It's the part of the term where I go MIA, but I couldn't possibly let a holiday pass without a jaunt to the postcard collection of the New York Public Library! Especially when so many of this holiday's are, quite frankly, bizarre.
Happy Easter!
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Postmarked 1909. Source
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Unwritten. Source
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Postmarked 1909. Source
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Postmarked 191-[last digit cut off]. Source
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"Dear Clara, another card for that album. this is a fine day hope it will be a nice easter. from Nettie. I got your letter will come some time come out when you can." 1910. Source
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Unwritten. Source
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1911. Source
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1911. Source
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I love how the writer has "identified" some of the creepy egg-head people. 1906. Source
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Postmarked 1908. Source
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I love how little sense this makes. Postmarked 1910. Source
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Chicks watching TV in an Easter egg. Postmarked 1911. Source
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Unwritten (though the back is printed upside-down). Source
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1909. Source
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Unwritten. Source
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Written ("best wishes") but no date or postmark. Source
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Postmarked 1909. Source
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The traditional Easter invasion of a rooster-mounted rabbit army. Undated. Source
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Postmarked 1924. Source
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Postmarked April 14 or 1914, with a cute easter-egg shaped postmark. Source
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"Are you playing baseball now? Look at this fun audience. Cousin Elsie." Source
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No date, but the mystery of what happened to the middle letters of "greetings." Source
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Postmarked 1909. Source
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A Polish Easter, complete with traditional kayak. Source
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Postmarked 1912. The "happy easter" and address have been crossed out in black crayon for some reason. Source
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The best part is the misspelling of "gladness" ("gladnees"). 1909. Source
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...why the brick wall in the Easter egg? Postmarked 1910. Source
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Embroidered and beribboned. No date (but a near-illegible address). Source
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Vroolyk paaschfeest. (Dutch) Source
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The three chicks from Macbeth. 1906. Source
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Unwritten. Source
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"Dear Anna, Turn the wheel slowly and see the changes. Aunt Irene joins in sending best wishes. Uncle [something -ton]." That's right, part of the egg turns and gives you crazy (for ca. 1909) effects. I want one. [edited to add: I actually saw a card with one of these spinny things for sale on ebay! it went for about fifty bucks, which I sadly did not have.] Source
4 comments:
That last one was unexpected... and amazing :D !
I know, who would have thought they had that kind of card back then? I want to play with it! :)
I am working on my children's stories with activities that I aim to self publish this Sept and sell. I found the picture of the Easter card on Public Domain of the rabbits playing baseball and at the bottom of the picture is the State Library. I am writing to ask permission if I am able to use this picture and informational line underneath in my story Freddy and The Jets. I would put the website and reference and author name. Regards Madonna Weaver
Hi Madonna! The postcard and image belong to the New York Public Library, and they are the only ones who can give the proper permissions. You can have a look at their guidelines here: http://www.nypl.org/help/about-nypl/legal-notices/website-terms-and-conditions . Images from the NYPL site, such as the postcard, may be used for "personal, educational, or research purposes", as they are here. However, for commercial purposes, such as an ebook, you likely have to pay a reproductions fee. There is information about that here: http://www.nypl.org/help/get-what-you-need/photographic-services/obtaining-images . The link to the postcard's page on the NYPL site is directly under the image on my page so you can easily find all relevant information for them.
Thanks for asking, and good luck!
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