009 08:03 AM EDT --
Milford, Kansas is another place to which I was introduced through vintage postcards.
The small city (population of about 500) is located in Geary County, in north central Kansas. Milford is not . . .
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November 13, 2009 08:47 AM EST --
Americans were on the move throughout the early decades of the twentieth century.
As automobiles became increasingly accessible ( and affordable, thanks to Henry Ford), there was enormous interest . . .
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September 06, 2009 07:27 AM EDT --
In a recent article, I noted that images of summer boating and canoeing have power to evoke nostalgic feelings.
Rowing Through Summer: My Own Private Summerpics Festival
" In . . .
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October 22, 2009 06:29 AM EDT --
One of the great books of American History in the twentieth century is "The Big Change" by Frederick Lewis Allen. In this work, Allen describes the transformation of America in the years 1900- 1950. . . .
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February 17, 2009 08:00 AM EST --
I have pored over thousands of vintage postcards and have noticed a wide variety of illustrations - some stupid, some illiterate, some clumsy, unfunny, or racist.
So, I am seldom surprised by the . . .
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September 05, 2009 07:41 AM EDT --
I found a pristine linen postcard featuring the skyline of Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania circa the late thirties.
Mount Carmel is a bourough in Northumberland County, in the an eastern coal region of the . . .
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September 10, 2009 08:34 AM EDT --
I have only seen Akron from interstate highways, and I never considered this hub of rubber manufacturing to have any small-town charm. Thus, I was surprised to find a lovely linen postcard (circa . . .
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July 25, 2008 08:00 AM EDT --
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Frank was visiting Colorado.
He liked to play bridge.
He also liked pictures of bridges.
His wife was eager to learn about his trip.
She was glad that Frank was havng a good time, but . . .
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