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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1710 on: December 29, 2019, 02:44:25 AM »
A lot of these New Year's postcards include shamrocks or horseshoes. 

Any guesses what these kids are pulling apart?


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« Reply #1711 on: December 29, 2019, 03:14:09 AM »
A lot of these New Year's postcards include shamrocks or horseshoes. 

Any guesses what these kids are pulling apart?


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That is an old time party popper, PB.  Judging by your postcard, it took two people to make it pop.  Nowadays it is designed to be operated by a single person.  https://amols-images.s3.amazonaws.com/2016/07/14/12/11/15/930/PR1527.jpg   

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« Reply #1712 on: December 29, 2019, 01:58:51 PM »
That is an old time party popper, PB.  Judging by your postcard, it took two people to make it pop.  Nowadays it is designed to be operated by a single person.  https://amols-images.s3.amazonaws.com/2016/07/14/12/11/15/930/PR1527.jpg

Thanks Rik, that makes sense.  They're pretty big, it reminded me of a pinata.  I wonder if people made their own back then.

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« Reply #1713 on: December 29, 2019, 02:27:15 PM »
That is an old time party popper, PB.  Judging by your postcard, it took two people to make it pop.  Nowadays it is designed to be operated by a single person.  https://amols-images.s3.amazonaws.com/2016/07/14/12/11/15/930/PR1527.jpg

I'm glad it isn't the dreaded party pooper.

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« Reply #1714 on: December 30, 2019, 05:28:39 AM »
I have some questions about this one as well: 

Is this the New Year's Baby, normally depicted alongside the outgoing Father Time, or something else?  What is he writing?

From the lines and colors, does anyone know what style this is?  Early Art Deco?


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« Reply #1715 on: December 31, 2019, 03:53:06 AM »
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« Reply #1716 on: December 31, 2019, 08:07:18 AM »
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« Reply #1717 on: January 01, 2020, 01:27:27 AM »
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« Reply #1718 on: January 01, 2020, 04:47:10 AM »
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« Reply #1719 on: January 01, 2020, 06:19:48 AM »
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« Reply #1720 on: January 01, 2020, 10:57:39 AM »
These holiday postcards are great.  I used to get postcards from my grandparents and other relatives, and greeting cards for birthdays and holidays - but I don't remember seeing holiday postcards before, not even in stores.

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« Reply #1721 on: January 01, 2020, 11:14:57 AM »
I really enjoy seeing these cards, thank you all for posting them.

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« Reply #1722 on: January 02, 2020, 04:06:03 AM »
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« Reply #1723 on: January 02, 2020, 08:42:27 AM »
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Does everyone posting these here collect them?

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« Reply #1724 on: January 02, 2020, 12:08:33 PM »
Does everyone posting these here collect them?

I collected stamps as a kid, including a few post cards and other covers, but haven't actively collected since then.  I do pick up a few things here and there, for example as souvenirs while traveling. 

A friend found about 3 shoeboxes of these really old postcards being sold individually by an antiques dealer at a street fair awhile back (not a garage sale as I previously thought), and bought the lot for something like $20-30 (I think that's why the ones I post have prices penciled on them).  From what I can tell most of them are what's left of what must have been a single huge collection, plus a handful of newer cards. 

The postcards I collected myself were issued by the post office with stamps pre-printed on them.