“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.
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- Oh no, I have to sit next to a stranger…/ What indifference and timidity, don’t you think?
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- Hm…/ Her look!
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- Well, look at this, could he take more space looking for his handkerchief? / What cute little face she has, hm?
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- “Would you like mine?” /Hm…a nice smile!
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- “And this, take this too.” / This is probably going to get serious.
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
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