What did we ever do without Photoshop? This postcard from the Netherlands features photographic art — an homage to Boticelli’s The Birth of Venus — by Peter Gramberg, but is actually an advertising postcard for the weekly magazine HP / De Tijd. Unlike many postcard collectors, I don’t generally mind advertising postcards (especially with themes [...]
According to the back of this Postcrossing card from Taru, “the bath whisk of birch twigs must be soft and warm.” See, honey? This postcard is educational! Actually, the missus had a few comments on this young lady’s physique, but she has nothing to worry about. The description is also published in Finnish — “Saunavihdan [...]
Two days ago, I posted some cards featuring the Jefferson Memorial, and a new Jefferson Memorial postcard arrived in the mail later that day. Yesterday, I posted an advertising card for women’s clothing from the former Eastern Bloc, and a new advertising postcard for women’s clothing arrived from the former Eastern Bloc later that day. [...]
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 [...]
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