New Years Postcards, part one

These postcards were bought in the early 1990s. I found out quickly that when you buy a group of postcards you are getting the ones that are not worth very much due to damage or general availability. One nice thing though is that the older they get they increase in value, even if it is a small amount... maybe.

Valuable or not they are great images for reference and inspiration; I am happy to own these cards.

Despite the serious damage to this card, it is worthless, this is a fun image. The illustration reminds me of the work of W. W. Denslow.

Our oldest boy married a Swiss girl and has been living in Switzerland for the last 9 years. He found this card at a flea market  and bought it knowing that I would like it. The children look like they have been having a sip from Dad's Christmas cheer, particularly the little girl.

The New Year has always been pictured as a baby, with the passing year as an old man. Usually the baby is much more idealized, to have such a realistic looking infant is unusual.

This postcard and the one following are part of a set. It would be fun to know what the others looked like.

The new year has begun!

This blog post was supposed to be for January 1. The batteries died in my mouse so they had to be recharged, four hours later the batteries were recharged. It was late in the evening, I am now working on the blog today.

It is late this evening as well but here is the first post, New Year's Eve cards and bridge tallies.

This is the only celluloid New Year's Eve card that I own, truthfully it is a Christmas/New Years card. The green silk cord with tassels holds the paper interior snugly inside the celluloid exterior. The green and gold image on the celluloid is deeply embossed. Celluloid was the first plastic.

During the Victorian era the language of flowers was used to express deeper meaning to the image on the cards. Ivy had several meanings; fidelity, friendship, wedded love, affection and would differ if included with other flowers or foliage.

The verse at the top of this 1907 card is somewhat bittersweet, friends or family are now far away in Canada; I am certain that the ivy on the cover of the card had the meaning of  friendship and affection.

Music, streamers, and noisemakers, what more says Happy New Year.

The inside is has some wonderful noisemakers with confetti, streamers, and music signifying the New Year.

This card looks more like a Christmas card than one wishing a Happy New Year.

I wonder if this image was also used for Christmas greetings as well?

Classic, fun, elegant; I love the image on this card.

Zoot suiters wish you a Happy New Year in this 1940s card.

I love noisemakers, party hats, and confetti; with the addition of holly and evergreens in the background what more could you want for this time of year.

This card is a little more sober than the rest, it may be a wartime card.

This is one of my favourite images of Father Time that I have seen and I am happy to say that I own it!

The design of each card is beautiful. Both are printed in black, red, green, and silver on cream card stock. Each card has a silk cord and tassel; Father Time has a green cord with a red tassel and the party revellers have a red cord with a green tassel.

There are two more posts to come of antique postcards, I had no idea I owned so many.

Happy New Year Everyone...

 May 2015 be filled with good friends, 

 good fun, 

 and good taste... 

Merry Christmas Everyone!

It's Christmas Eve, all of your shopping is finished...

I hope you have your turkey out and thawed if it was frozen...

Santa is on his way, check his journey here...

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone!

"Christmas in French Canada" published in 1900.

I picked this book up at Salvation Army about a month ago. It was marked at $5.00 but when I opened it I saw the damage done by the previous owner's dog! They marked it down to $2.50 for me. It displays beautifully so it has some value.

I love the Art Nouveau flourishes on the cover and spine of this book.

This is inside the book at the front. I find it interesting, or should I say curious, that the Minister Of Agriculture had something to do with book publishing.

You can see some of the damage inflicted by "man's best friend" to the title page.

This image and the following images are my favourites from the book.

"On Christmas Day in the Evening", a Christmas gift book

There is no publishing date in this book, it does have writing in the front however that is mostly illegible but with the date 1910.

There are four colour plates in the book that show the use of holly, red silk ribbons, evergreen garlands, and wreaths to decorate the home and church at Christmas.