The Gentleman from Indiana: Old Cards

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Friday, February 14, 2020

Happy Valentine's Day!

If you're spent any time reading this blog, you'll know I and a cat guy. So, a cat Valentine only seemed appropriate! Happy Valentine's Day!

Thursday, February 14, 2019

Happy Valentine's Day!

As always I'm up for a little aircraft-related history. This one is simply a card from the 20's (I guess). Happy Valentine's Day!

Monday, December 24, 2018

A Merry Christmas from a hundred years ago. Funny how times have changed. It's hard to imagine a card shop or mega-mart stocking war-themed Christmas cards nowadays. Sure, you'll find the requisite patriotic one here and there (still rare), but actually mentioning an ongoing conflict? I can't imagine it. Maybe that's just the view from a generation privileged enough to have the choice not to experience any of the ongoing armed conflicts. These are different days.

So, Merry Christmas everyone everywhere. Put on the Bing Crosby or Judy Garland version of Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas and really listen to the lyrics. Understand that it's a song written to those who are far away, fighting a war that seems endless...understand the singer doesn't know if they'll ever see their loved one again. May we all have a Merry Little Christmas...if the fates allow.

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Happy Valentine's Day!

Loved this card from the early days of electricity, happy Valentine's Day!

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone, may your frog-opened bottles of hooch contain horse shoes and magic mushrooms!

Sunday, December 24, 2017

Merry Christmas

As 2017 draws to an end here's wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas...and I'm also hoping you're not confronted by a pudding monster anytime in the near future. If you're inclined toward the Victorian, you might consider making a traditional Christmas pudding yourself.

Sunday, May 14, 2017

Happy Mothers Day!

Sunday, April 16, 2017

Happy Easter!

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Happy Valentine's Day!

Cultivating what, I wonder? Happy Valentine's Day!

Saturday, December 31, 2016

Happy New Year

With all the politics and discontent, the coming year is likely to be about as ugly as a potato in a hat carrying an umbrella. So why not begin 2017 with a card featuring...well...a potato wearing a hat, carrying an umbrella? Here's wishing you and yours the happiest and most prosperous of years, may all the blemishes be superficial and your potatoes be sweet ones.