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Mexican Calendar Girls Postcard Set
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This wonderful box of 30 postcards features vintage images of Mexican Calendar Girls. There are elegant Aztec princesses, rough and rowdy vaqueras (cowgirls) and a bit of everything in between. The vibrant postcards in this collection of vintage calendar art illustrate the energy of Mexico's wide-ranging traditions. These are perfect for sending to history enthusiasts as well as lovers of Latin American art and culture.
The 30 cards feature 15 different images, so you receive 2 of each image. The cards measure about 4 by 5-1/4 inches each. The manufacturer endeavors to use environmentally responsible products when producing these cards.
Manufactured in China
17June2008
Out of Stock
Box of 30 Postcards
Price $9.95 Per Box
Art Postcard - Last Minute Errand
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Book by Michael Sowa
We love Michael Sowa's artwork. With a bit of whimsy mixed with philosophy and thoughtfulness, he often provides us with sleepless nights - just wondering what the story behind them image might be!
From the imaginative mind of artist Michael Sowa, this slightly scary card will surely make you think differently about Thanksgiving! We know there's a message here. This delightful turkey couple is dressed to the nines, having done an errand of their own. They seem to be squeamish, and well they should be with the lurking shadow of human behind them.
Sowa's art evokes wonder and amazement; a mix of surrealism and comic illustration, of humor and seriousness.
Printed in the EU
Price: $1.25 Each
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Liquid Inferno Art Postcard
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Two independent liquids are merged within this plastic. They swirl; they stagnate; they lay flat upon each other; they form pools and puddles. But mostly, they mesmerize and amaze! This standard postcard features red and metallic gold liquids sheathed in plastic.
This may require extra postage.
Imported from Germany
9June2008
Price: $3.45 each
Art Postcard - Un Rideau Bleu (A Blue Curtain)
Fernand Khnopff was born to high bourgeoisie and was destined (or so thought his parents) to become an attorney. Born in Bruges, and later moving to Brussels, his work held significance in his roots. This wonderful image is evocative of his works from his early excursion into realism to his later more ethereal works.
Printed in USA
3June2008
One Dozen Vintage-Style Embossed Hallowe'en Postcards
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For lovers of Hallowe'en, you'll love it even more when you get this super set of one dozen postcards (3 of each image). These are replicas of the antique original postcards that were so popular years ago. The cards are embossed for dimension and have added metallic accents. Each card measures 3-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches.
Use these as invitations for your Hallowe'en party, or as thank yous, or just to say, "Boo!"
Imported
2June2008
Package of One Dozen Cards
Price: $15.00 $13.00 per Package
Art Postcard - Louise Brooks
Born Mary Louise Brooks, she was a daughter of a lawyer and a quite artistic mother. Her early years were fraught with trauma, with parents too busy to discipline or raise her and a neighbor who abused her. She became well known as an actress of the silent film era, and later became a writer and film critic.
Her distinctive hair cut and her flair for the dramatic on and off the screen have made her legend. This photograph taken in 1928 by Eugene Robert Richee captures all of the dimensions of this complex actress. We love the starkness of her hands and face and are drawn in so easily by those tremendous pearls!
2Jun2008
Art Postcard - Their Master's Voice
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From the imaginative mind of artist Michael Sowa, this delightful card will surely enchant any dog or music lover! From the famous RCA advertisements, Their Master's Voice features a theatre full of dogs (mostly the same terrier that the RCA advertisement starred) and a few others. Most are listening to the gramophone on stage, but, as usual with dogs (and people, too), some are not! Sowa's art evokes wonder and amazement; a mix of surrealism and comic illustration, of humor and seriousness.
Retro Wooden Postcard - Happy Together
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How charming and delightful! - A blast from the past! This great wooden post card is standard size - but made of wood (requires additional postage to mail). We haven't seen these since the 1950s. You can even color it with crayons, pastels, colored pencils, paint, etc., for an even more dramatic statement for the receiver.
