PinUpCards.com #9

Posted by Chris Overstreet on Wednesday, 31 Dec 2008 under Chrome Postcards, Risque

In celebration of New Year’s Eve, I present to you this celebratory figure. This is one of a series of modern postcard reproductions of vintage pinups, from the late . Happy 2009!


 
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May I Turn on the Heat Now?

Posted by Chris Overstreet on Tuesday, 23 Dec 2008 under Humor, Kay Anthony, Linen Postcards, Risque
Oh, your pipe wrench is so big.

Oh, your pipe wrench is so big.

She’s not bad; she’s just drawn that way. sent this card off to on June 6, 1950 (the day before he sent her this card) with the message “See I’m asking you — ha ha. Hesitatingly, LS”.

Was Lloyd trying to cultivate a long-distance romance? What was the question from Kay to which he’s obviously replying? I don’t know where the cards that Kay sent to Lloyd are, but I hope they still exist somewhere.

See, I'm asking you...

See, I'm asking you...


 
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PinUpCards.com #6

Posted by Chris Overstreet on Sunday, 30 Nov 2008 under Chrome Postcards, Risque

One of a series of vintage pinup postcards in this modern re-publication by the late . Based on my own experience with women of descent, this looks fairly authentic. Posted today in honor of St. Andrew’s Day.


 
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I Got Scrod Last Night

Posted by Chris Overstreet on Friday, 21 Nov 2008 under Advertising, Chrome Postcards, Massachusetts, Risque
If it isn't fresh, it isn't Legal

If it isn't fresh, it isn't Legal

Oh, I’ll bet this card is hilarious with a Boston accent. This modern Continental-sized chrome extols the virtues of Legal Sea Foods (three locations in the Greater Boston area, at least at the time this was manufactured), winner of the Travel Holiday Magazine Award for “Largest and Freshest Seafood in the Country.”


 
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PinUpCards.com #11

Posted by Chris Overstreet on Sunday, 12 Oct 2008 under Chrome Postcards, Risque

One of a series of vintage pinup postcards in this modern re-publication by the late . Except for the number “11″, there is no descriptive text on the back of the card.


 
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