Tag Archives: London
29 March 2011

Westminster Abbey

A clear view of Westminster, with Big Ben in the background. Sent in by one extremely prolific postcard swapstress.

19 August 2009

St. Martin-in-the-Fields

I find this photo postcard of the St. Martin-in-the-Fields church at Trafalgar Square to be very striking.  What makes it more interesting is that it was taken from atop an empty plinth in the Square by Carol, who sent this to me.  As a participant in an art project entitled One & Other, which started [...]

22 October 2008

Botanic Gardens, Glasgow

This is an early photochrome postcard from the Philco Publishing Company of London. For some reason unknown to me, the image is surrounded by the tartan of the MacIntosh clan. What’s interesting to me is that the back of the card has been modified by hand in a very unusual way: If you look carefully, [...]

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