Wild Postcards

If this doesn’t make you want to pause for a Coke, then nothing will. “The ‘Yes’ girl, shown in this 1946 painting typifies the bathing beauties created by famed artist Haddon Sundblom for Coca-Cola in the 1940s.” This card was produced in 1995.

This is a “Lusterchrome” postcard, number K-6218, by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston 15, Mass. The card has some post-production stamped text on the back reading “Greetings from Jekyll Island, Georgia” — no doubt where this card was originally sold — but it’s unlikely that this is where the photo was taken. This card is unused [...]