Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Photo: Four Women and A Band, World War 2
To 7 Dec.
The outdoor advertising industry joins the US treasury
in urging you to buy an extra war bond
BUY.....MORE.....WAR.....BONDS
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
Postcard 42: Postmarked Jan 21st, 1946, Marion Ind. (On Collecting)
it is hard for me to do so as we don't
have many different views here. I'm
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Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Postcard 41: Unposted, Mid Twentieth Century, Lithograph by F. Townsend Morgan
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Sunday, October 21, 2007
From the Iliad
Book One
1.
all birds
............set them together
....................beside
.......the heart.
.
2.
I will not give back
.
do not make me
..
3.
smoke
.............sat down
..
and addressed them:
..
4.
his two eyes
.........you said
...................for the sake of
.
.............................truth
..
5.
enough
..
go back
and pile your heart
.....................above all
.
love
.
6.
I myself
.....am
................the heart
,
............within
......................mind and spirit
.
equally
...........for no man
.......................turned about,
.
eyes shining.
..
7.
in words
let go
your heart
..
8.
to hear all this
.
you and in my time I
..
...........once
......................again
......................in the earth
..
9.
made
given
..
............every
.....................thing
..
..........................your thoughts
.................................fight
............in words
.............................beside
.............................the water
,,
10.
a word
.............in his own heart
..
my sight
..............to be taken away
..
if ever
..............ruinous heart
...........................perish.
..
they walked back
in sorrow
;
11.
everything
....................made
..............................out
..............................of
..............................gold
..
above all
the heart
.
12.
may all
................the tears fall
..........................weeping
..
...........your life is
......................brief
......................thunder
..
13.
heaped
.............in his arms
..
their hands
......... arms
..........voice:
..
.......................you listened
,,
14.
spread
..
scattered
.
.....................his heart
......................................in
................................the tall sky
..
15.
she
speaks of
..............these things
.
he spoke
.
...................these two
...................................shining
spoke
to your heart
..
16
in the morning she
.....................and
..............................I
..
you are always full
....................my heart
...............................in silence
...................unconquerable
.........................................in silence
to bring comfort
.
17.
He spoke
..
...................the sun
beautifully
...............sweet
..........................the light
built a house
........................of
..................................gold
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Friday, October 19, 2007
Postcard 40: Unposted Real Photo Postcard, Early Twentieth Century
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
Postcard 39: Unposted, Early Twentieth Century, Hand Painted
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Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Posrtard 38: Postmark July 15th, 1945, Laurel, DEL
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Postcard 37: Postmark Aug. 27th, 1948, Los Angeles, CA.
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Monday, October 15, 2007
From The Iliad
....the tireless sun
....................the constellations
.
.
..................................in a fixed place
...........................................plunged
.........................................in all their beauty
.
.
.......the flaring of torches
..........................................the circles of the dance
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From The Iliad
I have brought
..................................nothing
..................to wait
..................with consuming fire
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Sunday, October 14, 2007
Postcard 36: Postmark Sep. 3rd, 1906, Camden, NJ
to you to make
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Postcard 35: Postmark September 24th and 29th, 1927, Wheeling W.VA.
..
......Dear Bettie-
....Here is a picture
of the building I am
..in. If you come to Wheeling
....look me up.
.............M.P.N.
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Friday, October 12, 2007
Flier: The Last Free Day Coupon (Found on a Bulletin Board on the Campus of the University of New Orleans)
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Thursday, October 11, 2007
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Monday, October 8, 2007
Sunday, October 7, 2007
Photo: Three Women, Two Standing on Pedestals (That Look Like Tombstones but Probably Aren't)
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Friday, October 5, 2007
Postcard 34: Unposted, Mid 20th Century
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Monday, October 1, 2007
Postcard 33: Postmark May 6th 1941, Phoenix Arizona
your mother? Hope you can
go to Fla. let me hear from you
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