Christmas in 1912

Sender; Kluifje

'C' is for 'Christmas'!

A lady posing by a Christmas, 1912. Just imagine how long she had to keep that pose for the camera at that time. I would be wriggling in total impatience! Well, I guess ladies of those days were very much more ladylike and no wrigglings tolerated!

The Silence

Sender: Isaac

Screen: The Silence

Actress, film director and scriptwriter Lotte Lyell is pictured with her partner, actor, producer and director, Raymond Longford. They made many quality films between 1911 and 1925. 

19th Century Orenburg

Sender: Katethereader
Orenburg in the 19th Century

Picking Flowers (Vintage)

Sender: Corno

A sweet little girl picking flowers. Roses are thorny though....beware! :)

Hagerstown

Sender: Emotis

Text on card:-

Hagerstown, Maryland - Hagerstown is the county seat of Washington County and the largest city in Western Maryland. Despite its semi-rural setting, Hagerstown is the centre of transit and commerce. Interstates 81 and 70, CSX, Norfolk Southern, and the Winchester and Western Railroads, and Hagerstown Regional Airport form an extensive transportation network for the city. Hagerstown is also the chief commercial and industrial hub and has often been referred to as the Hub City.

Hong Kong's Shoreline

Sender: Sssharonl
'E' is for 'Early 1890's'
A vintage view of Hong Kong's shoreline

Kimo Theatre

Sender: Daliz

'E' is for 'Entertainment', 'Excitement' and 'Encore'

Text on card:-

Kimo Theatre

America's Foremost Indian Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Kimo Theatre Building expresses architecturally, in its composite design, the traditions of New Mexico and the old Southwest. One of the few typically American Indian architectural expressions, with a suggestion of the Spanish in its contours, this unusual edifice, both inside and out, provides an atmosphere of historical romance unequalled elsewhere in America.

Pears Soap, the best soap!

Sender: Shinta

I was happy to get this Pears soap old advert poster card from Shinta in neighbouring Indonesia. We share a common language (albeit with some differences), so it is fun to see a non-English ad that I can understand its meaning rightaway :) 

Pears soap was famous for its marketing and its "Miss Pears" competition. I still remember using Pears transparent soap when I was much younger!

Pony Riding in Atlantic City

Sender: Alexandria

Historical Atlantic City

"Pasttimes" Atlantic City Postcards

Learn Atlantic City History - The Postcard Show (TV)

The World (Antique Map)

Sender: Bertil

The World
Antique Map, Mappe Monde, 1755, Jean-baptiste Nolin

Königsberg

Sender: Alexandra
Königsberg

Zaporizhia

Sender: Anastasiya

A vintage styled photo of the sender's city, Zaporizhia, in Ukraine.

Gathering Honey

Sender: Sasha

"Gathering Honey"

A vintage styled postcard, reminding me of old fashioned romance novels and their couples-in-love covers in which the protagonists prefer hastily confessed feelings and innocent first kisses...Awwww...But..is Honey the lady or Honey the hugging inspired by romantic love?? :-P 

Fivelas E Adorno De Espada

Sender: Isacle
Text on card: Fivelas e adorno de espada (Buckles and swords adornments?)
(and other Portugese words...)

Batman (Wanted Dead Or Alive)

Sender: Phuleshouse

DC Comics

Detective Comics #546 January 1985 Artist: Dick Giordano

Why is Batman "Wanted: Dead or Alive"? Who are pointing those guns? What will Batman do? After seeing that cover, don't you want to know what happened in the story straightaway?

Rheingold, The Day Beer

Sender: Mandy

A vintage USA beer ad postcard bought by Mandy in China (China ID) but posted in the States. 

Mandy is an American home visiting her family in the States but she actually works and lives in Nanjing, China. Mandy has made her own envelope for the card, out of a 2006 Chinese calendar and inserted a Kellogs box cut-out of an Olympian, Rebecca Soni (swimmer). Now I wonder why our cereal boxes do not carry endorsements/photos of our own sportspersons! :)

Lady Medical Students

Sender: TeamBearCat

The University of Arizona

Text on card: The university and an appropriation of $25,000 was the consolation prize given Tucson by the 13th Territorial Legislature of 1885. Ground was broken on October 27, 1887, and the doors to Old Main opened on October 1, 1891. Uncommon in the 1890s, women medical students studied anatomy in Old Main.

Kudos to the ladies for pioneering the way for other women to study medicine at university. They must have a strict dress code to conform to then. I really can't imagine having to attend lectures and practicals in those billowing skirts and sleeves.

Vintage Rotterdam

Sender: Yessica

'R' is for 'Rotterdam'

Vouvray Monopole

Sender: Monkeyflower

A vintage poster by Mathilde A. Herouard, "Vouvray Monopole" 1910

Vouvray is a French region, and Vouvray wine is reputedly sweet, golden in colour, fruity and fresh..Monkeyflower writes that this wine is also produced in California and they call it "Chenin Blanc".

A Joyous Christmas

Sender: MichelleW

A Joyous Christmas

Little girls in high-waisted dresses!