Tag: vintage postcards
member name: Peter Wimsey
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October 11, 2009 07:36 AM EDT --
I have not studied the history of pornography, formally or informally.
Like every literate reader, I know that the creation of racy images is as old as printing presses.
(The Museum of . . .
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December 18, 2008 08:24 AM EST --
In recent weeks, I posted two pairs of well-made postcards illustrating the joys of courtship circa 1910.
I introduced the first cards in this series in the following manner:
" I have . . .
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August 16, 2008 12:25 PM EDT --
It was a lovely May in Newton Falls, Ohio.
Mrs. Fenstermaker was very busy, and so was Pa.
Mrs. Fenstermaker did take the time to write a long letter to her daughter, Bella.
Bella responded with . . .
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August 17, 2008 11:55 AM EDT --
It was a beautiful Fall in the mountains of northwest Pennsylvania.
Young Charlie Zimmerman was enjoying the crisp weather and the magnificent array of colored leaves in the peaks and valleys around Plumville. . . .
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January 27, 2009 02:04 PM EST --
Anyone who has sung in musical groups in high school, college, or at Church is probably familiar with the Theodore Presser company, a major publisher of sheet music. This company is the largest . . .
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June 14, 2008 05:36 PM EDT --
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I recently posted a set of linen postcards containing views of New Orleans.
The linen postcards date from the 1930's to about 1950.
Here is a collection of views that are about twenty . . .
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June 22, 2008 01:50 PM EDT --
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In two recent articles, I shared vintage views of New Orleans.
Three Views of New Orleans: 1930-1950
Four Views of new Orleans from the 1920's
Discussing the postcards from . . .
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December 23, 2008 08:15 AM EST --
Mrs. Muder lived in Greenville, Pennsylvania, a town in western Pennsylvania, northwest of Pittsburgh, but south of Erie.
Mrs. Muder had a friend, Mrs. Little, who lived in Center____.
(Pennsylvania . . .
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December 24, 2008 10:27 AM EST --
Annie Messer lived in Easton, Pennsylvania, a small city on the Delaware River - which is the border with the neighboring state of New Jersey.
Annie had a friend named, "Ella", who also . . .
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March 01, 2009 09:19 PM EST --
In a recent article, I described my efforts to repair the ravages of time and light and negligence on old postcards. I also shared examples of my work.
Before and After: Repairing Vintage Postcards . . .
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August 17, 2009 07:09 AM EDT --
Last month, the Lady Bess published a three-part photo essay related to Provincetown, Mass.
Bob's photographs were spectacular, and captured some of the natural beauty of Cape Cod and the . . .
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November 12, 2007 08:57 AM EST --
An explanatory note related to my acquisition of this paper hoard is found at the beginning of the companion article:
Reading Other People's Mail After 90 Years
Gather friends . . .
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May 19, 2009 09:06 AM EDT --
I love Annapolis, Maryland - the wonderful old city with riverscapes and bay views on every side.
Over the years, I have had several occasions to visit the ancient capitol building, . . .
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August 19, 2009 07:59 AM EDT --
Poor Edgar Allan Poe drank himself into troubled relationships and failed literary appointments in several cities.
After his death, monuments and museums were created in three places in which Poe had . . .
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February 07, 2008 09:43 PM EST --
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This is the second in the series of articles celebrating vintage greetings for St. Valentine's Day.
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Postmarked
Columbus, Ohio
February . . .
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June 23, 2008 08:55 AM EDT --
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Kate C. has been a good friend on Gather.
Without her enthusiastic research of forgotten lives, I would not have begun expanding and publishing my collection of vintage postcards. . . .
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January 11, 2009 10:09 AM EST --
The Hotel Pennsylvania is an enormous old building that fills the block between 31st and 32nd street, across from Madison Square Garden on 7th Avenue.
In the 1930's, of course, the grand old . . .
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January 31, 2009 09:00 AM EST --
Winter arrived late in northern Pennsylvania in 1915. But, by December 13, it had grown colder and snow covered the ground.
Edith lived in Forksville, a small borough in Sullivan County, . . .
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February 08, 2008 01:40 AM EST --
This is the third in a series of vintage greetings for St. Valentine's Day that I am posting on Gather.
This card features a scene derived from conventional portraiture of the 18th century. . . .
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February 07, 2008 01:03 AM EST --
In celebration of St. Valentine's Day, I am posting a selection of vintage greetings from the last century.
The first was sent to Sellersberg, Indiana in 1911.
Interestingly, I have . . .
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