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BORING POSTCARDS

This Group celebtrates Boring, ordinary, dull, commercial Postcards that feature aspects of our everyday life – such as streets, roads, houses -- and are, in a strange way, interesting because they are so uninteresting. Join in and share your Postcards of our Boring world.

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INTERESTING POSTCARDS!! 41 Replies

From time to time we have outbreaks of whether a Postcard is Boring, or not.“Yes it is”. “No it isn''t.”“All Postcards are Boring.” “All Postcards are interesting”.And so on, and so forth.So, LET'S TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENTAnnouncingINTERESTING…Continue

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Francis Lammé Aug 17, 2022.

DULL AND/OR BORING? 15 Replies

DULL OR BORING?I am a member of the British-based Dull Men's Club (DMC) – which also includes women, and, indeed, claims to…Continue

Started by Valentine Mark Herman. Last reply by Gerald Jatzek Nov 27, 2021.

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Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 16, 2021 at 7:39pm

MORE FROM MIM

1. Pilgrim V. Tour Boat on the St Lawrence River

" Pilgrim V, the largest and newest tourist boat on the St Lawrence River, today, arriving at St James St Dock, next to Public Dock, Alexandra Bay, New York, Thousand Islands."

(Obviouslmy before they had GPS locations)

2.The Natural Stone Steps

"The Stone Steps, some natural and some carved, are located at the foot of High St and afford one easy access to the Catholic Church, Harper House and Jefferson Rock."

Thoughts:

i) if some of these steps are carved, how can they be 'natural'?

ii) in which city canthe steps be found ?

iii) does Jefferson Roll also?

3. Memorial Unit, Grace New Haven Community Hospital, Conn

You don't often see Postcards -- Boring or otherwise -- of Hospitals. I wonder why?

4. Snapper Inn, Long Island, NY

"On the Connetquat River, Oakdale, Long island, NY. One Mile South of Route 27A. Docking Facilities -- Open All Year, established 1929. George remmer, prop. Closed Mondays."

How can it be 'Open All Year' (with Capitals) and be closed on Mondays, George?

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 16, 2021 at 9:08am

Next postcards form "Berlin-West", produced about 1983/1984.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 13, 2021 at 2:03pm

It was a phenomenal experience to look from the metal platform at the Brandenburg Gate, above the Berlin Wall, at the eastern part of Berlin, the Communist part. I, as a person from a country in the Communist bloc, was able to look at the Communist regime from the western side of the wall. Is this not a postmodern experience. And then I returned to the abyss of communist Poland. That's why I brought a postcard with a view of East Berlin.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 13, 2021 at 1:54pm

Well, yes, back to the subject.


When I was a child, in 1983/1984, I had the opportunity to go to West Berlin for a while - there was a political creation during the Cold War between East and West - which was a very intense experience for me.


As a child from behind the "Iron Curtain" I found myself in the world of Station Berlin ZOO. A colourful world, full of intense experiences.

Coming back to the reality of real communism in Poland at that time was for me a transgression between two worlds: the unreal one in West Berlin, and the grey, real and oppressive one in communist Poland.
The colourful postcards remain a memento of that time.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 10, 2021 at 11:18am

FOUR MORE FROM MIM -- merci Mme Mim!

1. Interior of lee Chapel, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

"This Chapel was built by Gen Robert E. Lee in 1867. Behind the platform, and visible from the body of the Chapel, is Valentine's* well known recumbent statue of Lee. Below this is the crypt containing the remains of Robert E. lee and other members of the family."

*?ot this Valentine, I can assure you.

2.Hyatt Regency Acapulco

"'750 Rooms and Suites. And the gentlest and prettiest section of beach in all of Acapulco Bay"

3. Home for the Aged, Salisbury, Maryland

4.  Sheraton Desert Inn, Palm Springs, CA "A Complete Desert Resort Hotel on the Palm Springs Golf Course where you will enjoy a vacation you'll never forget. luxury, Relaxation, Romance...at a Beatuful Desert Oasis."

(With Lots of CAPITAL Letters, Too)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 10, 2021 at 11:05am

"NOT REALLY BORING -- BUT REALLY OLD! MESSAGE ON FRONT, ADDRESS ON REVERSE", SAYS MIM ABOUT THIS POSTCARD OF THE CITY HALL,BALTIMORE, MD, SENT ON AUGUST 13, 1906

The message on the front reads, I think, "Look out for a Souvenier Streak (?) on the way. Going to Willsmnd (?) next."" It was sent to Mr & mrs Hodgkinson, in Buncy, Mass, where it arrived on 14 August, 1906

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 10, 2021 at 9:56am

A few more postcards from the 1930s, from my collection , kept in the sentimentalist vein. One has to wonder whether they can be included in the category Boring Postcards?

But in the past it happened that these were the leading subjects - having nothing to do with the correspondence on the back - neutral as far as the content of the correspondence is concerned, but being an excuse to send a postcard to a family member or a friend. The same happened later with anonymous views of towns, buildings, hotel interiors, etc.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 9, 2021 at 10:06am

Continuing the thread related to postcards from the 1930s, there was also a whole trend related to sentimentalism, and reproductions of works by various painters were distributed, in Poland such as T. Okoń or Fr. Żmurko.

For example, postcards sent to my great-grandfather in 1930 and to a family member.

Comment by Bradford on September 6, 2021 at 9:49pm

There's a good chance that the car, a '58 Olds (we had a '59 Olds), was born the same day I was so no girlfriends until I was 4-5 and started nursery school.

One of my many collections is paint chip charts.  The dealer brochures are a decent-sized market, chip charts mostly by restorers/owners, but the information is easy to find.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 6, 2021 at 12:05pm

Dear Bradford, How on earth do you know what a paint code for a 60 year old car is? Val, who wonders if your lady-at-tat-time was called 'Heather'

Dear Raphael, Thanks this is interesting and historically significant. I haven't come across any other postcards (yet) of a similiar patriotic/nationalistic nature. Val

 

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