April 26, 2024
Tag: Locksley Hall
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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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May 20, 2021 8 Comments
The “Wild West” caught the attention of the public in the late 19th-century, when in truth, it was no longer really wild. The cattle drives were over, the gunfighters had left the streets, and the industrial revolution was set on “full-steam-ahead.” Postcards by Lea McCarty help us remember the forgotten faces.