A POSTCARD ALMANAC
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A POSTCARD ALMANAC
3y ago
Hello, Dolls---I've been on Instagram as chateauthierry for the past few months and have been unconscionably neglecting both of my blogs. But here's a stab at reanimation. Three photos I took in the Mission in San Francisco of street art last month.....
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A POSTCARD ALMANAC
3y ago
Page from a 19th-century tintype scrapbook. The women appear to me to be Mexican. Californians? Texans? Circa 1880 ..read more
A POSTCARD ALMANAC
3y ago
Not exactly a postcard or indeed photograph but a stunning image nonetheless---vernacular signage from Cabo Pulmo, Baja California ..read more
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3y ago
Polaroid with some nice greeny-goldy touches. I think those are big green pants she's wearing--with monster cowgirl belt. ..read more
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3y ago
His shoes, of course. The lady who appears to have almost melted into the wall. The very regal lady in black. She looks as if she could be Polynesian or African. I believe the photograph is Italian, circa 1890-1900. ..read more
A POSTCARD ALMANAC
3y ago
A hand-drawn, home-made postcard circa 1910s. (?) The lady has a winsome expression and an arm and a half. Plus Gigantism of One Leg Syndrome, aggravated by Slipped-Down Knee. ..read more
A POSTCARD ALMANAC
3y ago
He's a Water Bearer. The outfit is jaunty; the hand-coloring confident, to say the least ..read more
A POSTCARD ALMANAC
3y ago
Attached plastic eyes; the pupils move around. A luscious expression ..read more
A POSTCARD ALMANAC
3y ago
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At present in Helsinki; last week, Bern and Zurich. Saw this Hoch-derived piece of signage in Zurich, where the whole city--indeed the whole country of Switzerland---is celebrating the Dada centenary. Cabaret Voltaire now a state-of-the-art digitally enhanced "arts destination ..read more