The "Language of the Handkerchief" is based on the dubious idea that men and women could use handkerchiefs to secretly signal their romantic intentions. Of course, you had to have a "Handkerchief Flirtation" list to know how to communicate this way.
Drawing a handkerchief across your lips, for instance, would indicate that you're "desirous of an acquaintance." But watch out if the object of your affection twists a handkerchief in his or her left hand! That means, "I wish to be rid of you."
For more secret handkerchief signaling, see the full Handkerchief Flirtation list. Or if you don't care for handkerchiefs, you can try using buggy whips and handheld fans for covert courtship messaging .
Do You Understand the Language of the Handkerchief?
The faintest sign will place me at your feet.
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An undated business card for bicycle rentals in Interlaken, Switzerland. I like the absurdity of the small illustration of the bicyclist whose head is about to hit the street lamp (he reminds me a little of Tintin, though I'm not sure those are actually plus fours that he's wearing). I just hope that the poor guy's skull is as unverwüstlich as the bicycles are supposed to be!
Unverwüstlich!
Vermietung von Fahrrädern.
Location de Bicyclettes.
Bicycles to rent.
Fritz Götz Vélos - Interlaken.
Marktgasse. Telephon 6 74.
Google Translate:
Indestructible!
Rental of bicycles.
Bicycle rental.
Bicycles to rent.
Fritz Götz Bicycles - Interlaken.
Marktgasse [Market Alley]. Telephone 6 74.
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This Cuthbertson wheel chart displayed the different conjugations for German verbs, but versions for other languages were also available.
Originally posted on Ipernity: The Cuthbertson Verb Wheels: German, 1938.
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"'Errymay Istmaschray! Ellen, Carl, and Donna Jean Ed, 1933. NRA."
Cartoonist Carl Ed (1890-1959) created this card for himself, his wife Ellen, and his daughter Donna Jean in 1933.
The Santa impersonators are characters from Ed's Harold Teen comic strip. That's Harold Teen himself tipping his Santa hat on the left, and his sidekick Shadow Smart is doing the same on the right. The teenagers' playful greeting of "Errymay Istmaschray" is, of course, Pig Latin for "Merry Christmas."
The eagle and "NRA" on the toy sack refer to the National Recovery Administration, one of the New Deal agencies that U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established in 1933 to combat the effects of the Great Depression.
Originally posted on Ipernity: Errymay Istmaschray!
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"Wm. T. Baldus, Pa. Ave. & 19th St. English, French, and German prescriptions a specialty. Copyright by James B. Harrison, 1882."
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