Finland

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Ponds Creams

This reproduction advertisement card for Ponds Creams is from the "Fifties Allure Series (A)".  It is from an original in the Robert Opie Collection at the Museum of Advertisement & Packaging.  

I love vintage advertisements like this.  Oddly the containers of the cremes are very tiny compared to the bathing beauty which takes up the rest of the card's image.

Germany

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A card advertising a German lottery.

I believe it roughly translates to "May luck be with you."

Lost Postcard: To Ukraine

Lost Postcard: US-3115898

Card Mailed on or about: 2 December, 2014

Days Since Sent:  69 days

Sent to: Kiev, Ukraine

Postcrossing User Sent to: zhovkivchanka

This beautiful postcard is of one of my favorite paintings from an Art Institute of Chicago exhibit called Impressionism, Fashion, and Modernity back in 2013.  The card is of a painting by French artist James Tissot (1836-1902) and is called July: specimen of a Portrait, c. 1878.  This dress was featured in not one but two of the artists works on display at the exhibit.  The original painting is located at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio.

The Postcrossing user, Anna,  is still active, so hopefully this card is just taking its time getting to Kiev.  Of course, over the past year since the upheaval of the Euromaidan protests and then the issues in Crimea and the rest of the eastern part of Ukraine, it seems that mail service getting to and from Ukraine has been a bit of an issue (quite understandably considering the situation!)  I have high hopes that this card will arrive eventually.

This postcard is missing.  Please check your mailbox.

United Kingdom

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The Castle, Whitstable, Kent

Turkey

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Izmir, Turkey

This card was sent by a 18 year old Turkish girl.  On the card she mentions studying international relations and political science and mentions how nice of a country Turkey is.  

According to Wikipedia, Izmir is the third largest city in Turkey (after Istanbul and the capital Ankara).  The city was known by the name Smyrna until 1930.  

Bulgaria

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Sofia, Bulgaria

This card shows the Zhitni Bazar, or Wheat Market.  It is located at what is now the intersection of Iskar and Veslets streets.  The painting a 19th century water color by Josef Oberbauer and is housed in the Sofia History Museum in Bulgaria. 

Netherlands

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This card of a wet topless women with a sweatshirt covering her bottom torso is a card that I loved with I received it.  I have no idea what it is for or why someone thought to take a photo in this pose nor why to make a card of it.  It is just beautiful though.

USA - New York

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A map of New York State

This card is the longest domestic card I've received thus far.   The card was postmarked on July 24, 2014, but had been mailed around May 16, 2014 and arrived 73 days later on July 28, 2014.  

The card traveled 700 miles to get to me from New York City.  If it had been mailed on May 16th, it would have taken 9.59 miles per day to get to me.   

Lost Postcards: to Russia

Lost Postcard: US-3094564

Card Mailed on or about: 19 November, 2014

Days Since Sent: 76  days

Sent to: Moscow, Russian Federation

Postcrossing User Sent to: SistersM

This card is of the painting Spirit of the Night by British artist John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893).  It was mailed in November and still has yet to arrive at its destination.  The card was sent to a pair of young sisters who mentioned a love of fairies in what kinds of cards they enjoyed receiving.  At last check they hadn't checked their account in a month, so it is possible that the card may still arrive.  Hopefully the card will still arrive.  

This postcard is missing.  Please check your mailbox.

Belgium

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American Line: Southampton-Cherbourg-New York

This card, mailed from Belgium is of a picture at a museum in in Antwerp.  

I love older travel advertisement photos and cards like this!