Amities

Uncirculated

Postcard Message:

Amitiés, Roger Randon

If the interweb is to be trusted, this translates as "Best wishes, Roger Randon."

Finding vintage postcards with yarn or knitting is more challenging than I expected. It's amusing to me that a large percentage of the ones I find also feature cats!

Cat Dog Slipper Purse

Postmarked 3 March 1906

"Pet of the Household"

Postmarked 30 September 19XX
Dodgecenter, Minnesota

POSTCARD CAPTION:

Front: "Pet of the Household"
Back: "The Cute Kitty"

MESSAGE:

Birthday Greetings from Grant and Grace.

Picking Flowers

Uncirculated

This painting, "Picking Flowers," is attributed to Samuel Miller and was created around 1845. Interestingly, the postcard I have lists the artist as "Anonymous." The painting is in the collection of the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York.

Isn't It Nice?

Postmarked 8 March 1907 (?)


I so wonder what the alphabet written on the front of the card signifies!

I Wish This Was Friday

Postmarked 2 March 1930
Skowhegan, ME

Message:

Dear Lottie it's 40C and I am alone having an Ice Cream In Peter Leakos, Skowhegan Maine this state wish you were here I'd treat Ha Ha

I wonder if it is the cat or the fish wishing for the weekend, or maybe the image and sentiment are totally unrelated! Isn't the back of the postcard lovely? I wish modern postcards were so decorated.

If the sender is correct and the temperature was 40C, she needed ice cream - that's 104 degrees fahrenheit. The only information I can find on Peter Leakos comes from the Maine Historical Society, which indicates that in the late 1920s, he ran a shoe shine parlor. Maybe by 1930, he had changed businesses or maybe it served ice cream, too. Or maybe Peter Leakos just is a place marker.

Can I Play in Your Yard?

Postmarked 9 August 1909
Hedrick, IA

Message:

Aug 9, 1909 / here I am at Oth--, Aunt is sick. (Sarah) She is some better. / E.O. --

Another precious V. Colby animal card, with a funny double entendre.