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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Gary's Duck Inn
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<About Me
- Christine H.
- I love antique postcards because they preserve evidence of everyday life as well as celebrations and sad events. Looking at an old postcard is like holding a single piece of a puzzle; we have to imagine the rest. I will try to put up a postcard every day. If you have a special request for a particular city or place, let me know!
That's a great card, though I don't really understand that list or why it was included.
ReplyDeleteWhat a bizarre postcard - and I love the items on the back of it. Clearly the owners had a great sense of humour!
ReplyDeleteEvelyn in Montreal
Nice linen, or at least it appears to be. Thanks for the history lesson to 'go-with'!
ReplyDeleteFor a second I thought there actually was a giant shrimp plate balanced on the restaurant (like some places in Atlantic city or S. Cal.) It's early ad I haven't had my coffee yet!!!
ReplyDeleteAt first take I mistook that shrimp platter for a giant flower. Those hens could have used a union. All that work for so little pay! Happy PFF.
ReplyDeleteWould you consider this a rack card? Racks get no respect, but there are gems, like this.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card. I am sorry to read that Gary's is closed and I've missed Dolly Parton.
ReplyDeleteWow, Christine, a real vintage postcard - I'd love the shrimp but I don't know about the duck... :)
ReplyDeleteNo need to miss Dolly; she's still out there rasing a ruckus. By the way, Dolly says it really is true that she once entered a Dolly Parton look-a-like contest and lost. The drag queens did a better job. Really.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, in response to Rivercontinua's comment...I guess I always thought that rack cards were those awful brochure-type cards, the ones that are printed on both sides on lightweight paper and are suitable only for throwing away when you're done with them. This linen card is similar to some of the newer cards that I see a lot of now, announcing new exhibits at galleries etc. A lot of those are pretty wonderful. Maybe that's what you mean by rack cards.
I wonder why more businesses don't use cards for advertising. I was flying on Hawaiian Airlines on Wednesday (their 80th anniversary.) They gave us a rolled up piece of paper that said how grateful they were to their customers etc., but the piece of paper immediately went in the airport garbage. It didn't have any nice graphics or vintage pictures. If they had instead passed out a vintage-looking postcard showing a plane 80 years ago and one today, nobody would have thrown these away and they would have had a lot more marketing bang for their buck. Just my not-so-humble opinion.
what a wonderful example of a linen finish Curt Teich of Chicago postcard - stunning colours too! what a find!
ReplyDeleteOh goodness! What fun. There is a giant crab on Gaidos Restaurant on Galveston Island, but this flying shrimp platter can't be beat! Too bad it's gone.
ReplyDeleteI spent some time looking at the picture before giving up and reading the rest of the post! Why does a Duck Inn sell primarily seafood? I don't suppose it matters, it's a great card. :)
ReplyDeleteHow wierd! But I LOVE it! (Grin) Thanks for sharing this odd but wonderful postcard. Happy PFF!
ReplyDeleteI think the Duck Inn name was just a play on words, like the Dew Drop Inn or the Reel'Em Inn. The motto of the Duck Inn was Waddle Out. Nice, huh? Did I mention that the Duck Inn was the inspiration for the Red Lobster restaurants?
ReplyDeleteFlying saucers of shrimp! This is awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnd happy PFF.