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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #465 on: October 08, 2018, 07:34:55 PM »
Do you have an absolute favorite one, Rikki?

I think so but I would have to go through them all to refresh my memory.  While I'm doing that, I should search for the oldest postcard in the collection.  Great question!

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« Reply #466 on: October 09, 2018, 03:14:43 PM »
Here are a couple of female dancer postcards.

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I am a big fan of this fan dancer.  Pun intended as Hoagland would say.

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The goddess Eurydice was the wife of a musician named Orpheus.  She was dancing around in a meadow when she stepped on a viper and fell dead.  Orpheus was so distraught that he followed her soul down to Hell where he played a gig for all the underworld honchos.  He did such a good job that they let him return topside with her where hopefully, they lived happily ever after.

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« Reply #467 on: October 09, 2018, 05:03:39 PM »
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« Reply #468 on: October 09, 2018, 05:06:52 PM »
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« Reply #469 on: October 09, 2018, 05:09:02 PM »
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« Reply #470 on: October 09, 2018, 05:15:07 PM »
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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #471 on: October 09, 2018, 09:58:04 PM »
Here are a couple of female dancer postcards.

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I am a big fan of this fan dancer.  Pun intended as Hoagland would say.

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The goddess Eurydice was the wife of a musician named Orpheus.  She was dancing around in a meadow when she stepped on a viper and fell dead.  Orpheus was so distraught that he followed her soul down to Hell where he played a gig for all the underworld honchos.  He did such a good job that they let him return topside with her where hopefully, they lived happily ever after.

I love how, in art and postcards you can see changes in the "ideal female body type" of the eras.
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« Reply #472 on: October 09, 2018, 11:41:47 PM »
The ''Pan. Pac. Int. Expo. San Francisco'' noted on the postcard was the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition, a world's fair held in San Francisco to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal.  It  was also to showcase SF's recovery from the 1906 earthquake.

Most of the buildings, artworks, etc built for the Expo were torn down afterward.  I wonder if that included this statue.  One structure still in existence is the Palace of Fine Arts complex:

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« Reply #473 on: October 10, 2018, 12:08:31 AM »
The ''Pan. Pac. Int. Expo. San Francisco'' noted on the postcard was the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition, a world's fair held in San Francisco to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal.  It  was also to showcase SF's recovery from the 1906 earthquake.

Most of the buildings, artworks, etc built for the Expo were torn down afterward.  I wonder if that included this statue.  One structure still in existence is the Palace of Fine Arts complex:

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Fascinating info and pic.  Thanks, PB.

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« Reply #474 on: October 10, 2018, 12:09:56 AM »
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Very nice cards, Tootsie.  Thank you.

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« Reply #475 on: October 10, 2018, 12:21:24 AM »
First of all, this isn't mine, so I might be cheating. But! I have been here :)
Postcard is from 1900.

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« Reply #476 on: October 10, 2018, 12:27:01 AM »
First of all, this isn't mine, so I might be cheating. But! I have been here :)
Postcard is from 1900.

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Beautiful!  And feel free to post any postcard that isn't in your collection.  I myself will post postcards that I find online every once in awhile.  I envy you. I have always wanted to visit Japan.

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« Reply #477 on: October 10, 2018, 12:35:59 AM »
Beautiful!  And feel free to post any postcard that isn't in your collection.  I myself will post postcards that I find online every once in awhile.  I envy you. I have always wanted to visit Japan.

I encourage it. It's quite beautiful and completely different culture-wise.

The garden in the postcard is very picturesque. Many wedding pictures are taken there. http://album.hamacco.net/en/sankeien/
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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #478 on: October 10, 2018, 07:06:49 AM »
Very nice cards, Tootsie.  Thank you.

You're most Welcome  :)

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #479 on: October 10, 2018, 12:55:45 PM »
The restaurant sits inside the Heritage Inn at Williamsburg, Virginia.  I wonder if Shay P. has been to this place?  Quite a regal looking place to eat, huh?

Alas Rikki...the original Heritage Inn is no more.  I think it was torn down several years ago.  Turned into a dive before that.  One of the big chains was to purchase it.  They may have rebuilt on the lot under another name.