It's the part of the term where I go MIA, but I couldn't possibly let a holiday pass without a jaunt to the postcard collection of the New York Public Library! Especially when so many of this holiday's are, quite frankly, bizarre.
Happy Easter!
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Postmarked 1909. Source
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Unwritten. Source
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Postmarked 1909. Source
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Postmarked 191-[last digit cut off]. Source
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"Dear Clara, another card for that album. this is a fine day hope it will be a nice easter. from Nettie. I got your letter will come some time come out when you can." 1910. Source
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Unwritten. Source
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1911. Source
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1911. Source
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I love how the writer has "identified" some of the creepy egg-head people. 1906. Source
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Postmarked 1908. Source
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I love how little sense this makes. Postmarked 1910. Source
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Chicks watching TV in an Easter egg. Postmarked 1911. Source
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Unwritten (though the back is printed upside-down). Source
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1909. Source
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Unwritten. Source
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Written ("best wishes") but no date or postmark. Source
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Postmarked 1909. Source
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The traditional Easter invasion of a rooster-mounted rabbit army. Undated. Source
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Postmarked 1924. Source
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Postmarked April 14 or 1914, with a cute easter-egg shaped postmark. Source
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"Are you playing baseball now? Look at this fun audience. Cousin Elsie." Source
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No date, but the mystery of what happened to the middle letters of "greetings." Source
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Postmarked 1909. Source
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A Polish Easter, complete with traditional kayak. Source
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Postmarked 1912. The "happy easter" and address have been crossed out in black crayon for some reason. Source
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The best part is the misspelling of "gladness" ("gladnees"). 1909. Source
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...why the brick wall in the Easter egg? Postmarked 1910. Source
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Embroidered and beribboned. No date (but a near-illegible address). Source
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Vroolyk paaschfeest. (Dutch) Source
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The three chicks from Macbeth. 1906. Source
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Unwritten. Source
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"Dear Anna, Turn the wheel slowly and see the changes. Aunt Irene joins in sending best wishes. Uncle [something -ton]." That's right, part of the egg turns and gives you crazy (for ca. 1909) effects. I want one. Source