Price: $3.25 each
Art Postcard - Modellen (MEN)
Modellen 2 - Women Postcard
From a series of photographs, artist Danny Matthys has created a collage of sorts of models from different modern times. Although each photo appears familiar, we could not positively identify any one. The artist has applied tints to some of the images in a pattern that makes the eye travel inward, then outward - so tat none is missed.
The individual images are tiny enough that each may be used in miniature artwork, or as images that might be used as photos in a doll house!
Printed in Belgium
8May2008
Art Postcard - Frida & Diego in Coyoacan, Mexico, 1941
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Frida Kahlo's longtime friend and Diego Rivera's assistant, Emmy Lou Packard shot this telling photograph of Diego and Frida in a quiet domestic moment.
Emmy Lou was a serious artist on her own. She first met Rivera and Kahlo while she was in her teens and forged both a working and personal relationship with them throughout their lives.
It has been said that a beautiful photographic portrait can only be taken by someone who cares deeply for the subjects. That is evident in this photo.
Printed in the USA
Cartes Postales - Vintage Style Postcard Album
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Postcard Frame
The Cartes Postales album is an exquisite facsimile of an antique postcard album unearthed at a Parisian flea market. It takes us back to an era when postcards were small treasures from faraway lands. Featuring Art Nouveau textured and padded covers and original floral line art inside, this Cartes Postales album offers the perfect home for special postcards and photographs.
It can hold both 3-1/2 x 5-inch and 4 x 6-inch postcards or photographs - for a total of 64 photos. Die cuts actually hold each photo neatly on the acid-free pages without adhesive, so you can house your treasured cards without worry. What a truly special keepsake album for travelers, collectors, and photographers alike.
The book measures 8-1/8 by 5-1/8 inches.
18March2008
Price: $18.95 each
Art Postcard - It's Halloween
More Cats & Kittens
What's more fun than a black cat on Hallowe'en? Especially a happy kitty in a tree? This great little retro image is reproduced from a vintage postcard and is perfect for a Hallowe'en party invitation or a (not-so) secret missive.
7May2008
Art Postcard - Birdman
More Birds of All Kinds
More Crows, Ravens & Blackbirds
Photographer Mehmed Unal created this eloquent portrait of a man and his flock. The snow allows no secrets in the footprints of the who might follow the Birdman. But, we'll never know his thoughts.
Printed in Germany
3May2008
Art Postcard - Tango
Attributable in part to Brazil, Spain and Argentina, and dating back to the 19th century, the tango is generally considered to be based on a folk dance of Argentina called milonga. This was a dance fitted to an old Spanish song that claims Moorish and Arabic ancestry as well as Spanish.
Introduced into North America in the early part of this century, the tango achieved immediate popularity which ahs lasted up to the present day.
It is distinctive and highly stylized The tango atmosphere is much sought after, and attention to styling even in its basic form, will make a great difference in the dancer's appearance and enjoyment.
Now, we can't promise that you'll be able to learn, alas, or teach, the tango with the instructions on this card. But, we can promise that you'll smile!
The footsteps are illustrated and instructions are included!
26April20088
Art Postcard - The Road West, New Mexico, 1938. Dorothea Lange
More Journeys & Travel
Photographer Dorothea Lange created this enigmatic photograph in black and white. Have you traveled from there or are you about to go there? It's up to you.
The advent of digital photography has allowed us to create art faster and to manipulate images more easily. However, much art is lost when the photograph is digitized rather than developed. The depth of the past translates to the future in such masterpiece photographs as this by Dorothea Lange.
26April2008
Art Postcard - Guck Mal (Look!)
Look! Peeking inside a book? Or, is it a diary? Why at night? You can make up your own story or message to accompany this evocative postcard by Soizick Meister.
20April2008
Art Postcard - Hase Auf Dem Rad (Rabbit on the Road)
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More Travel
Where might our hare be travelling today on his bicycle? I don't' think we'll ever know, but we can surely make up a story.
