The Postcard Thread

[Rikki Gins]

Hilota indeed............. It has to be Hilda - it just has to be.   Yet why is the "d" crossed?     

I agree.  Now that I compared the d in Hilda with the other d's, they match up.  Except all the other ones aren't crossed.  You would think that everyone in the past would have good cursive skills, especially how it was taught in schools and all.  Yet Hilota/Hilda shows us otherwise.  Not only her, but so many other people that wrote postcards back then. 
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[Spookcat]

Hilota indeed............. It has to be Hilda - it just has to be.   Yet why is the "d" crossed?     

It may have been an accident. I've heard of some people just getting in the groove of writing and just accidentally crossing whatever goes up.

[PB]

Hilota indeed............. It has to be Hilda - it just has to be.   Yet why is the "d" crossed?     

That's what I thought too, just an incidental mark.  There is another one following her signature as well

[PB]

It may have been an accident. I've heard of some people just getting in the groove of writing and just accidentally crossing whatever goes up.

You're probably right, I've done it myself

[Rikki Gins]

That's what I thought too, just an incidental mark.  There is another one following her signature as well

The one after her signature is Hilota's dash mark, setting up that lower sentence about the rain.

[Rikki Gins]

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A nice real photo postcard dated September 9, 1906.

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The stamp cancellation mark gave old Ben a nice mustache. 

[anniem]

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A nice real photo postcard dated September 9, 1906.

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The stamp cancellation mark gave old Ben a nice mustache.

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[PB]

A nice real photo postcard dated September 9, 1906.

Wilmer Smith and his eight sisters?

[Rikki Gins]

Wilmer Smith and his eight sisters?

I must have posted this postcard on the old site, though I can hardly remember doing so.  I do recall being suspicious of what the guy was doing with his left hand.  Plus, if I got to go into the past to pick one of the ladies to be my wife, it would have been the cutie at the lower left.

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May 24 - 67

Dear Folks - Elsie has got
here at 6-45 last eve.  Elsie
enjoyed the 300 mi ride.  Fri
Lori goes to her Dr & we
go along & eat at a nice place
for lunch.  Ronnie went back to
work Mon P.M.  I may not
write a letter very soon.  Every
one are O.K.  Got our hid-a-
bed - 20 min before E. arrived.
Now we have a place to sleep
all of you.  See you-ens.
                          Love M.L.S.

[Spookcat]

I found some interesting ones at an antique mall today. I've never seen one made of wood. (That hasn't been ground into paper)

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YUCCA WOOD (brevifolia)
   Wood of Moods and Legends, but especially one legend which tells us that whosoever contacts YUCCA will have good luck. May this inspiration of the Ancients be two-fold, bringing you Peace of Mind and Blessings of Divine Influence.
GREETINGS

Dear John,
I hope you are
enjoying your vacation
s much as I am
enjoying mine.

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Have the Weekend
off Another fellow
And I Are just running
Around in the middle
of Mississippi river now
looking ast the water that
Come thru Ports.
As Ever Orin

[Rikki Gins]

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I bid on this very old card from last week's postcard auction but, much to my surprise, somebody else entered a higher bid.  I was surprised because I had entered a rather hefty bid.  It was sent to Edith Hufnagle and the more I thought about it, the more I began to think that it was a friend or relative who desired to have it.  I could have gone back and placed another higher bid on it, but what the hay.  The card wasn't in all that good of shape anyway, so whoever wanted it that badly, got it.

[GravitySucks]

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I bid on this very old card from last week's postcard auction but, much to my surprise, somebody else entered a higher bid.  I was surprised because I had entered a rather hefty bid.  It was sent to Edith Hufnagle and the more I thought about it, the more I began to think that it was a friend or relative who desired to have it.  I could have gone back and placed another higher bid on it, but what the hay.  The card wasn't in all that good of shape anyway, so whoever wanted it that badly, got it.

That looks like it could be the “Rosetta Stone” for the Voynich Manuscript.

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This is a nice postcard showing Ike and Mamie in color.  In fact, the postcard is extra glossy on the front.  Like a real picture.


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