Hi Christine! What an odd little postcard that Dixon's stove polish is! I guess those little elves make you so curious you want to buy the product. Sorta like the sea monkeys used to be in the old comic books! Ha Ha!
Please let them know they have a standing invitation to my house to polish anything they want, including the cob webs, dust bunnies ..... Darling card!
A heartfelt thanks and farewell to my readers. My last post (the thousand and first!) will be on November 7, 2012. The blog will remain online, but there won't be any new posts as I need to make time for other things. There is a chance I'll be back, but if so it won't be for awhile. I hope you'll take the time to peruse the archives.
How To Find Things
There's treasure in the archives, so here's how to browse and find what you want:
1. Enter a search word or phrase in the box below - anything from Princess Grace to Prohibition or Graf Zeppelin.
2. Or, go down to the bottom of the page and browse the "Cloud of Tags". The number next to the tag indicates how many posts have that tag. Clicking on it will bring up all of them. (I realize now that it doesn't always bring up all of them. If there are a lot, then it will only bring up the most recent ones, but if you click on older posts at the bottom then it will bring up more.)
3. You can also go through the archives by date. Just click on the triangle next to the year or month to open the list.
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!
Hi Christine! What an odd little postcard that Dixon's stove polish is! I guess those little elves make you so curious you want to buy the product. Sorta like the sea monkeys used to be in the old comic books! Ha Ha!
ReplyDeleteWonderful postcard!
ReplyDeleteVery cute. Those look like Brownies.
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you run across the phone number for these guys. Great postcard. Love the artwork.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, it looks like the inhabitants of an Hieronymus Bosch painting let loose in the kitchen- part amusing, part terrifying!!
ReplyDeleteSo much of an era!
ReplyDeleteLucy
Das sind ja nette Gesellen, die erinnern an die kölner Heinzelmännchen
ReplyDeleteWhat an absolutely awesome card! These look like they were modelled on the Palmer Cox Brownies.
ReplyDeleteLOVE it!
ReplyDeletePlease let them know they have a standing invitation to my house to polish anything they want, including the cob webs, dust bunnies .....
ReplyDeleteDarling card!