From the imaginative mind of artist Michael Sowa, this delightful card will surely enchant any rabbit lover! Sowa's art evokes wonder and amazement; a mix of surrealism and comic illustration, of humor and seriousness.
09April2008
Art Postcard - Fork, Paris, 1928.
Photographer André Kertész created this stunningly simple photograph - with so much expression in such little space and form. The dinner fork placed in balance upon the dinner plate and shadows compose the entire photograph. Is dinner finished? Has the diner simply paused? The slight shadow on the dish and the continued form of the fork carry a sense of future even with the sense that the fork is positioned as thought the meal has ended.
As mesmerizing as it was when introduced, this striking photo might make the perfect invitation for your next dinner party, or, indeed, the perfect thank you for the one you just attended.
Art Postcard - Memories of Summer
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More Summer
What a story one could tell from this photo of young children sitting on a wooden pier laughing and splashing away in the water below! Photographer Hubert Schöke has captured the spirit of early summer in one click in this striking vignette.
Now you can remind your childhood buddies of the fun you once had by using this as an invitation for more laughter and splashing - maybe this summer or next.
28March2008
Art Postcard - William G Worrell, 1855
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From an original daguerreotype portrait taken by an unknown photographer in 1855, this wonderful circus performer is featured. We know that the image was taken on July 4, 1855. Mr. Worrell was a well-known acrobat who performed in Welch's National Circus and Theater. His elegance and stage presence are evident in this striking photo.
27March2008
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Art Postcard - Strassenschwein (Street Pig)
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Now where in the world is this fellow going? Right down the middle of the street, he runs. Or, is he sauntering? We'll never know, but we can certainly make up a story about it! Artists/Photographers Walter Sittig and Voller Ernst are responsible for this charming and funny image.
You might choose to send this sweet card to anyone beginning a journey - of any sort!
Art Postcard - El Corazon
The image is based on the Mexican Loteria image, The Heart. The almost real heart is pierced by an arrow with a drop of blood falling from the arrowhead. This traditional image is often associated with the Sacred Heart as well as with Cupid's Heart. So, we can imagine many reasons for you to send this postcard.
Art Postcard - Are You Ready to Rock?!
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From one of our favorite designers, Stella Marrs, this fun photograph gets the message across - for whatever reason:
ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?!
We think it not tongue-in-cheek, but rather a modern message juxtaposed on a vintage photograph - and, while we may each travel to the beat of a different drum, we're all here together! Great for a party invitation or just a note to a friend, this postcard will bring a smile to anyone who encounters it.
24March2008
Art Postcard - The Lost Chord
Arthur Sullivan (of the famed Gilbert and Sullivan) composed the music for The Lost Chord as he sat at his brother Fred's beside, during his last days. The words were written by Adelaide A. Proctor. Known for its grandeur and eloquence, The Lost Chord is often represented by the young woman playing the the pipe organ with a choir of angels accompanying her.
Seated one day at the organ, I was weary and ill at ease, And my fingers wandered idly Over the noisy keys; I know not what I was playing, Or what I was dreaming then, But I struck one chord of music, Like the sound of a great Amen, Like the sound of a great Amen.
It flooded the crimson twilight, Like the close of an angel’s psalm, And it lay on my fevered spirit, With a touch of infinite calm, It quieted pain and sorrow, Like love overcoming strife, It seemed the harmonious echo From our discordant life, It linked all the perplexed meanings Into one perfect peace, And trembled away into silence, As if it were loath to cease; I have sought but I seek it vainly, That one lost chord divine, Which came from the soul of the organ, And entered into mine.
It may be that death’s bright angel Will speak in that chord again; It may be that only in Heav’n I shall hear that great Amen. It may be that death’s bright angel Will speak in that chord again; It may be that only in Heav’n I shall hear that great Amen
6March2008
Art Postcard - Classical Anatomy
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This fine assortment of body parts is perfect for collage. The images are from vintage anatomy texts and illustrations and feature eyes, feet, noses, lips, mouths, hands and ears. And of course, you can mail it as you would any other post card, too!
