October 27, 2024
Tag: Tom Mix
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Cowboy Kings
of Western FameA Set of 25 Postcards
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When we were kids the only way to see a movie of any type was on the big screen. Not all of us had the same access but maybe that made all of what Hollywood was doing so much more interesting. The old saying “time changes everything” perhaps is fitting for the movies too. One…
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August 26, 2019 No Comments
About ten years ago, I sat down next to a lady at a postcard show in New York. She recognized me, although I don’t know why. She was aware that I often research many of the cards I buy and she asked if I would research a postcard she had purchased just an hour ago. I asked her to show me the card and her response was as quick as a blink. She fumbled in her purse and pulled two identical cards, “I bought them both,” she said. The caption read, Dr. S. F. Smith House, Newton Center, Mass. “Here,” she said. “I think it may be my, I’m not sure how many greats; my great-great-great grandfather’s house.”