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The Colorful Southwest

May 6, 2010
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Colorful indeed! Copyrighted in 1942, this is a “Reg Manning Travelcard”, Reg Manning being a cartoonist of some renown. Born in Kansas City, Missouri on April 5, 1905, Reginald Manning would move to Phoenix, Arizona as a child, where he worked for the Arizona Republic, primarily doing editorial cartoons, for fifty years. Reg Manning died [...]

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I’m in New Mexico

May 6, 2010
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Serving up a little southwestern humor, this postcard by Curt Teich Co. originated in 1939. The front is marked “© J. R. Willis” a name that appears on a number of cards with southwestern subjects.

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A Swell Place

April 30, 2010
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This comic cat postcard is unmailed and has no indication of the publisher. It probably dates from the 1940s or ’50s.

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Lofty Moral Purposes

April 29, 2010
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This humorously cynical postcard is was copyrighted in 1907 and mailed in 1909. The name C. Eckstone is present on the front of the card, as it is on many postcards produced just after the turn of the century. The artists full name and biography are unknown.

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Old Wyoming

April 2, 2010
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This humorous “Wyoming Vacation” postcard was first published by Curt Teich Co. in 1948.

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You Gotta Make Calls

April 2, 2010
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This card, postmarked in 1953, contains a little humor directed towards salesmen.

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Arthur Burdett Frost

February 26, 2010
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A great pen and ink “Moonshiner and his Dog” cartoon by Arthur Burdett Frost. (1851-1928) Skilled at cartooning, lithography and painting, Frost studied under Thomas Eakins and William Merritt Chase at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. This cartoon dates from 1921.

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Swing It, Brother, Swing It

February 25, 2010
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A marvelous, if delusional, 1940′s look at indian relations. This postcard, printed by Curt Teich, has this description on the back: Equal to Maine, N. Y. and Penna. in area, the 1890 population of the 95 counties of West Texas multiplied ten times to 981,351 by 1930 and 1, 019,525 by 1940 – America’s last [...]

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Blimp Sighting

February 24, 2010
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Zillions (number is approximate) of comic postcards were produced in the 1940s and ’50s, few of which follow today’s guidelines for political correctness. Of course that doesn’t preclude a laugh or two. Published by MWM (Midwest Map Co.), the postcard was mailed in 1943. The illustrator signed this one, but their identity is unknown to [...]

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Where Ever I Roam

January 29, 2010
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A bit of Navy/World War II humor. This postcard is unmailed and has no indication of the publisher or printer, but it almost certainly dates from the early 1940s. It’s definitely pre-1952, as the back says: “Place One Cent Stamp Here”. (the cost of mailing a postcard leaped to 2¢ in ’52) The cartoon was [...]

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