This postcard from Julia in Munich features a bronze statue of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals and the environment. Almost invariably, he is portrayed with animals, usually doves. I suppose I have seen hundreds of statues of St. Francis, placed everywhere from gardens to animal shelters, and they always delight me. [...]
This card came in the mail today from Yana, who has her own very fine blog of her postcards and stamps. This card features a photo by Pavel Vorobyov of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Christ, the only Roman Catholic church in the Volga region. It was constructed in 1906; this photo was [...]
This postcard is a souvenir of the famous Manneken Pis statue in Brussels, Belgium. It probably dates back to the 1910s and is printed on some very heavy stock. The back also indicates that it was manufactured in Brussels. It’s somewhat yellowed now — with age, people, not with anything that might have come out [...]
This card depicts what is presumed to be the final home of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Efes (Ephesus), where Catholic tradition holds that she died. I sent this card to my Aunt Brenda, who at that time was the keeper of the collection, in an envelope along with several other postcards. I was in [...]
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