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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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
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Thanks Edvard. I've just got hold of a book called 'Brutal Bloc: Soviet era postcards from the eastern bloc' which has many good examples of propaganda postcards, with an emphasis on architecture. Regards, Val
RUSSIAN BORING POSTCARD FROM EDVARD EGOROV.
The building bears the red letters "Вперед к коммунизму "
as a slogan calling for the fight for communism
"Forward to Communism!" It is therefore partly a postcard
with propaganda significance.
FROM GWENDOLYN HOLBROW -- lA FONTAINE HOTEL, GRAND CAYMAN, BRITISH WEST INDIES
Gwendolyn was kind enough to 'decode' the tiny writing on the back of the Postcard. It reads:
"Dear Barby, Have stamps and coins for you. No teenagers here! You would love shopping in Lincoln Mall in Miami. So many shops and so much nice stuff that it would take 2 days to see it all. The ocean swimming is wonderful. The ocean and sky would be beautiful to paint. I got 3 Viewmasters to (??) it. You can find big (huge?) conch shells here, but they smell so bad for several days! The coral is beautiful but deadly and sea sponges are abundant. Our beach is all sandy. You would really like the jet flight. See you soon: Love Dad and Mum (December 16, 1971)
Thanks Gwendolyn!
RUSSIAN BORING POSTCARD FROM EDVARD EGOROV
I don't know where this is from cos I don't understand Russian.
I've recently become aware that Russia and the former Iron Curtain countries used postcards as a propaganda tool. This postcard is one of them --a clean building; lots of greenery; 2 vehicles in good condition; and not a single person in sight.
TWO BLUE ONES FROM KATERINA
1. Avila Beach California
"Year-round seacoast playground, yacht harbour, ideal sailing and water skiing, deep sea and pier fishing. California's Safest Beach"
You can't see much, if any of the beach! None of the boats have any people on them. No wonder it's safe;
2.Nikiti, Halkidiki, Greece
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