18February2008
Art Postcard - Understanding
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More Peacefulness
Such an elegant photograph of a contemplative monk beside calm waters accompanies this evocative Indian proverb:
Only the ignorant one gets furious, the wise one will understand.
19January2008
Art Postcard - Never Doubt...
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More Perseverance & Strength
If you're not happy with the way things are, you can make a difference! That's the message from renowned anthropologist, Margaret Mead, on this wonderful art postcard designed in the tradition of 1960s posters. The illustration and calligraphy by Jody Richards certainly highlight Mead's sentiment:
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has.
Art Postcard - Isn't It Nice?
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We love vintage images - particularly of cats! This sweet picture postcard features two old-fashioned kitties with a song and sentiment:
Isn't It Nice To Have Someone To Love You ?
08January2008
Art Postcard - Roadside Lunch
Photographer Roger-Viollet captured this wonderful photograph in 2002, although it could be from any age from the 1940s on. This couple's lunch by the roadside seems quite romantic and quite peaceful.
Printed in France
07January2008
Art Postcard - Privacy
From one of our favorite designers, Stella Marrs, this engaging photograph sets an eerie tone, especially with its warning message:
PRIVACY It's your right.
We think it an odd conduit for such a message - when a postcard is so, shall we say, not private. This, perhaps, says even more - it's our right, but can we expect it?
03January2008
Art Postcard - Save the Date
More Weddings & Anniversaries
From one of our favorite stationers, Stella Marrs, and designed by Sean Tejaratchi, this mid-20th century photo is reminiscent of a whole other way of living. But, weddings usually do bring a smile.
Save the date... ...and we'll live happily ever after!
This can be a kitschy and frugal way of asking your wedding guests to save the date. We think this would be just wonderful for an anniversary party, as well - especially for one of the milestones - 25th, 50th or 75th!
22December2007
Art Postcard - Cat with Tail on Steps
Our wonderful photo of a kitten sitting on the steps is so very charming. Just what could s/he be watching? The photo is circa 1950 by Ylla.
19December2007
Dogs Playing Poker - 24 Postcards
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Among the most popular prints ever produced, CM Coolidge's poker-playing dogs have found a niche in American pop culture. Even those who don't recognize this artist's name know his fun-loving canines, whose all-too-human antics never fail to bring a smile.
In this whimsical card collection, a Saturday-night mood of pool halls, poker tables and cigar-smoking camaraderie combine for a winning hand of twelve humorous vignettes on standard-sized post cards - each one printed twice.
11November2007
Booklet of 24 Cards
Price: $6.95 Each
Art Postcard - Dohle (Crow with Shoeshine Mouse)
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What a sweet friend is this mouse, shining the patent leather shoes of a crow friend! And, but the moonlight, nonetheless!
This image was created by German artist Rudi Hurzlmeier, famed for his pictures of birds in boots and shoes.
28October2007
Art Postcard - Feliz Navidad
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If you intend to have a kitschy red, white and black Christmas, then you'll love this wonderfully old-fashioned postcard proclaiming your wishes in Spanish:
Feliz Navidad
The printing, colors and illustrations are all reminiscent of an earlier time. What fun!
24October2007
Art Postcard - Auf Dem Weg Zu Den Büchern (On the Way to the Books)
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This wonderfully moving painting by German artist Quint Buchholz gives us a man holding a slice of the moon as he reads of the lady walking the shore of the sea. How intriguing!
Such dreams you may create from this enigmatic image.
9September2007
3D Art Postcard - Hokusai Katsushika - The Great Wave
We love lenticulars - the layered paper and plastics that create a moving 3-dimensional effect. This wonderfully mailable post card features the familiar image of the Great Wave by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai who lived from 1760 to 1849.
