"Advice to the Lovelorn. If he is bashful, I would advise you to give him plenty of encouragement. Put your arms around me–so! Oo-oo, I don't like ter! August Hutaf. P.C.K. 1908."
One in a series of humorous "Advice to the Lovelorn" postcards by illustrator August Hutaf (1874-1942). For more of his work, see my other Hutaf postcards.
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"490 - Miss America at Atlantic City, N.J. The Play Ground of America."
A larger-than-life Miss America poses among all the little people on the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey, circa 1920s. "Steeplechase the Funnest Place on Earth" and "A Playground of Innocent Amusement for Young and Old" are the slogans that are partially visible on the long Steeplechase Pier that extends out into the ocean behind Miss America.
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"How is this for high? Farmers' National Bank, Pittsburgh, Pa."
A postcard addressed on the other side to Blair Echard, R.R. No. 2, Duncansville, Pa., and postmarked Jan. 23, 1912.
Handwritten message: "Dear Buz, We are stepping high in Pittsburgh, as you can see in this card. It is pretty cold here. Hope you are going to school every day and learning something too. Elmer."
For other Pittsburgh postcards with similar illustrations, see Out for a Stroll in the Park and This Beats Walking (below).
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"Easter Greetings." An Easter postcard, trimmed at the top and postmarked 1909 on the back. This postcard was published as one in a series of photography-themed Easter postcards. For other cards in the series, see Photo_History's Easter Postcards of Boy with Camera and Rabbit.
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"Easter Greetings." An early twentieth-century postcard published by Raphael Tuck & Sons. For more photography-themed Easter postcards, see Easter Bunny Photographer and Photogenic Easter Bunny (below).
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