November 21, 2024
Author: Kaya Fellcheck
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Have Gun Will Travel
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Late nineteenth century America was a wild place and it took men like Paladin to tame it. In the 1950s CBS television told his story every Saturday night at 9:30.
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The Beauty of a Caribbean Island on Modern Postcards
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There is no place better than St. Martin to hang your hammock on a sunny afternoon. If you have a cool drink and a good book it is almost heaven. See your travel agent and book a week away. It’ll do you good.
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The Tartan and Tuck’s Scottish Clans Postcards
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If your name is Campbell, Gordon, Fraser or any one of more than forty Scottish Clan names, you may find your family’s tartan (Please, don’t call it plaid.) on a Tuck Postcard. Between 1908 and 1912 Tuck & Sons published 42 different cards in seven sets of six cards each. If you are your family’s…
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The Day Hank Williams Died
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Hank Williams died in the back seat of his Cadillac convertible on the way to play a concert in Ohio. A few days later thousands gathered to pay respects to the country music superstar. Here is the story of that day in 1953.
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My Bargain Friday AND Bonanza Saturday
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A collector arrives a day early for the Old Dominion Postcard Show. So she browses the local used bookstore and comes across a coverless and battered copy of Alfred Tennyson’s Locksley Hall, for which she pays $2 plus tax. She reads it through and, next day at the show, finds the perfect postcard to illustrate…
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Leap Year! One of Mankind’s Headaches
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Postcard collectors who like sets find it easy to collect Leap Year cards, but only from a very brief span of years, i.e., 1896, 1904, 1908, 1912, and 1916. An experienced collector has offered the following analysis of his collection.
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Les Dentelles – The Laces Les Dentelles du francais – French Lace
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Lace and lace making are two very contested topics in the art world. Dozens of towns and villages in at least five countries claim to be the place where lace was made. No one knows the answer, but our guest contributor Kaya Fellcheck has her own idea. Enjoy.
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Day #34, Thursday
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This “Day 34” diary entry tells of how someone doing serious historical research needs to avoid the appearance of being a tourist. Research is hard work. Here’s proof.
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Three Tragic Lives
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Three women of extraordinary beauty, talent, and wealth whose lives could be the outline for an anthology of tragic short stories are portrayed in this remembrance. Two were dead before age 50, the other shunned by the world. Helene Held, Nance O’Neil, and Gaynor Rowlands are forgotten today but postcard collectors know their faces and…
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Painters Witness to Their Time
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Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder, so says the old adage. ‘Tis true, but the artist puts the beauty before the viewer. Kees Van Dongen was an artist with uncanny skills when he painted the eyes of those who posed for him.
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Admire Her Beauty, for a biography is wanting
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It appears that there is no American postcard of Miss Mabel Hirst. In the UK, yes, but no Americans. Which is a shame because, as you can see, she was a great beauty. And mysterious, because there is no biography. Which makes her all the more interesting to try to collect.
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Sir William Wallace
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The early history of Scotland reads like an adventure novel. All manner of tribal cultures seemed to be in constant conflict. Through the centuries the most acrimonious disputes were those between the English King Edward I and a Scotsman name William Wallace. It all happened many years ago, but you can read about it here.
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Postcards Define the Indescribable
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Imagine yourself a tourist in Paris in 1907. You are touring the world’s most vibrant city, but you feel an obligation to send word home. Do you send a postcard or write a letter? You will likely decide to send a postcard. And you may find the most indescribable site in Paris will be in…
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Day #61
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Chasing a long-time hobby around the country can be great fun, but hazards exist – not behind every rock in the road, but peril comes in many forms. Postcard History’s favorite postcard traveler is quarantined in a place she never expected to be, but she has had a fabulous time getting there. Kaya Fellcheck’s saga…
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The Road To . . . Movies with Bob, Bing, and Dorothy
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Shall we hit the road or travel by postcard? Bob, Bing and Dorothy have done the roadwork. We can stay in our easy chairs. Contributing author Kaya Fellcheck will show us the sights.
