‘Honey won’t you love me like you used to.” postcard. Private Collection.
Same woman, same (lovely) hairdo, different dress:
Swinging was never like this. Postcard. Private Collection.
I’ve been collecting these postcards from the same series. I want to say they’re from the late 1910s. Two others, here (with the same hammock but different woman) and here with the same man.
PC Paris #2886. Postcard. Private Collection.
Love which serenades your heart
Is it sincere? Is it misled?
A pink tinted French PC Paris postcard with a warning!
PC Paris #2963. Young man with chicks. RPPC. Private Collection.
That was way too easy. :)
Do you remember when I posted the beautiful couple on the bicycle? That was last September. I hoped to stumble upon this 1920’s postcard model again, but I did not hold my breath. So when I spotted him after eight months of casually scouring seller stocks, I was thrilled to finally add another one of his cards to this collection. Unlike some others he is near impossible to find. Unfortunately, there is no information about postcard models of the period. I would have liked to find out who he was.
While I understand the models who posed for the more risqué cards had to hide their identity and are now essentially uncredited, I don’t see why there is absolutely no information about the models who posed for tamer photoshoots. Frustrating!
This was of course an Easter postcard (I edited out the French greeting for this blog).
“This is probably going to get serious”. 1904 postcard. Private Collection.
I would call this series How to Discreetly Show Interest in a Gentleman on the Omnibus.
The cute series starts out quite innocently…and ends with the sure promise of a second meeting. I am missing #5 of the 6 postcards though. I wish I had it! But the story is quite simple, really, and the person who sent these postcards could not resist putting words into the gentleman’s head!
So I added what she’s thinking before the translated comments.
Both models were sitting on chairs, with the design of the omnibus line added later. The third has a misspelling too! But the line did exist, and if you’re curious to see what omnibus these two would have been on, here’s an image of the Madeleine-Bastille line omnibus of the era:
Source: famillefine.free.fr
1909 postcard. Private Collection. Click for larger image.
Well, if there ever was a better excuse to drink..! This gent was colorized with red hair too. Is he supposed to represent an Irish immigrant? Aw, sure look it!
The photo of this gent (with, again, an attitude-lol-) was taken by Theodor Eismann, New York. The postcard was copyrighted in 1909 and sent the following March.
I’ve decided to take a picture of it instead of a scan, the golden tones come out better.
In fact, I ordered this card last July 1915, but the seller had misplaced it. I had completely given up on it but was very surprised to find out Marilyn of Etsy’s VintagenutsInc decided to send it to me at no cost when she found it again last month. So very nice of her!
Bowlers And High Collars 