Wild Postcards

I continue to be amazed at the vivid colors from Kay Anthony’s postcard collection. This is a “Genuine Curteich C.T. Art-Colortone”, number 2B-H1375, indicating manufacture in 1932. The resolution is also remarkable; you can make out a Coca-Cola sign on the building inside the letter E. Kay’s home in Spartanburg was only 20 miles down [...]

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.