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keskiviikko 13. toukokuuta 2020

Women


Lovely ladies pretty hats
Women sitting on steps.
 1896-1920. Alfred Newton & Son
English Heritage Archive

Sent by Ruth in  Huddersfield, UK
 on 11 Mar, 2014
travel time 10 days
distance travelled 1,717 km
21 Mar, 2014 received on


Afternoon :)
Lovely ladies with pretty hats

Sent by Renate in  Übach-Palenberg, Germany
on 1 Oct, 2014
travel time 12 days
distance travelled 1,602 km
13 Oct, 2014 received on


Marilyn Monroe ( American actress 1926- 1962) 1952. Hollywood, Photo Philippe Halsman.
Marilyn Monroe
( American actress 1926- 1962) 1952. 
 Photo Philippe Halsman.

Facebook swap
Sent by Imane in Turku, Finland

Audrey Hepburn
( British actress  1929 –  1993) 

Sent byAnna in Prague, Czech Republic
on 21 Sep, 2018
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,457 km


Bette Davis
(American actress 1908 – 1989)

Sent by Filipe, Lisbon, Portugal
on 20 Sep, 2018
travel time 11 days
distance travelled 3,383 km


From my family album

tiistai 26. helmikuuta 2019

sooner or later everything will be ok...

 BE-260862
"sooner or later everything will be ok "
travel time 12 days
distance travelled 1,665 km
sent by Nancy in Brussels


BE-424445
Sir John Herschel. Photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron, 1867
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,692 km
sent by Ninive in Gent

Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 Calcutta – 1879 Kalutara, Ceylon) was a British photographer. She became known for her portraits of celebrities of the time.



keskiviikko 8. marraskuuta 2017

Coffee break


 Henri Meunier Belgian (1873-1922)  Rajah Coffee, 1900

Henri Meunier was a Belgian Art Nouveau lithographer, etcher, illustrator, bookbinder and poster designer of the Belle Époque.
My art collection. 

Ladies on a coffee break, writing letters and talking on a telephone.

 Travel time 20 days
Distance travelled 14,789 km
 Received 31 May, 2017 

 Sent by Rosie, Australia

Photobaristas / Espresso Bar, 2010

Travel time 119 days
Distance travelled 1,582 km
Received 8 Nov, 2017

Sent by Raymonda, Netherlands. 
This is her second card, the first one didn't arrive.

Dreaming girl
minorpostcards. Finland

travel time 4 days
distance travelled 169 km
 Received 3 Oct, 2014

Sent by Mari, Finland



keskiviikko 25. lokakuuta 2017

Work

 Cobbler at the turn of the century, Philippines
From Pin, Philippines


Fisherman at the turn of the century, Philippines
From Jomanne, Philippines


Trader
Rarity postcard from series "Greetings from Moscow", "Russian types" , "Types of Russia", issued by Moscow publishing houses in 1900-1910, have been reprinted. From the collection of Moscow City Museum. 
From Natalia, Russia

sunnuntai 4. syyskuuta 2016

Real Photo Postcards


This old postcard was sent by Olga from Latvia. She chose this card for me as I like old photos and postcards.  This family lived somewhere in Latvian countryside and the photo was taken in  their garden in the 1930s.

Distance: 619 km
Travel time: 4 days


Old photo from the city of Rudolfov in  Czech Republic comes from Mirka in Březnice. A group of people standing in front of  an inn -  Hostinec u Listonoše
( Postman's Inn ? )

Rudolfov  is a small town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic, located next to the city of České Budějovice. It has around 2,400 inhabitants.

Distance: 1,539 km
Travel time: 5 days

This is my entry to Maria's  "Postcards for The Weekend" at "Connections to the World-blog" and the theme for this week is Monochrome