Showing posts with label Postcard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Postcard. Show all posts

Friday, June 26, 2009

Don't Just Lie There, Woman. ... Look A Little Stupid!




Fig. 1. "Girlie" Postcard, c. 1940 (published by Asheville Post Card Co.)


'Any girl can look glamorous .... Just stand there and look stupid.'

Doris Day

Saturday, March 28, 2009

The Future We Ordered Never Arrived, Said Grandma




Fig. 1. Grand Entrance - Paris International Exposition, 1900


'The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.'

Robert Oppenheimer