VINEGAR VALENTINE POSTCARD : MALE SINGER

Vinegar valentine postcards were usually sent anonymously. They usually featured a large image of a type of person (ie: spinster, occupations etc) with a poem ridiculing or poking fun at that personality. These contrasted sharply with the ornate Victorian valentines sent around the same time.

Today's postcard pokes fun at a male singer by comparing him to a coal salesman!

 

This great postcard can be found in my eBay store here: VINTAGE VINEGAR VALENTINE COMIC POSTCARD MALE SINGER

Please wait Image not available Please wait Image not available

Valentine Postcard: Cupid with US Flag

I will feature valentine postcards this week in my blog. While the tradition of sending cards to one's beloved predated postcards by at least a century, those missives were hand delivered because of the high cost of postage. The advent of the "penny postcard" (so named because they cost just a penny to mail) accelerated the mass production of the heretofore handmade Valentine cards. Millions of Valentine postcards were sent between 1900 and 1917. Some were ornately decorated and others, such as the "vinegar valentines" (the sentiment was not very flattering!), were simple and rather plain.

Today's selection features a patriotic cupid toting a US flag - sort of a Fourth of July/Valentine all in one!

While this postcard is no longer available in my postcard stores, I carry a nice selection year round.
You can find Valentines in my ebay store here: Moody Mommy's Marvelous Postcard eBay Store
And in my bidStart store here: Moody Mommy's Marvelous Postcard bidStart Store

Gruss Aus Aarau Rubliland Switzerland Postcard Carrot-land

I have to say that this is the first postcard I have seen where the view is displayed inside of a CARROT! I have seen pansies and other flowers and lovely ladies, but never a CARROT! The postcard is postmarked 1911 and was published by Atelier H Guggenheim.

Carrots are a big deal in Aarau where every year, on the first Wednesday of November, a colorful festival called the "Rublimarkt" (Carrot Market) is held.

http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/aarau1.html

This and other " Gruss Aus " postcards can be found in my eBay store here: Moody Mommy's Marvelous Postcards eBay Store

 or my bidStart store here: Moody Mommy's Marvelous Postcards bidStart Store

Roadside Americana Postcard: Fairyland Gas Station Rock City TN

One of the best roadside attraction/gas station postcards I have seen is this one of the Fairyland Service Station at Rock City on Lookout Mountain TN. The back of the postcard offers a free 26x22 picture of Lovers Leap (suitable for framing!) with a gas fill.

Rock City tourist was established in 1932 by Garnet and Frieda Carter. It consisted of trails around rock formations (with fairyland statues and wildflower plantings) ending at "Lover's Leap". The attraction was promoted by signs painted on barns as far north as Michigan.

You can read more about the barns here Rock City Barn Tour - Rock City

This postcard can be found in my eBay store here: FAIRYLAND GAS SERVICE STATION ROCK CITY LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN TN  
And in my bidStart Store here: FAIRYLAND GAS SERVICE STATION ROCK CITY LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN TN 

I have other roadside postcards (motels, gas stations, tourist attractions, restaurants listed in my eBay Store:  Motels, Restaurants, Roadside 

Worldwide Sunday School Conference 1910 Postcard

This charming postcard shows children dressed in native costumes from around the world. The title is "The Twentieth Century Sunday School Crusaders". The caption on back: "THIS CARD IS FOR WORLD-WIDE USE AS AN EMBLEM OF THE SPIRIT OF WORLD-CONQUEST FOR CHRIST; AS A SOUVENIR OF THE WORLD'S SIXTH SS CONVENTION TO WASHINGTON USA MAY 19-24, 1910...".

I found the "Official Report" of the convention online here: World-Wide Sunday School Convention
Here is a screen shot of pages 32 and 33 of the book:

You can find this great postcard in my bidStart store here: SUNDAY SCHOOL CRUSADERS WORLD'S CHILDREN POSTCARD 1910

And in my eBay Store here: SUNDAY SCHOOL CRUSADERS WORLD'S CHILDREN POSTCARD 1910