Monday, November 24, 2014

Recent postcard acquisitions: Metro Postcard Fall Show, Nov 2014

CLICK ON PIX TO ENLARGE

A weapon in the war between butter & oleomargarine begun in the late 1800s. 
Citing a Yale scientific study, this 1918 card warns that a butter-free diet may lead to stunted growth, infertility, blindness, even death. After a century we've come full circle with butter back in style. (The French are just laughing.)


 A "heart doctor." Maybe his patients ate too much butter?

 Another take on matters of the heart. From Roy Lichtenstein's pcard collection perhaps?

  Another beach scene: fowl in a foul mood. For my roosters & hens collection.


  Another sea-related card. Seems to be a combo of real algae + a color transfer made from algae. Very unusual. (Pressed dried flower cards are more common.)


Back to the City by ferry. Early use of term "sky-line." 
This was a generic NYC card used to advertise a clothing store sometime after 1906.


No comments:

Post a Comment