My Kinda Krampus

Cramps Post Card

Postmarked May 19th, 1981. Mark Cheney was a professional punk rock photographer from the Delaware Valley, who produced these original postcards. Also a good guy who kept in touch. The reverse says, "....so the cat says to the sailor 'that's alot to swallow'" -Mark

A splendid photograph of Lux & Ivy.

Naughty Military Illustrated Postcards

Anyone know any back story on these?

It's That Time of Year Again......

It's the most wonderful time of the year, when visions of sugarplums dance in our heads .......actually I have NO idea what this postcard is supposed to depict but it sure looks festive. I always love getting mail from Postcarten vom Franz....

Walrus Trophy

Found at Bad Postcards

Chrome is good

Vintage Chrome Postcards is very good.

Vintage Chrome Postcards of Dale & Roy is the very Best.

Harrah's Casino

Vintage Naples postcards

From an old accordion booklet of various italian cities Pignouf of Vintage Poster has chosen to share Naples. He thinks they are from the 1940s.

"Hey sailor!"

celebrità

Claudia Cardinale & Charlton Heston

A great set at flickr of celebrites from back in the days:

Josephine Baker, Laurence Olivier & Merle Oberon (still from 'Wuthering Heights'), Gina Lollobrigida, Britt Ekland (eh ...), Rita Conde (O'la la!) and Yul Brynner (or is it Vladimir Putin?). (via Senses Working Overtime)

Drink Girls - back when service meant something

" ... a postcard series showing waitresses serving tropical drinks from vintage tiki bars and restaurants back when service meant something."

Tiki Restaurants - Vintage Drink Girls at the Tiki Central Forums (via Eye of the Goof)

Is Jayne Mansfield really dead?

Via Flick'r pool Weird postcards
You're invited to upload your own crazy odd postcards!

CRAZY FISH POSTCARDS

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These postcards have been printed in the 1950's, in my hometown Toulouse (France). From time to time i bought some in a thrift shop (un bazar) near my apartment, they have tons of them. You can find more kitschissime postcards scans from the 60s and 70s on my Flick'r "nostalgia" set.

I'm starting to miss Summer

Saucey French Postcards

Anyone care to translate these?

Old Handbills

7th Annual North Beach Photographic Art Fair May 28-30, 1977
Artist: Gilbert V. Johnson
(Found in 'Artist Show Cards')


Left: The Electric Flag - Mad River / The Fugs / 13th Floor Elevator, February 2-4, 1968, Avalon Ballroom San Francisco (Found in 'Family Dog postcards and concert cards')
Right: Miss Kitty The Psycho Souls, April 30, 1981 at Nightbreak, San Francisco (Found in 'Nightbreak concert handbills')

"... specialize in collectible handbills, stickers, and other small paper items ..."
Old Handbills (via biggest part of my life is me)

Greetings From Phoenix

"The Most Modern Building in the Southwest, Adams at First "


"Looking North on Mill Ave, Tempe Arizona"

"... The cards this collection are souvenirs of a Phoenix from almost 60 years ago. You can just barely make out Hayden Mill in the postcard below depicting downtown postwar Tempe. It’s the white smudge clear at the end of the right side of the street. Followers of more recent history will find the view of the Central Avenue post office more interesting. It was at this location that longtime Phoenix celebrity Cris Kirkwood beat up a security guard, gaining in the process a prison sentence and bullet in his back."
Derrick, King of Bostworld, has a nice and colorful batch of old postcards from his hometown Phoenix up on his site.

Thinking of You

"Dearest Mother,
I was passing by the Asylum for Insane Indians, and naturally my thoughts drifted to you."

"You asked me to send a note to Grandma, so I thought a cute animal postcard would bring a little sunshine into her day."

"Next, I'm traveling south for a little sun, fun and vivisection in the Florida Keys at Johnny Brantner's world famous Feshin' Hole in Marathon. Ta ta for now, love to all,

Ange"



You can share your own collection of hideous postcards at Live Journal's Ugly Postcards group.

Postcards Show the Year 2000 (circa 1900)

'The Moving Pavement'
Why has this not been fully realized yet? It's 2007 and I still have to walk to the bus. It's an outrage!

"... an amazing collection of postcards from the dawn of the twentieth century that depict what life would be like in the year 2000 ..."

Postcards Show the Year 2000 (circa 1900) over at Paleo-Future. (via Couldal Partners)

Having A Wonderful Time

Most postcards depict Chamber of Commerce-approved sights designed to entice potential travelers to exotic locales. Postkarten vom Franz provides fair warning of parts of the globe you may want to avoid. When Franz sends greetings, they’re from what appears to be a Turkish camel autopsy. Or a holiday panorama from a Dutch strip mall, where the sinister Sint Nicolaas and his leering henchman can only make Christmas nightmares come true.

Anyone up for a road trip?