What A Laugh!

Zum Totlachen!

"What A Laugh!"

artist signed Wally Fialkowski, Germany, circa 1920s

AMV, no. 1198

Radio worth listening to for this youngster in the early days of wireless radio in the 1920s.  What on your MP3 player today makes you laugh as heartily?

Light Houses, Lighthouses!

Light Houses, Lighthouses, who likes them?! Some recent acquisitions:

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ANZAC Day, 2011 - Postcards

 

ANZAC - Australia New Zealand Army Corps, formed World War I. 

ANZAC Day - In remembrance of all those who fell and all those who served...

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By the late 19th century, pakeha New Zealanders saw themselves as establishing a "Better Britain" in the South Pacific, people of British stock who saw themselves as building something better than back "Home" but who were but a generation or two at most away from "Home". It's no surprise then that in the patriotic war imagery above the English Bulldog, the symbol of the Britain, has become the War Dog of New Zealand standing astride the New Zealand ensign overlapping the Union Jack of Britain. Maori taonga have been appropriated in the form of the full face moko, tiki, and huia feathers of the Maori chief.

 

To my grandfather and brothers who served in the "war to end all wars" - or so they were told, and to their sons and son-in-laws - to my father and uncles, who served in the next one: we have not forgotten. May we never have to send our sons and daughters to another one.

Radio Operators World War II Scott Field Airforce Base Postcard

This is for all you radio operators out there:

 

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Scott Field, now Scott AFB, is located in Shiloh Township, Illinois, 25 miles east of St Louis, MO.

During World War II Scott Field's main mission was to train radio operator-mechanics. By June 1945, Scott Field had trained 77,370 technicians who went on to be responsible for vital command and control communication throughout the Air Force.

The Greater Chicago Postcard Show - November 5-6 2010

The Greater Chicago Postcard and Paper Show is scheduled for Friday Nov 5 - Sat Nov 6 on Chicago's south side. This show is well-attended by dealers and provides a wide range of offerings for the postcard collector. I always find a treasure or two - or three - for my collection there. Having become a regular attendee in recent years, dealers often have something they've put aside or added to their boxes they think I might be interested in.

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Windy City Postcard Show - Chicago October 23rd 2010

For those living in the Chicagoland area who find themselves at a loose end this weekend, the Windy City Postcard Show is a perfect opportunity to have some fun pursuing your postcarding passion and adding to your collection.

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Milwaukee Postcard Show - A Report

I attended the Milwaukee Postcard Club show over the weekend (Sunday, October 17). This show is always well-supported by dealers and all the space available was taken. It's much more pleasant to spend a couple of hours face-to-face with people chatting about postcarding and their latest finds, much better than emailing or looking at web sites. Reflecting the continuing weak economic conditions there were plenty of bargains to be obtained, it's  nice to find a pleasant surprise or two in the dollar boxes after patiently searching away for awhile. Attendance was fairly strong until about noon when numbers suddenly dropped off and I was out the door myself by about 1:30 pm with another stack of cards for the collection.