AY168

No title for this photograph but it's a stock photograph from Hulton Getty archives.

Thanks to Liz via PostcardUnited for this nice postcard of People for my collection

and the pretty stamps!

Sent: 12 Oct   Received: 22 Oct 2015   Travelled: 10 days

Louis Coulon

Louis Coulon and his beard of elevent feet, France , 1904

Photograph by Bonnot

Hahah,such a great card of a black cat inside a beard from Anaik.

Thanks so much!

Sent: 9 Sept 2015   Received: 7 Oct 2015   Travelled: 28 days

Paris 1937

The Competition doesn't prevent the friendship

Photographer: Emeric Feher, Paris , 1937 

A beautiful vintage reprint by www.desastre.com

Thanks to Andy of France via Postcrossing for this lovely card and

the Goat stamps that fits this year's Year of the Goat/Sheep/Ram.

Sent: 22 June 2015   Received: 6 July 2015    Travelled: 14 days

Tobacco ironing

Tobacco "ironing" at family Manevci in Prilep

Martina sent a huge surprise envelope filled with goodies and in it was this 

vintage photo reprint. I love getting old black white photo cards. They are like a blast from
the past. It makes me curious about the story in this card, is this the end of a good day's work?
If I remember correctly, this tobacco plant is no longer in operation but the
building still stands. Thank you so much Martina for this piece of history.
Received: 21 May 2015

Tuscan cigars

Thanks to Elisabetta who found the great stamps and beautiful vintage reprint of Cigar Ladies 

from Florence.

Sent: 17 April 2015   Received: 6 May 2015   Travelled: 19 days

Retro card

Thanks to Tomas of Czech Republic for this Black and white postcard

Sent: 2 February 2015   Received: 18 February 2015   Travelled: 16 days

Naxi classical music

Nakhi native music is thousands of years old, and is presently being energetically kept alive by He Wen Guang, who writes and performs Nakhi music in both traditional and modern styles. Another form of music, labelled Nakhi ancient music by its supporters, is about 500 years old and came from Nanjing traders who were encouraged by various emperors to trade with, live in and inter-marry with the Western tribes as a way of improving controls over the unruly western regions abutting Han China. Along with the Han music are included literary lyrics, poetic topics, and musical styles which are understood to derive from themes prevalent in the Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties. This music was played as a living tradition by the Nakhi long after it was all but lost in the rest of Han China. There are three main styles, relating to the location of the music playing groups: Baisha, Dongjing, and Huangjing, all using traditional Chinese instruments.

Thank you Wency for this absolutely beautiful card sent for my birthday! 

Love the fact that the classical music is still actively played by this ethnic 

group. Interesting stamps on here: Regional English stamp,

British, Welsh, and Chinese stamp (45th Anniversary of the 

Establishment of Diplomatic Relations between Cambodia and China 2003)

Sent: 28 October 2014   Received: 11 November 2014   Travelled: 14 days

About continuity

A beautiful card from a beautiful friend from Romania!

Thanks to Simona for this great card showing an old lady with her

spinning wheel and her grand daughter. This photo captioned "About continuity"

speaks very true on the current problem of traditional crafts being forgotten. 

Also, you may not be able to see it on this picture, but the postman curled and

damaged the postcard, causing a huge crease on the picture :( I had to stick a huge 

note on my postbox, "Please do not fold or curl postcards" seriously why would anyone curl a postcard to fit into a postbox!?!?!? this reminds me of my English teacher who once said, 

"Common sense is not very common"

Sent: ??   Received: 13 January 2015

Cheyenne girl

Excerpt: A shy little Cheyenne maid

This studio portrait shows a young Cheyenne girl posing with a

doll. Her braids are ornamented with danglers. The little is

wearing a fine dress,elaborately decorated with many rows of

bone hairpipes. Note the dress of the doll, similarly decorated.

Photographe by L. A. Huffman.

Thank you to Chrissy32 from swap-bot for this postcard from the

Writing Prompt R16 swap.

Thanks for the amazing card!

