Friday, 1 April 2011

Clogs and canals


A very good friend of mine from the Netherlands has given me an album of postcards her mother had collected.  They all date from the 1930s and 40s.  I treasure them.

You can't mistake where many of them come from and these two are good examples.  They were both sent to a young boy on his birthday in late September in 1936.


This is a post for Postcard Friday, which is hosted by Beth Niquette at The Best Hearts are Crunchy.
Posted by Sheila @ A Postcard a Day at 1.4.11
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Location: The Netherlands

14 comments:

  1. Unknown1 April 2011 at 11:35

    Cards with children are always precious

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  2. Aritha Vermeulen1 April 2011 at 13:03

    O, how cute! This are beautiful old cards!

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  3. Postcard Perfect1 April 2011 at 15:02

    This postcard is cute overload!!!Netherland's icon of ocurse is the clog shoes and windmills.

    Postcard Friendship Friday

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  4. Funoldhag1 April 2011 at 15:21

    They just don't come any cuter than those. The colors are wonderful and the illustrations so sweet.

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  5. Beth Niquette1 April 2011 at 16:23

    These are wonderful! I am so taken with these postcards--how adorable. Thank you so much for sharing them.

    I often choose postcards representing special holidays--but that doesn't mean all of you must do the same--we are celebrating postcards of every kind on PFF--so don't worry. ((hugs))

    Have a perfectly wonderful day, and Happy PFF!

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  6. MrCachet1 April 2011 at 17:49

    Cute card but I notice the boy has a clay pipe in his hand. That's the only thing amiss!

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  7. Sheila @ A Postcard a Day1 April 2011 at 18:18

    Thanks to you all for your comments. Mr Cachet, this is dated 1935, it's part of social history.

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  8. Aimee Dars1 April 2011 at 19:24

    What a great gift to receive! Very cute cards.

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  9. Joy1 April 2011 at 19:39

    What a unique and thoughtful gift, delightful cards. The pipe smoking comment made me think of the doctors in the 1930s that used to recommend smoking for stress:-0

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  10. Postcardy1 April 2011 at 19:57

    Those are cute cards.

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  11. Dorincard1 April 2011 at 21:51

    I bet that the goose-girl doesn't need to shout. Lovely cards! :)

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  12. Heather1 April 2011 at 23:14

    They are adorable. What a wonderful gift from your friend.

    I wanted to let you know that you have won the Year of the Rabbit postcard from my contest last week. Send me an email with your mailing address and I'll get it off to you.

    heatherdpear at hotmail dot com

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  13. Clytie3 April 2011 at 15:27

    These are absolutely adorable! What a wonderful gift for you to treasure ... I'm so glad you are sharing them with us!

    Happy PFF!

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  14. RNSANE4 April 2011 at 21:35

    I, especially, like the top one, Sheila. It is just so sweet.

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