June 27, 2026
Tag: Larsen postcards
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The Cowboy Artist
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This is a very unusual contribution to Postcard History. It is about the artist, L. H. “Dude” Larsen, and his art and how he used his talents to make postcards. Most of the illustrations are photographs of the original artwork that inspired the postcards we featured on October 24, 2019. This is a real, behind…
Past Article
December 5, 2021 2 Comments
The concept of temperance may be defined as life without alcohol or abstinence from alcoholic drink. The first vestiges of “temperance” appeared in the early 19th century when the average American was drinking seven gallons of alcohol each year.
Temperance enthusiasts said that drinking led to violence. They were right, but temperance as a social experiment failed. Miserably!