The Postcard Thread

[Rikki Gins]

Excellent! Very cool.
Is that a Christmas tree?

I have often wondered if that is a Christmas tree or not.  Of course back then, people had to have photos developed and the date on the back might reflect that the person who took the pictures might have waited a couple of months to have them developed, most likely at one of those 1 hour photo shops.  (Remember them?)  I kind of think that it is indeed a plant with lights on it, though not necessarily a Christmas tree.  In the enlarged section of the photo, I think I see some lights in a plant with regular leaves.  An artificial plant perhaps?  Utilizing my Sherlock Holmes skills, I have ascertained that Peter is standing inside his home.  Notice the absence of a tie.  In almost every online photo of Peter, when he is out in public, he is wearing a regular tie or a bowtie.  In this picture, he seems to be in a relaxed and leisurely mood, and has removed the tie.  That isn't to say that he was out at some Hollywood party and 'wasn't feeling any pain.'

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[Rikki Gins]

Wow Rik, that's really good, thanks!

The garage sale collection only has postcards from a few holidays - Valentine's Day, Easter, Christmas - but there were also a handful of Thanksgiving cards.

Here are two more - made by the same printer as the one above, designed by the same artist.  The first one doesn't have any writing on the back.

The first one has gold glitter highlights throughout the image, the second has some around the edges and lettering only

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Great Thanksgiving cards, PB.  Thank you.

[PB]

Great Thanksgiving cards, PB.  Thank you.

Thanks Rik, I only have a couple more for Thanksgiving - but I've got a healthy stack of Christmas postcards, and I'll try to post the best of them. 

It's really interesting to me to see how these holidays were represented back then.  And of course the messages, stamps, & any holiday stickers.

[Bart Ell]

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Before I die, I want to go down to Knott's Berry Farm and have a conversation with Sad-Eye Joe.

I worked there when I was 20.
I lasted 1 day.
It was during Knott's Scary Farm and I decided that I did not need the money that bad.

[Rikki Gins]

I worked there when I was 20.
I lasted 1 day.
It was during Knott's Scary Farm and I decided that I did not need the money that bad.

I've seen videos of Sad-Eye Joe during Scary Farm.  He insults everyone and swears at them.

[PolkaDot]

@PB and @anniem
In all my years of collecting stuff, I would spend lots of time at flea markets and antique shops.  In one antique shop, I walked into a back room that had miscellaneous items stacked on a table and shelves.  The stuff hadn't been sorted out, and wasn't a part of the main store, but they were still for sale, if you happened to find something that you might have wanted.  There was a container full of photographs that had a 25¢ per picture on the outside of the box and so I went through them all.  They were basically old black and white pictures from people's family albums but there were some more modern colored photos too.  After awhile, I found a nice colored picture of Bob Hope, standing in a restaurant with his wife and talking to a lady (possibly an actress) who was seated at a table.  I made sure to buy that picture.  Then I found two color photos of Peter Falk.  One, showing him leisurely posing in front of a plant with lights, (my avatar) and another where he seemed to be making an entrance along with a pretty blonde haired lady who I think might possibly be his second wife, Shera Danese.  The pictures have a month and year (Feb 1980) stamped on the back of them, so I like to think that they are the original photos that were developed and that I legally own them since I bought them for a quarter a piece, right? haha.  Anyway, when Bart decided to start EllGab up, I thought it would be fun to use the Peter Falk photo as my avatar. I do enjoy using it because I like how Peter's left eye (his good one) carefully looks over what I post. 

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He had a bad eye? He looks so cucumber cool here. It's a great av.

[anniem]

He had a bad eye? He looks so cucumber cool here. It's a great av.

He had retinoblastoma as a young child, they had to take his eye out.

[Bart Ell]

He had retinoblastoma as a young child, they had to take his eye out.

When his mother told him not to run with scissors or he could lose an eye it had only half the effect it had on other children.

[PolkaDot]

I have often wondered if that is a Christmas tree or not.  Of course back then, people had to have photos developed and the date on the back might reflect that the person who took the pictures might have waited a couple of months to have them developed, most likely at one of those 1 hour photo shops.  (Remember them?)  I kind of think that it is indeed a plant with lights on it, though not necessarily a Christmas tree.  In the enlarged section of the photo, I think I see some lights in a plant with regular leaves.  An artificial plant perhaps?  Utilizing my Sherlock Holmes skills, I have ascertained that Peter is standing inside his home.  Notice the absence of a tie.  In almost every online photo of Peter, when he is out in public, he is wearing a regular tie or a bowtie.  In this picture, he seems to be in a relaxed and leisurely mood, and has removed the tie.  That isn't to say that he was out at some Hollywood party and 'wasn't feeling any pain.'

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yes, looks like a ficus- ben fig don't you think?

[PolkaDot]

He had retinoblastoma as a young child, they had to take his eye out.

I had no idea. Thanks all, I've learned a bit tonight!

[anniem]

When his mother told him not to run with scissors or he could lose an eye it had only half the effect it had on other children.

Sure, he could break the fake one and so what? Buy another.

[anniem]

I had no idea. Thanks all, I've learned a bit tonight!

Sure! Don't be hard on yourself, you are only 10!

 

[Bart Ell]

Sure, he could break the fake one and so what? Buy another.

Pop a marble in.

[anniem]

Pop a marble in.

Or a jaw breaker. That would serve as a space holder AND a tasty snack!

[PolkaDot]

Sure! Don't be hard on yourself, you are only 10!

 

12 next August.