October 27, 2024
Tag: Freak Shows
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Little People Postcards
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Princess Ann traveled with carnivals throughout the U.S. during the 1960s and ’70s. She worked in her own “single-o” tent, where she chatted with visitors (who paid an admission price) and sold postcards like this one. Some of her cards were pitch cards (which don’t have a postcard back).
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June 17, 2021 5 Comments
This story of two Italian lovers during World War I is drawn together with 496 postcards found at a Baltimore postcard show. The couple exchanged cards and letters, pledging eternal love, but they never married.