Received: 28 June 2014

Baguette trip

 

France, Provence. 1955

 

Another black and white card in my mailbox today, showing

a man and his little boy out to get fresh baguettes. In my city

we have bakeries that make baguettes too but nothing like the

real deal, ours is hard enough too knock out a person and also

dense enough to make you fall asleep.

Thank you Caroline for this great card :)

Received: 4 June 2014

Foster Tusler on Hog

This large g was not deterred from eating even while straddled

by frontier toddler Foster Tusler. The Henry T. Tusler family and

this photographer lived on adjoining ranches in eastern Montana,

and were former partners in a polo pony enterprise.

Photographed in 1902 by Evelyn J. Cameron

I always love it when I get an unexpected card for a theme I collect

of "people riding animals" or "black and white" images from the past.

Thanks to Tilly (postcrossing.com) for this vintage card

Sent: 29 March 2014   Received: 11 April 2014   Travelled: 13 days

Return to the village

Capu Câmpului ©Marius Vasiliu  Oct 30th,2008

Another great card sent by Marius who took this picture :)

It feels as though I stepped into a wooded area and chance upon

this family on their way home, perhaps I can hitch a ride with them!

Thank you Marius for all the amazing cards ^_^

Sent: 10 March 2014   Received: 9 April 2014   Travelled: 30 days

Bucovina, Romania

Thank you Simona for this lovely black and white card!

Sent: 21 January 2014,    Received: 24 February 2014,   Travelled: 34 days

Priest

Thank you William for this black and white card! (postcrossing)

 

Sent: 14 January 2014
Received: 27 January 2014
Travelled: 13 days

Unusual postcard

I was curious about the unusual card Rob offered in the forum, after all people can describe one thing very differently. I like his sense of unusual because this is pretty funny! Pretty apt to coincide with the year of the horse. Merci beaucoup Rob!

Sent: 4 January 2014   Received: 22 January 2014   Travelled: 18 days 

Vintage wedding photo

 

 

Wedding group - bride with girls, 1938

Horodenka District, Ivano 0 Frankivs'l Province

Postcrossing postcard from Elena in Russia

Thank you!

 Sent: 19 December 2013,Arrived: 9 January 2013,Travelled: 21 days

Monks from Fujian

 Amoi, Fujian Province

A beautiful card of Chinese monks from China, thank you Rita!

Special postmark too 11.12.2013

Sent: 11 December 2013,   Arrived: 31 December 2013,   Travelled: 21 days

Bucovina, Romania

Marius Vasiliu

Bukovina is a historical region in Central Europe, currently divided between Ukraine and Romania, located on the northern slopes of the central Eastern Carpathians and the adjoining plains.

Historically part of Moldavia, the territory of what became known as Bukovina was, from 1775 to 1918, an administrative division of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary. After World War I, Romania established control over Bukovina. In 1940, as a result of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, the northern half of Bukovina was annexed by the Soviet Union.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucovina

Thank you Marius for is beautiful postcard of your region! (postcard from photographer!)

Sent: 25 November 2013

Received: 18 December 2013

Travelled: 23 days

Belle Epoque

The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque(French for "Beautiful Era") was a period in French and Belgian history that is conventionally dated as starting in 1871 and ending when World War I began in 1914. Occurring during the era of the Third French Republic (beginning 1870), it was a period characterized by optimism, peace at home and in Europe, new technology and scientific discoveries. The peace and prosperity in Paris allowed the arts to flourish, and many masterpieces of literature, music, theater, and visual art gained recognition. The Belle Époque was named, in retrospect, when it began to be considered a "golden age" in contrast to the horrors of World War I.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

thank you Irma for this lovely card of the ladies,

I really enjoy black white images from this era as it shows

a different life and a peek into the past.

Sing me a song!

Old Javanese man and his bird

I love this postcard! Showing a past time of an old Javanese man

What's not to love in this? As you might have known by now I like

views of the past, as it shows a slice of that moment which one can't

recreate now as we don't live in bamboo houses or keep birds in

wooden cages. Nor do old Javanese wrap their heads in the traditional style.

Thank you Dedah Iin for this great card!

Sent: 6 November 2013   Received: 28 November 2013   Travelled: 22 days