Sailor suits. 07/02/2010
 
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French (3) & British (1)  real photo postcards of boys in little sailor suits.
 
Edwardian humor. 05/17/2010
 
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Selection of Edwardian postcards, both illustrated & real photo. French & English. Top card is French & shows the matchmakers choice for a date. Center card is English, "he was a jolly good fellow'" with a painting of a big BUT & man being chased by an ass. Bottom card is a little girl dressed as an old woman.
 
 
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Real photo postcards from England & the US. Two with British actresses, & 2 that are funny.
 
 
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Two real photo postcards from France, representing Faith & Charity, one English illustrated card, all from the early 1900's.
 
 
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Black & white postcards of British actresses at the turn of the century. Phyllis Dare, Marie Studholme, and Ada Reeve.
 
 
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One British (top) and 2 French postcards of ladies wearing hats.
 
Little couples. 11/03/2009
 
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Postcards with pairs of children dressed up. The top card is French, the bottom is British. Yours to use & peruse.
 
 


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Portrait of a young man taken at the Wilhelm Kersten studio in Berlin. Carte de  visite cards (CDV) are about the size of a calling card.


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CDV portrait of a man taken at the London & Company studio in London.

 
 
I have always longed to fly with the birds above the clouds in a hot air balloon (and then bungee jump off the side.) Recently I've purchased a few postcards to use as backdrops for my new for Makers Faire '09, steampunk hot air balloon necklaces.

 http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26635335
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Printed in Germany, mailed from Stamford, England to New England in 1911. This one reminds me of the fantastical steampunk collage creations by http://www.WinonaCookie.Etsy.com  
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A California Honeymoon. Postcard by Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco, CA, 1919.
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French New Years postcard from the early 1900's, embellished with glitter & sequins. Feel free to use & peruse the images.
 
My Fair Ladies. 05/23/2009
 
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Two different postcard images of ladies wearing hats. The top is a home photo from France that was turned into a postcard. The bottom image is a professional English photo of an actress. Both are images you can use.