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- Decoration Day, or How Memorial Day Began as a Black Holiday
If we had lived a century ago, we would be celebrating Decoration Day today, instead of Memorial Day. While the patriotic sentiment of honoring the fallen remains the same, the holiday, originally celebrated to honor Union troops who perished in the Civil War, has changed in scope; we now honor a… more
Mon May 25 12:26pm EDT
- What is Madonna Thinking?
Madonna raised eyebrows last week in this outfit. Is it any wonder? She wore this garb to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute ball. (Thinking: Clearly, money and good taste are not always synonymous.) The Louis Vuitton postage stamp micro mini-dress bloomers recall swimwea… more
Sat May 16 06:57pm EDT
- Prison Officer Zaps Children with 50,000 Volt Stun Gun
We rarely take time to hand out our Dodo Award, as there are so many noteworthy contenders and so little time. But Sgt. Walter Schmidt, a prison guard at the Franklin Correctional Institute (FCI) in Carrabelle, FL, southwest of Tallahassee, has a noteworthy claim to Pajamadeen’s Dodo Award. … more
Tue May 05 05:58pm EDT
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Source: Pajamadeen.com
- Happy April Fool’s Day from France
Happy April Fool’s Day! During the “golden era” of postcard collecting, from about 1901 to 1915, the French loved to send one another postcards celebrating this improbable holiday. April Fool’s Day postcards were quite fanciful and often featured fish, traditionally associ… more
Tue Mar 31 08:25pm EDT
- Easter Bunny Mother and Child, a Fantasy Holiday Postcard
With the Easter holiday fast approaching on April 12, we just had to share this charming new arrival with you. This c. 1907 fanciful Easter holiday postcard, embossed and gilded, depicts a mother rabbit in a red dress and her child rabbit holding up a sign that reads: “Be Sure and Have a Go… more
Sun Mar 22 08:25pm EDT
- Bedford, Indiana Outsider Artist August Mack Revisited
We blogged last year about two unusual “outsider art,” or folk art, postcards from Bedford, Indiana which showed the dramatic c. 1940s work and religious visions of folk artist August Gustav Mack. His folk art display was six miles north of Bedford, on State Road 37 in Lawrence County, … more
Sun Feb 15 08:48pm EST
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Source: Vintage Postcards: Postcard Blog