A lovely Christmas card by one of the great publishers. I tend to buy vintage Christmas postcards on ebay and send them to close friends and relatives, they are so much nicer than modern ones and often no more expensive.
The legal staff here at the Daily Postcard just issued the following statement: The Daily Postcard does not condone or encourage unsupervised climbing of trees by children, especially when inadequately dressed and in freezing, hot, windy, or otherwise perilous conditions. By reading this blog, you agree to hold the Daily Postcard harmless for any bodily injury, pain and suffering, loss of income, or other physical or financial loss, whether perceived or real, to you, your relatives, or persons of your acquaintance, as a result of reading, relating, or being influenced by any of the posts hereon.
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!
a lovely card, Merry Christmas to you Christine and thanks for showing all these lovely postcards :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Christmas Card Merry Chiristmas to you.
ReplyDeleteIch wünsch dir und deinem Mann noch mal auf diesem Weg ein frohes Weihnachtsfest.
ReplyDeleteAlles liebe
Janine
A Merry Christmastide to you! I love that word. I love that tree, but that kid looks a little cold to me.
ReplyDeleteA lovely Christmas card by one of the great publishers. I tend to buy vintage Christmas postcards on ebay and send them to close friends and relatives, they are so much nicer than modern ones and often no more expensive.
ReplyDeleteThat child is risking some nasty splinters and a case of frostbite by trying to climb to the north pole to see Santa....
ReplyDeleteThe legal staff here at the Daily Postcard just issued the following statement:
ReplyDeleteThe Daily Postcard does not condone or encourage unsupervised climbing of trees by children, especially when inadequately dressed and in freezing, hot, windy, or otherwise perilous conditions. By reading this blog, you agree to hold the Daily Postcard harmless for any bodily injury, pain and suffering, loss of income, or other physical or financial loss, whether perceived or real, to you, your relatives, or persons of your acquaintance, as a result of reading, relating, or being influenced by any of the posts hereon.
This card is beautiful but I especially like Raphael Tuck's logo. It's spectacular (in a quiet sort of way). Merry Christmas to you, Christine.
ReplyDeleteLovely! As much as I enjoy the vibrant Christmas colors, it's nice to see a muted, winter-y scene!
ReplyDeleteDoes your addendum cover laughing ourselves silly?:)
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