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 Artist Signed
The Tree Spirit
This postcard is signed by artist E. Weaver. Biographical information was not found online but Sherry Arent Cawley, in Berrien County, author of one of the Postcard History Series put out by Arcadia Publishing, describes the artist as “…a very…Read More…
“The Raggedy Man”
Poetry at Our House I like to tie one post in with the next, and the tie-in on this one is maybe a stretch, but the Coney Island post reminds me of the Dog Days of summer, as does this…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…
Three Cheers For The Red White And Blue
Divided back, embossed postcard. Postmarked June 22, 1909 from DeBeque, Colorado. Artist: Cyrus Durand Chapman. Publisher info: “Painting only copyrighted by S. Garre” [Garre or Garret?] Printed in Germany. No. 51668. Price: $2.00 Happy 4th! Who was artist C. Chapman…Read More…
Another View Of The Agua Caliente
“A quaint escalera leads to the cool, shaded galleria from which one may view the Avenida de las Palmas, Agua Caliente.” See prior post for more information. Divided back, unused, artist-signed postcard. Artist: John Paul Burnham. Publisher information: Copyright 1929…Read More…
Entrada of the Agua Caliente Hotel
“Entrada of the Agua Caliente Hotel where scenes of Old World loveliness have been reproduced.” This, and the following post, are two more artist-signed postcards by John Paul Burnham that we’ve recently come across. See our first post for this…Read More…
This Tin Lizzy Makes Some Feed!
“When a Ford gets sick, Hit her with a brick, And she’ll ramble right along just the same.” Here’s a humorous artist-signed postcard of a drawing of a man tossing a brick at the radiator of a Model T, while…Read More…
For Lousia From Lucreta And Edia
It’s funny that this postcard with the trademark below, comes right after the prior post. Same theme – a child standing on a flat-surfaced rock reaching to put a postcard in the mailbox. Different mailbox style, and this one shows…Read More…
All A-Tiptoe
Undivided back, artist-signed, used postcard. Postmarked February 13, 1905 from Santa Barbara, California. Artist: Elizabeth Curtis. Publisher: Raphael Tuck & Sons Co., Ltd., New York. Copyright 1903. Price: $15.00 “All a-tiptoe I will be Until my Valentine I see.” Here’s…Read More…