Hard, Stern, Unforgiving Old Mug, but It's Me All the Same

Message:

You have here the picture you wrote about.
I do not like to have my picture "drawed"
but as you reported(?) --
Hard. Stern. Unforgiving old mug isn't it but it's me all the same.

I did not imagine I'd come upon another vintage altered postcard after posting this one. In a box of postcards from my in-laws, though, I found this treasure!

Thanks to Beth at the Best Hearts are Crunchy for hosting Postcard Friendship Friday! Visit her blog for links to more great postcards.

Happy Thanksgiving

Postmarked 5 November 1907
?, NY

Message:

How's this for a gobbler?

Of course, we will not be eating turkeys - our entrée will be a delicious tofurky!

A Picture of Bob

Uncirculated

Blame Me

Poor Puppies! What is it with blaming the cute little doggies for the umbrellas' wet spots?



Postmarked 4 February 1911
Woolwick, ME

Message:

Woolwick, Me. Friday, a.m. / Your letter rec'd yesterday, hope you are over your cold by now. Can't you sent postals often until you are all right again. We are anxious to hear as ther is much sickness. Mr. and Mrs. -- Trott have gone to Boston for winter. I asked her to call on you, she can tell you all the news. C.M.R.

Postmarked 23 April 1912
Kansas City, MO

Message:

Dear Unkle(?); How are you your letter rec. will write soon. / Odes

As Soon As I Have Some Spare Time

Postmarked 2 December 1907
Southold, NY

Message:

I didn't have time to write yesterday as I went up to Frances but will write as soon as I have some spare time. Hope you arrived home safe after all. -- BE

I wish I knew more about this postcard. While the clogs are an undeniable clue, the back of the postcard proves that the image's origin is Dutch. Also on the back of the postcard, you have POSTCARD translated into almost twenty different languages!

As messages go, this one is fairly run of the mill, though I wonder what led the sender to hope Frank got home safe "after all" - after all what? These are the mysteries that make vintage postcards so fun!

Thanks to Beth at The Best Hearts Are Crunchy for hosting Postcard Friendship Friday!

Happy Birthday

Today is my birthday, so I am featuring some birthday postcards from 1909!



Written, but Uncirculated (~1909)



Postmarked 12 March 1909
Fayetteville, NY



Postmarked 16 March 1909
?, PA

Merry Easter

I picked this up in the local antique store because my grandmother loves rabbits. It is amusing to me how the message side is just names and is written upside down relative to the address.



Postmarked 1912, Binghamton, NY

Vintage Arizona

Unsent, 1908