The Postcard Thread

[anniem]

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A friend gave me some French postcards that show portraits of noted French people.  This one shows artist Jean De Troy. 
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Interesting

[PB]

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This stamp (George V) is actually a nice orange/pink/salmon color, the message is written in pencil and I had to darken it to see it clearly

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I am so sorry that I won't see
you and mummy today.  Daddy's not
very well.  Better soon!
Thank you very much for your
letter this morning.  I am so pleased
to have it & to hear what you wrote
to Father Christmas.
I ate 2 of the chestnuts in my bag
& I've still got the others, but they're
not hot anymore.
Veronica was here yesterday & I've asked her
to draw a picture for you.  She is very
fond of drawing and painting.  Lots of love
xoxoxxooxxxooxxxxooooxxxooo from Daddy


I sure hope dad was better and home by Christmas..

[PB]

I looked at these and thought they'd drastically redone the Arc at some point.  There are actually two of them.  The first is the better known one, the other is past the other end of the Champs Elysees, and on the far edge of the Jardin des Tuileries.  One wasn't enough for Napoleon.

Check out the people and buggies at the bases.

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[PB]

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[anniem]

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Thanks for all the cards, they great

[Rikki Gins]

Thanks for all the cards, they great

Yes indeed.  PB has a great postcard collection and I am glad he is sharing them with us.

[PB]

Yes indeed.  PB has a great postcard collection and I am glad he is sharing them with us.

Thanks Rik, happy to post them


A couple more from Paris.  Sounds like the sender was there buying fashionable product for his clothing store in Seattle

Looking west along the Seine, Eiffel Tower top center. 

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I am in Paris collecting novelties for your
inspection at Cheasty's Haberdashery   Second Ave
at Spring St Seattle                   Edward C Cheasty



Stamp is The Sower.  Graceful symbol of the French Republic, proudly sowing French ideals at sunrise.  This image is on A LOT of French stamps and coins.

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More cars, trucks, trolleys, pedestrians

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[Rikki Gins]

Thanks Rik, happy to post them


A couple more from Paris.  Sounds like the sender was there buying fashionable product for his clothing store in Seattle

Looking west along the Seine, Eiffel Tower top center. 

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I am in Paris collecting novelties for your
inspection at Cheasty's Haberdashery   Second Ave
at Spring St Seattle                   Edward C Cheasty



Stamp is The Sower.  Graceful symbol of the French Republic, proudly sowing French ideals at sunrise.  This image is on A LOT of French stamps and coins.

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More cars, trucks, trolleys, pedestrians

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I wonder if Ed was writing to one of his best customers?  Also this: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101343245/edward-c_-cheasty  (His dad was a Seattle ship's carpenter.)  Fascinating.

[PB]

From the Soviet Union, 1982

Palace Square, Leningrad (now back to it's former name, St Petersburg)

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Here are close up images of the two statues in the postcard.  They and the building were commissioned to commemorate the defeat of Napoleon's invading forces in 1812

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[PB]

The Naval Museum was formerly the old stock exchange

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Neptune statue over the entrance

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[PB]

Check out the two cars out front.  If those are California cars, the license plates issued in 1940, 1947-50, and 1956-62 were black letters on a yellow background.

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[Rikki Gins]

Check out the two cars out front.  If those are California cars, the license plates issued in 1940, 1947-50, and 1956-62 were black letters on a yellow background.

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I love old cars from the 1950s.  Is that a red and white 1956 Ford Fairlane?  I want it!

[PB]

At the Grand Canyon.  These people are pretty dressed up for a trip down to the bottom and back.

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L Goffrey (?)
 284 Liberty St
  San Francisco
    California

Hello Lena

Am in New Mexico
enroute to Los Angeles
May be in Frisco
soon.  Happy New Years
                     HS
1566 Henry ?

[Rikki Gins]

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You will never guess where I came across this unused, not very old postcard.  I was out on my daily walk and found it floating face down in a puddle of rain.  I picked it up and noticed that it was a postcard.  I took it into the house and sat it somewhere to dry.  Several days later it was nice and dry.  It really isn't in all that bad of shape.  The backside is stained here and there, but otherwise the card appears to be OK.  It is somewhat larger than my old postcards.

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I don't usually collect newish postcards but I'll make an exception in this case.

[anniem]

Check out the two cars out front.  If those are California cars, the license plates issued in 1940, 1947-50, and 1956-62 were black letters on a yellow background.

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Today!

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