He is quite famous for his wonderful wood-cut prints of the Ukiyo-e, pictures of the floating world - everyday life. His works seems to be more popular in the West than it has ever been in his homeland.
His striking image of the sea completed in this new lenticular form is simply spectacular - the movement is amazing. In fact the sea appears to transform into mountains, another of the artists favorite subjects. Although the transformation is hard to notice online, we're sure you'll be as awed by the images in person.
31August2007
Price: $3.50 each
Art Postcard - The Steps of Montmartre, Paris
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From famed Hungarian-French photographer Brassaï, this serenely beautiful photograph of The Steps of Montmartre, Paris was taken around 1936. The study of shadows and sunlight confirm his genius in the world of photography. We were particularly taken by the vision of Paris from a not-so-recognizable spot - the feeling of the City of Light is evident.
07July2007
Art Postcard - Peace Please
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What message is more necessary than this?
Peace Please
This wonderful design from artist Ken Broun features a bit of charming humor while packing a powerful message. With images from a peaceful dove, an ark filled with favorite characters including musical monkeys, clever crows and entertaining elephants, and a pair of ducks in the stormy sea, we're sure there is much more to see than we've described.
This great postcard is ready for mailing or framing.
Art Postcard - Die Abfahrt (The Departure)
This wonderfully moving painting by German artist Quint Buchholz shows us an unlikely trio afloat, a king, a child and a lion. We suspect the time to be dusk or dawn as their craft is lit by a small lantern. They have chosen to bring along a window as well. The seabirds may not even have noticed them. Oh, the stories you might create from this lovely image.
30July2007
Art Postcard - Creative Cat
More Cats & Kitties
This Creative Cat is surely seeing things in a cubist fashion, despite all the help? from his family of young kitties. We only wonder what the subjects might be thinking on this delightful postcard.
01July2007
Art Postcard - Le Langage des Yeux (Language of the Eyes)
The meaning of eye color, as interpreted on this reproduction French postcard, is mixed with symbols of luck and love including fish, a shoe, the number 13 (albeit bad luck in this case!0, a little pig, a single die, and anchor, and more!
We surely can't guarantee this to be accurate, but we can enjoy the fun of it.
The translation:
The style of the art is old-fashioned, and the postcard itself is quite a lot of fun!
22June2007
Art Postcard - Eiffel Tower Rising
We love lenticulars - the layered paper and plastics that create a moving 3-dimensional effect. This fantastic vintage-style postcard shows the movement of the Eiffel Tower being built from the bottom up! The colors are absolutely elegant in their vintage appearance - it's hard to tell from the internet picture.
19June2007
Art Postcard - Whole Other Life
"HE HAS A WHOLE OTHER LIFE ABOUT WHICH WE KNOW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING."
This might be true of your teenagers, but we're sure it's true of most cats - even the indoor ones. This delightful postcard is a great little extra for any cat lover!
17June2007
Nativity Pop-Up Card
More Greeting Cards
This sweet card is the size of a small postcard (5-3/8 by 3-1/4 inches). When you push up the frame, the card will pop and stand on its own to create a delicate and elegant nativity scene in three dimensions. This is the perfect card to send to a friend newly setting up housekeeping, when holiday decorating might be overwhelming. Because of the golden foil trim and the embossing, this is truly a special find! Perhaps these will be available again, but we have not been able to find them in a few years! Although this is technically a postcard, it arrives with an envelope for mailing.
Printed in China
01June2007
Price: $4.25 each
Art Postcard - Fishing at Roadside America
From the back of the card:
Fishing is always good at Roadside America, te great and beautiful indoor miniature city-town. Most all of the buildings can be sat on. Built by K. R. Reynolds in less than seven years with materials donated by the Fraternal Order of Elks, Mintun County.
This neat postcard is reminiscent of the early sixties (1960s, that is). Roadside America is still a popular tourist attraction today. It is located in Shartlesville, Pennsylvania.
