November 5, 2024
Author: Ray Hahn
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A Hudson River Steamer and an Artist Named Samuel Ward Stanton
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For nearly a century, New Yorkers had river steamer service second to none other. When the Washington Irving launched in 1913 it was a splendid steamer, but sadly it sailed without its artist. Read the whole story.
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Poster Postcards Part VIII
I Tre Conti
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One of the most fascinating features of posters is how they communicate a great deal of information in very few words. The featured card for this episode of In A Few Words is to be a true test of this principle of communications. The card has only three words on it, repeated in translation to six because…
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February 12, 1908: The Day the Great Race Began
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The Race was sponsored by the NEW YORK TIMES and LA MATIN, a sister newspaper in Paris. The torturous New York to Paris route crossed three continents and amounted to over 22,000 miles in 169 days. The Thomas Flyer Team of Buffalo, New York won with a comfortable margin of 26 days. The feat has…
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Marie “Rie” Cramer
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Marie Cramer was an extraordinary person in an extraordinary time. The world thought her to be a joyful individual, when in truth she thought life was a continual string of mishaps and foul relationships. But art made her happy and wealthy. Read her story and how she became the darling of post-war society in places…
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Poster Postcards Part X
The US Navy Visits Australia
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U. S. Fleet Visits Australia The year before President Theodore Roosevelt left office, he dispatched the U. S. Navy’s Atlantic Fleet on an around the world tour. Twenty-eight ships and 14,000 men left port in Hampton Ponds, Virginia for South America, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Malaya, and back home through Suez and the Straits of Gibraltar. One of the…
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Joy Is One Postcard Away
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The coronavirus pandemic has made home-bodies out of us all. Except for our mail carrier, I haven’t seen anyone but my wife in six days, but I have plenty of company – the piles of recently purchased postcards on my desk. Join me in finding Joy.
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Hamilton King
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Although many collectors know his work, very few know his name. Hamilton King would have been successful in any kind of work, but he chose to be an artist. The art world that bookended the last and first decades of the 19th and 20th centuries levied a harsh reality on men like Hamilton King. That world had…
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Poster Postcards Part XI
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Today’s episode was be #11 in the series, but it was hijacked last week when the card you see here appeared in my mailbox. It fits all the requirements of a poster postcard, however it is not attractive, it is not innovative, and it shows no sign of creative talent. Nevertheless, it is a poster!…
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Have Two, Seeking the Rest
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Recently I decided that the pile of “recently purchased” postcards on the corner of my desk was simply too high. I knew there were perhaps a hundred or more cards that had to be taken to the club’s pic-box or the closest trash can. Here is a brief story of why neither of those places…
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Troglodyte
and Other Fun Words to SayNo Comments
A friend once said, “Cheer up; things could be worse.”To which it seemed almost natural to reply, “Yeah, you’re right. I cheered-up and things got worse.”So I sit here at my laptop and I am exploring any way that may prevent the worst from happening. Remember that time in your life when a question surfaced…
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Where Was It Made?
Part I
BeerNo Comments
There is speculation that the ancient Egyptians did it first, but now evidence that beer existed 13,500 years ago has come to light. Beer is the third most popular beverage (drink) on earth – only water and tea are more frequently used to quench the human thirst. A suggestion that may or may not be…
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Songs Illustrated by Tuck Part One of Two Parts
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PostcardHistory.net is pleased to present our readers with this checklist. The intent is to verify the contents of the 15 sets of postcards published by Tuck and Sons from 1904 through the following decade that illustrate the poems and songs that were dear to the hearts of the British, Irish, and Americans of that era.…
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Where Was It Made?
Part II
Industrial Equipment1 Comment
To be a complete entrepreneur in the lemonade business you need to own groves of lemon trees, fields of sugarcane, a fleet of trucks, a centrally located distribution center, a lot of squeezing machines, millions of bottles, billions of paper cups and maybe several thousand eight-, nine-, or ten-year-old kids with card tables, checkered tablecloths…
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The Artists and
Their Passenger Lines1 Comment
ATTENTION: Art enthusiasts, Art lovers, Art historians. PLEASE IDENTIFY the following: Dixon, Reid, Schipperus, Edler, Cassiers, Feiertag, Kircher, Bohrdt, Rooke, and Rosenvinge. And, others! Reach over your shoulder and pat yourself on the back if you know one or more of these names. If you are an art lover and none of these names are…
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Face on the Bar Room Floor
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It would be most unusual if more than a few readers of this article know the name Herndon Davis. Ergo, it will be my pleasure to introduce you to the artist who painted the “Face on the Bar Ro0m Floor.” Herndon Davis was born on an Oklahoma farm in 1901. His parents were itinerant farmers…
