Thursday, August 21, 2014

Fans & Flowers Greetings




Fans, often combined with flowers, were common motifs on early twentieth century greeting postcards. A fan shape could serve as background, frame, or both.




I even have two postcards in my "cat collection" that include fans.


 
 

Fans are most common on everyday and birthday greetings, but they are also found on holiday postcards.




Next, and last, is a novelty postcard made up of a variety of materials and add-ons.
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18 comments:

  1. SherriAugust 21, 2014 at 3:22:00 PM CDT

    I am always amazed at the variety of postcards you portray each week. They are always so beautiful.

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  2. Barbara RogersAugust 21, 2014 at 4:01:00 PM CDT

    You were definitely able to follow the topic this week! Great collection of fan postcards!

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  3. WendyAugust 22, 2014 at 7:39:00 AM CDT

    I couldn't wait for you to post -- I just knew you'd have some beautiful cards to show us. The last one looks quilted - I can almost feel it.

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  4. KristinAugust 22, 2014 at 2:36:00 PM CDT

    I like the one at the end best. "Hearty Greetings" seems rather strange written on a card with a lovely fan.

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  5. La NightingailAugust 22, 2014 at 5:56:00 PM CDT

    All the postcard fans are lovely, but my favorite is the two kitties on the stationary fan surrounded by all those little blue flowers. So cute.

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  6. SharonAugust 23, 2014 at 8:21:00 AM CDT

    I am with Sherri. Just wondering how you sort them so that you can find them easily?

    The Christmas card is my favourite.

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  7. ScotSueAugust 23, 2014 at 1:52:00 PM CDT

    Such beautiful illustrations!.

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  8. AnonymousAugust 23, 2014 at 6:32:00 PM CDT

    The pictures on so many postcards were so beautifully sentimental. Certainly a lot of work must have gone into illustrating them in the first place.

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  9. Mike BrubakerAugust 23, 2014 at 7:53:00 PM CDT

    Excellent choices. Do we have a contemporary equivalent for a lady's fan? Hand bags? Sun glasses? Cell phones? Nothing I can think of that would merit a postcard.

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    1. PostcardyAugust 23, 2014 at 8:27:00 PM CDT

      It would be hard to find a contemporary greeting postcard on any subject now.

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  10. BoobookAugust 24, 2014 at 12:34:00 AM CDT

    The art work is detailed and pretty. Fans must have been popular or they wouldn't have been included.

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  11. Alan BurnettAugust 24, 2014 at 11:00:00 AM CDT

    Yes, it is a good theme for card collectors isn't it, although the postcard collector in my family - Great Uncle Fowler - didn't seem to go for fans. Lovely cards, what a marvelous collection you have.

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  12. Kerryn TaylorAugust 24, 2014 at 8:51:00 PM CDT

    such beautiful cards!

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  13. AnonymousAugust 24, 2014 at 9:52:00 PM CDT

    It's all been said and I agree, very beautiful.

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  14. Little NellAugust 25, 2014 at 6:00:00 AM CDT

    The card with add-ons is my favourite.

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  15. Tattered and LostAugust 25, 2014 at 3:42:00 PM CDT

    What lovely cards. You've got me wondering if I have any vintage postcards with fans on them. I think the Christmas cats are my favorite.

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  16. Cassmob (Pauleen)August 28, 2014 at 2:51:00 AM CDT

    Love this angle on the theme. I'm curious now whether there are any fans in my own card collection. They are so beautiful.

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