More pumpkins from the Chicago Botanic Garden. This theme was Vintage Halloween. Alas, my camera’s batteries died and I couldn’t get more photos.
Vintage Halloween
Tag Archives: vintage
Sepia Saturday
This week’s prompt sent me searching for people, particularly young people, playing stringed instruments. Here’s what I found.
State Library of Queensland, 1905
The exposure of this photo of a boy playing the violin gives it an ethereal feeling.
State Library of NSW, circa 1910
Henry Morton Nazareto Orchestra
National Archives U.K. 1948
In the Cayman Islands
LOC, 1930
Harpist at the Turkish Embassy
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Sepia Saturday
This week’s challenge inspired me to find images of old cars. Here’s what I found on Flickr Commons.
Source SDASM Archives, 1920s
SDASM Archives
Source: Fotoarkivet, n.d., a chocolate factory car
I was going to share some videos from Jerry Seinfeld’s “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” but now their only available on Netflix. It’s a shame. That show planted a bee in my bonnet to buy a vintage car.
Best Wishes for 2019
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Sepia Saturday
Last week my Sepia Saturday post focused on Christmas greetings and this week I’ll do one for the New Year. Wishing you a year of health, joy and prosperity in 2019!
Happy Thanksgiving
Wishing you a terrific Thanksgiving!
Happy Valentine’s Day
Sentimental, cute, funny and sometimes just odd. Here are a few vintage Valentine cards.
Best Wishes in 2018
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Sepia Saturday
This week’s prompt is an annual favorite: vintage New Year’s cards. For more Sepia Saturday posts, click here.
Sepia Saturday
This week’s prompt is an annual favorite: vintage Christmas. I celebrate with vintage greeting cards from Flickr Commons.
Nova Scotia Archives, n.d.
Nova Scotia Archives (n.d.)
WWI card
National Library of Norway, 1897
Rather disturbing, don’t you think? This is not the spirit of the season. Scrooge’s card?
1920’s Christmas