15June2007
Art Postcard - Girl Leaning on Parking Meter
This wonderful photograph by W Eugene Smith was taken sometime in the late 1950s. It's easy to imagine that she might be waiting for a boyfriend or her parents, or, indeed, wishing she had a boyfriend. IT was taken during the Shadyside Chamber of Commerce Festival on Walnut Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
28May2007
Art Postcard - Venice Lovers
More Italy
What says romance more than lovers in a Venetian gondola, with gondoliers perhaps serenading? We love this card for the image it conjures in our hearts as well as for the wonderful artistic content of the black and white photograph from which it was made. The bend in the canal creates movement and grace in the midst of the stolid buildings.
This card was printed on 100% chlorine-free paper made using timber from managed forests.
Printed in USA or France
25May2007
Discontinued Card Limited Availability
Price: $1.50 Each
Art Postcard - Maus Mouseholes
From artist and author Art Spiegleman, famous for his graphic novel, Maus: A Survivor's Story, we have this poignant depiction of five mouse huddled within a special hole.
Maus won a special Pulitzer Prize in 1992 as it did not fit any of the classic Pulitzer classifications. The novel is based on many of his father's struggle to survive the Holocaust as a Polish Jew and further how his father's experiences, like those of so many other survivors, reverberate through families and many generations.
Art Postcard - Molly Tuchooki (The Tattooed Woman)
Here shown splendidly tattooed with a vast assortment of images, is the Tattooed Woman, aka Molly Tuchooki. One of her most spectacular images is the full rendering of The Last Supper. Here real name was Anne, but she used the name Artoria Gibbons. Her husband, Charles "Red" Gibson rendered her tattoos. He was known as the premier tattoo artist of his time.
Artoria worked in the circus, carnivals and sideshow acts throughout her life.
Art Postcard - Calaveras de artesanos
More Day of the Dead
The master of the calavera, Jose Guadalupe Posada is responsible for many of the Day of the Dead images - including this one - that we see represented almost everywhere. This fine art postcard is rendered in black and white.
16May2007
Art Postcard - Janis Joplin, New York 1969
Francesco Scavullo has captured the essence of the tragic queen of rock & roll - Janis Joplin - in this wonderful photo art post card. Proceeds from the sale of this card help to support AIDS research, education and patient care thanks to the Photographers & Friends United Against AIDS.
30April2007
Art Postcard - White Cat II by MC Escher
More Escher
MC Escher is most well known for his incomprehensible 3D works, however, he created many different works in many genres. This lovely image of a curious white cat was originally a wood cut measuring 6-3/8 by 9-7/8 inches. It has been rendered here in a lovely black and white art postcard.
29April2007
Art Postcard - Halloween Devils
Jack-o'lanterns and devils and smoke with a scary moon in the sky - these are the makings of a frightfully-fun Hallowe'en! This brightly colored postcard was originally produced from an original chromolithographed card in the collection of artist Ken Brown.
11April2007
Art Postcard - Buffalo Bill
More Wild West
Does anyone really define the American West better than Buffalo Bill himself? We don't think so. This fantastic postcard is reproduction of a cabinet photo of the grand master of western entertainment is just the ticket for a western party invitation. Or, perhaps, you'll create your own wild west show! card!
Art Postcard - Joan Crawford
More Mother's Day
For that special Mother's Day card, consider the most infamous mother - Joan Crawford. We're not suggesting, of course, that your mother deserves such infamy herself, but you might just be able to phrase the right message for this great post card!
12March2007
Art Postcard - Marcel Marceau
More Circus
Can't think of much to say? Then this (and any other) postcard is just the right medium for your message. There's not too much room to write, so you needn't go on and on needlessly. Marcel Marceau, in this 1951 photo by the famed Phillippe Halsman, is at his peak as the mime extraordinaire!
24February2007
Art Postcard - Pieper (Crow with Cherries)
Dressed to the nines in her oh-so-lovely cherry patent leather pumps, this little crow shows her love for the cerise by wearing a pair of cherries, held by their stems atop her head.
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