September 2009
Beach Bettie
Bettie Page, as photographed by Bunny Yeager who was herself a ridiculously gorgeous pinup girl back in the day.
Map of Mexico, Circa 1930
When Ana at My World of Postcards received a card identical to this one a few weeks ago, she mentioned that she thought it would appeal to me. She was right.
Femme à l’ombrelle
One of two postcards that arrived yesterday from Kris: Alaskan, postcard collector, and modern Galahad.
Imagen en Azul (Yemaya)
This “image in blue” is subtitled Yemaya, which happens to be the name of a Santeria deity — but it’s not the deity. Confused yet?
Everybody is Admiring Our Postcards!
I can relate, as I’m sure you can, with being caught up in new postcards, to the exclusion of everything else.
Krawattennymphe
As collar pins go, this one seems a bit bulky — sort of like wearing Tinker Belle around your neck.
There’s One at Every Bar
This timeless bit of humor is actually dated, with a copyright stamp showing 1970, and comes from the collection of my Aunt Brenda, the family’s previous Keeper of the Postcards.
The Walkman
Never has there been a better argument for abandoning digital music and returning to cassettes.
Good Health and Happy Days
This is something unique to my collection: a postcard sent by my great-great-great-grandmother. It was among the original collection of postcards belonging to my great-grandfather, Philip Nelson Smith.
Baon New Collection
Olga in Novosibirsk decided that this girl was pretty enough to pass muster, and she is — but it takes a certain type of girl to pull off a sweater like this.
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