July 16, 2026
Tag: rare postcards
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The Mansfield Bar
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The press said Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when her car rear-ended a semi. It wasn’t true, but a movement arose to put safety bars on the rear of every truck. And they’re called . . .
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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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June 7, 2021 5 Comments
The caption on a Bamforth postcard reads, “I can’t send you matches, but here’s a box with some striking contents!” We think the caption talks about matches.