USA - Washington

Ellen Clapsaddle, Postcard Circa 1910

This very festive Halloween postcard of a boy holding a jack-o-lantern with a black cat perched on his shoulder was sent to me by my friend Val from Washington state last year.  

The card is a reproduction of an original postcard made by the artist Ellen Clapsddle (January 8, 1865 - January 7, 1934).  While one of the most prolific postcard maker of her day, she was in Germany at the start of the First World War and was unable to return to the US until after the war when her business partners went searching for her.  They found her destitute, ill, and suffering from a mental breakdown due to the war.  

According to the wikipedia article linked above, her art work is still quite praised and sought after by collectors over eighty years after her death..  

Czech Republic

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Zátiší s Reprodukcí a Novinovou Fotografií

In the category of "why would someone make this art?" comes this postcard.  The card is of Czech artist Michal Cihlář (born September 16, 1960 - , Prague)'s work Still Life with Reproduction and Newspaper Photos.  He has no English wikipedia page, but his Czech-language page can be found here. 

Germany

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Wildkatzen

This beautiful card of some small wild cats came with this beautiful double-postage panoramic stamp of Dresden.

USA - Washington

Moulin d. Edam, 1896 by Paul Signac (1863-1935)

This card, sent by my friend Val, during a notable slump in receiving post cards in April 2015.  It is a beautiful example of pointillism!  

Australia

Melbourne, Australia

This card of Melbourne, Australia was sent by my friend Bec on Livejournal.  

USA - California

Albert Einstein in Berlin, December 1932

This card, sent from my friend Melissa came with the large tear at the top of the card.  On the back, Melissa, jokingly wrote, that Bigfoot tore the card!

China

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Casablanca

A poster of the classic film Casablanca.

Taiwan

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The House of Reverends in Tamsui Taiwan, build in 1909.

USA - Wasington

Museum

This card comes from my friend Chanele in Seattle.  The drawing is by French artist Robert Mallet Stevens (1886-1945) and is of "Museum": Plate 3 from  A Modern City, publisedh by Benn Brothers Ltd in London in 1922.  

If this card looks a bit familiar, a card from the same set, "Theater" was one of my expired/lost postcards that was mailed on May 14, 2014.  You can see that card's page here.

Russia

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Arhangelsk, Russia

This card of  Arhangelsk or Archangel, Russia shows the Dvina River.