Ralph Thomas has a year-long project going in which he designs a new postcard each month, a la those ads that used to appear in comic books when we old guys were kids, then silkscreens them onto cereal-box cardboard. He sends out six per week, and I was lucky enough to get one yesterday! Visit [...]
This is not a postcard, but rather an arcade card, which were sold in vending machines at places like fairgrounds and carnivals. Often they were the prize in some mechanized test of strength or skill. The cards are about as heavy as pasteboard, and are blank on the back. Arcade cards from later eras featured [...]
The Gulf Beach Hotel, “on beautiful Lido Beach, Sarasota, Florida.” With all that wonderful scenery, let’s take a picture instead of the inside of the motor court and our dark, industrial walkway — it’s worth it just to get a snap of that kid’s Hawaiian shirt. “Modern, luxurious Air-Conditioned Motor Court on the Gulf of [...]
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