Saturday, April 2, 2011

The Children Have Gone Fishing

Here are some more French Poisson d'Avril  or April Fish cards. Yesterday's cards all featured lovely women; today's all feature children. As the first card explains, these children are continuing a long tradition of offering fish and flowers for the first of April.


A typical card might have a message on the back that says, "Guess who sent you this." The cards are often joking and romantic at the same time.


Here's the back of the first card, sent on April 1, 1904.
To see more Possin d'Avril cards from previous posts, click here.
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8 comments:

  1. PostcardyApril 2, 2011 at 6:35 AM

    Those are all great. I especially like the first one.

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  2. Archie TechtApril 2, 2011 at 11:10 AM

    I like how the boy's hat changed colors between the 4th and 5th cards, the flexibility of hand coloring! Found the child on the last card adorable, even though she comes bearing stiff fish...

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  3. UnknownApril 2, 2011 at 2:32 PM

    All your postcards are beautiful! I collect vintage postcards, and I adore looking through these.

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  4. AJ BlantonApril 2, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    I love your blog. The postcards you have are wonderful!

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  5. JanineApril 2, 2011 at 2:56 PM

    Ja ja, früh übt sich.
    Das sind ja wieder herrlich skurrile Karten.
    Großartig

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  6. Postcard RoundupApril 3, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    That first card with the colorful fish....awesome!

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  7. Bruno LalibertéApril 3, 2011 at 4:31 PM

    i guess they're all holding flower bouquets for the smell of the fish...
    ;)~
    HUGZ

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  8. TrishiaApril 7, 2011 at 5:26 PM

    I'm having deja vu:) hehehe

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