The Postcard Thread

[Walks_At_Night]

Still laughing at that Hammering Man thing.....      Sorry Rix.  Sorry K_Dubb.

Motown has Hammering Men in their Art Museum and they are getting it done.

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[K_Dubb]

[Big Belly Laugh]  The Arm.  [Big Belly Laugh] Moves  Oh dear...................       

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Haha yeah that's about it.  For several years after it was installed, we were treated to regular updates on the news as they tried to figure out how to keep it moving -- something about the humidity fouling up the little motor.  It was supposed to be a sort of mascot for the city, but, as far as I know, there is only one coffee place down there that has adopted it.  For those of us who remember the wheedle, there is no contest.

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[K_Dubb]

Thanks for the info, K.  I still like the original building too.

It really was a nice place to visit, set in the gardens by a pool.  The last show I saw there, before it became Asian, was a huge traveling Edward Hopper exhibit, who I've loved ever since.

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[Walks_At_Night]

Here it is in action.   

[K_Dubb]

See, they're laughing at it, too.  Behold our shame.

[Walks_At_Night]

See, they're laughing at it, too.  Behold our shame.

It reminds me of Yendred somehow.  The main character in the book The Planiverse   I think it's the neck.........

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[albrecht]

See, they're laughing at it, too.  Behold our shame.

It is like the hipster, grunge kids were "working." What kind of hammering is that? What work could possibly be accomplished and what a waste of effort? No way he could keep that up all day. Let the hammer do the work. Hold whatever in a free hand while hammering? That will work well. Crazy.

[K_Dubb]

It is like the hipster, grunge kids were "working." What kind of hammering is that? What work could possibly be accomplished and what a waste of effort? No way he could keep that up all day. Let the hammer do the work. Hold whatever in a free hand while hammering? That will work well. Crazy.

I always thought he might be a cobbler, but that isn't a shoe.

[albrecht]

I always thought he might be a cobbler, but that isn't a shoe.

Even a good cobbler usually has a set-up on which to put the shoe/boot for efficiency. Btw way I recall an old Norry sequence in which Norry said nobody knows what a cobbler was now and you can't get your shoes fixed or new heels put on (I find that hard to believe because several here and also, interesting, you know most also make keys) and Tommee didn't know the word or concept of shoe repair. And Norry was amazed and lamented and went into a working in a shoe store story.

[Rikki Gins]

A couple of lover's postcards.

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Oh look.  An upside down stamp.  As PB pointed out, that is a secret symbol for I love you.  How about we eavesdrop on the note?

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"Dearest cousin" - oh oh.  Well, perhaps things were different back in 1910.  July 26, 1910, I see.  That was the day that the "Keystone Party" was founded in Pennsylvania, as an alternative to the Republican and Democrat parties.

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I should note here that these couples posing for the postcards were used for multiple pictures, not just the one.  The photographer would take one picture for a caption and then he would have the couple strike a different pose to go with another caption.  The postcard companies saved money that way.  Someone with a vast postcard collection put some of these couple's picture postcard sessions together to where it looks like you are actually watching a quick little film. 

 

[Walks_At_Night]

Kissing Cousins?   I got nothing Rix.......   

[Rikki Gins]

Since some were posting building or Museum's .. here's one of the Dallas Science Museum

Wow!  Have you been inside there, Darth?

[Darth Maul]

Yes i have, its really a well laid out Science Museum.. A lot to learn at that place takes several visits to grasp everything

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3778/11182797013_4b69e657ec_b.jpg

[Darth Maul]

Yes i have, its really a well laid out Science Museum.. A lot to learn at that place takes several visits to grasp everything

https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3778/11182797013_4b69e657ec_b.jpg

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