Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Monday, May 28, 2012
ATTRACTIVE EARLY HALLOWEEN WITCHES
Not all witches were old crones, some were rather attractive. In these early 20th century holiday postcards the witches are rather attractive.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Ellen Clapsaddle Thanksgiving children
Ellen Clapsaddle was a successful illustrator at the turn of the century. Her most popular works featured sweet illustrations of children. These are some of the examples of her Thanksgiving cards featuring kids.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Vintage Thanksgiving cards
These cards are at least 100 years old. Thanksgiving cards were surprisingly popular at the end of the 19th century, due to improvements in printing techniques which made cards much less expensive and improvements in the US postal system which made it inexpensive to mail holiday cards.
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