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detroitlib · 2 days
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Humorous postcard depicting a man pushing a woman in a wheelbarrow. "Seeing Detroit" is painted on side of wheelbarrow.
Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
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catsofyore · 4 months
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“Just we two” Postcard from my collection. Copyright 1907, mailed 1909. This photo is by C.E. Bullard - he's my favorite of the Victorian/Edwardian cat photographers because he showed cats being relaxed and naturally beautiful, not dressed up in costumes and forced into anthropomorphic poses.
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weirdlookindog · 7 months
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"Life is one darned thing after another!"
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sovietpostcards · 2 months
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Soviet cartoon "Nu Pogodi" [Just You Wait] on postcards from Czechoslovakia (1970s)
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hiyutekivigil · 1 year
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12 february. homesick.
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sonyaheaneyauthor · 1 month
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Ukrainian Easter Postcard. 1916.
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theophan-o · 6 months
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The Young Witch & the Devil (Молода відьма & чорт) by Ukrainian artist Halyna Mazepa (Галина Мазепа, 1910-1995).
Pair of vintage postcards published in Lviv, 1930’s.
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vintage-ukraine · 2 months
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Happy holiday, dear women
International Women`s Day Postcard, 1960s
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madnessofmen · 8 months
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^thanks to @some-cold-and-some-violence for this one
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i'm having so much fun looking at wwi french postcards
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voca1ion · 2 months
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Some of the best and oldest color photography i’ve seen of New York City c1939 thanks to Macy’s color view postcard series.
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theoddsideofme · 11 months
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detroitlib · 8 days
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View of a windmill in Holland, Michigan, with tulips in foreground. Printed on front: "Dutch mill, Holland, Michigan." Printed on back: "L.L. Cook Co., post cards, Milwaukee, Wis." Handwritten on back: "Dear Ethel, Just wanted you to know we are thinking of you. Tressa & Olin are such nice hostesses. We had a good trip over although it rained. Laura Lee was very good and has been. I think she misses her daddy. We'll go to Toledo on Monday. Then home later in week. Chet will meet us there. We'll see you soon. Love, Dorothy & Laura Lee. P.S. Fri. morn Chet wrote about G. Its wonderful." Card is postmarked April, 1929.
Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
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dayniac · 10 days
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German postcard
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deadmotelsusa · 1 year
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sovietpostcards · 2 months
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Vintage flower postcards published in Tallinn (USSR, 1964)
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vintagecamping · 10 months
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Postcard from Camp Timagami
Ontario, Canada
1958
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