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Vintage Happy Valley: Discontended

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Dame Toadstool

While my modern sensibilities may question the charm of such vintage postcard finds (another from Liz‘s collection), I find them intriguing. The captions are sometimes weird and don’t seem to fit… like trying to make sense of poor translations on … Continue reading →

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Lucky Birds for a Lucky New Year

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Dame Toadstool

To Bring You a Lucky New Year I’m sending you “The Lucky Bird”— He’s just good luck all over,— His daddy was a horse-shoe And his ma a four-leaf clover. [signed “1923 Fritz Marsh”] We hit a bit of a … Continue reading →

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Vintage Postcard: Halloween Greetings!

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Dame Toadstool

Halloween Greetings, vintage postcard style! In the olden days, Halloween was celebrated by cherubic Christmas elves who danced around cauldrons. This vintage postcard, along with dozens others, is part of a collection that belonged to Liz‘s husband’s grandmother. Some have no … Continue reading →

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