Poesie. “…Kvetouci strom lhal lásky žel, svou lásku slavik růži pěl…” The line above is from the lyrical, epic poem “Máj” (May) by Czech romantic poet Karel Hynek Mácha (1810 – 1836). The English translation found online is “…blossoming tree…Read More…
Category: Postcards Unused
The Arcade
With wonderful memories of summer This one was going to be put up directly after the recent Coney Island post, but something got lost in translation, lost in the shuffle, there was some interruption to the thought process or just…Read More…
An Ogden Nash Poem
I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I’ll never see a tree at all. This postcard, with it’s wonderful poem by Ogden Nash (1902 – 1971) was copyrighted in…Read More…
The Dam, Eaton Rapids, Michigan
Wow, I’m a Michigander but didn’t know this until now: Eaton Rapids is known as the Island City – it’s downtown is surrounded by water – the Grand River and the Grand’s Spring Brook tributary. The city has fourteen bridges…Read More…
Golda’s Old Watermill, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Publisher: The L.L. Cook Co., Milwaukee. Circa 1950s – 1960s. Price: $5.00 In keeping with a short “water theme” here’s a Real Photo Postcard showing a beautiful black and white shot of Golda’s Mill…Read More…
Soaring
I wonder what Gwen would have named this one. This is, like the back says, from an original block print by Gwen Frostic. Michigan-born Sarah Gwendolyn Frostic (1906 – 2001) was “…one of America’s foremost nature inspired artists.” I hadn’t…Read More…
Power Lines Down At H Street
This Real Photo Postcard dates from about 1907 – 1918, due to the divided back and the style of AZO stamp box with all four triangles pointing upward. The location is unknown, presumably somewhere in the United States, and somewhere…Read More…
Novacella Abbey
You would not know that there is any printing at the bottom of this postcard (in the banner type design) unless you enlarge it. It shows “Brixen (560m) Kloster Neustift, Engelsburg.” This is a Stengel & Co. card of Novella…Read More…
First Church Of Christ, Scientist, Boston
Well! How nice to be wrong when thinking this might have to go to the mystery category. It’s normally quite painstaking to identify (if we get lucky) unknown buildings. But this one was found in Google images of domed churches…Read More…
“Wild Bill” Hickok
“77 – ‘Wild Bill,’ winner of 32 pistol duels, the quickest and best shot that ever lived. Buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery, Deadwood, Black Hills, S.D.” James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok, (1837 – 1876) was a law enforcer, gambler and…Read More…