July 14, 1936
Dear Bobby:
I like Radio City the best of all. It is hotter in Lanc. than here, I'm sure, but rubber heels were pulled from the shoes of men & women by the sticky asphalt pavements here.
Love from Mimi
I'm probably in the minority of postcard collectors, but I snatch them up just as much (or more?) for the messages on the back as for the art. They're perfect little time capsules. This one's practically poetry. I think it's the artful use of the passive voice.As usual, click to embiggen.
2 comments:
I like the fronts and backs of old postcards. I've photoshopped a few of my photographs to look like them.
Yes, it is oddly compelling . . . the way they used to talk (or write!) -- so formal, so schoolmarmish.
From the age of the telegram . . . I guess they had to condense everything to the fewest-possible words. Not like me!
But charming nonetheless.
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