Does Anyone Have Postcards With Cars On Them?

St Augustine FL USA is proud of its hard-pack sand beach, and has its car-ducks in a row.

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/s/ ikeyPikey




For those of you who can tell one car from another:

1973 Indy winner Gordon Johncock.

1929 Duesenberg

A nice postcard, but that 1973 Indy 500 win was a race full of tragedies and unfortunate circumstances. Here's a summary (taken from Wiki):

Here are a couple of Marlsburg VT, late 40s or early 50s

Here's a couple from the San Fernando Valley (Los Angeles) in the 1950's.

Just out of curiosity, I looked up the address of Butlin Buick of Resita, CA as noted on the previously posted card. A condominium complex (with awfully small units) built in 1991 now occupies the site.

Not totally sure, but kehess's top card may have a 1940 Ford in there, also the one with the "portholes" is a Buick. And of course I see another Duesenberg... my favorite!

Q/ How about cards with cars stuck on them willy-nilly?

My SCF Postulate: there is just about nothing that you can add to your collection that will not, sooner or later, be fodder for a post to SCF.

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/s/ ikeyPikey

That's hilarious, I-P!

Checkout the 4th and 5th paragraphs at this link about the B.S. Reynolds Company postcards:

http://history.house.gov/Blog/Detail/15032406431

I am an awful snob about the American postcards of the 1914-1960s.

The hyper-saturated colors (or, more properly, 'colours', as long as I am being snobbish) are forgivable - or, at least, easily over-looked - or, might even add value - in the Giant Letter cards.

But that's about it for the 'rich palette' excuse of the linen era.

Granted, the generally poor production values of the American postcards of 1914-1960s are beside the point in the humor cards, where we can focus on the joke.

But the 'view' cards - whites, linens, chromes - are atrocious.

B.S.Reynolds cards are uniformly difficult to look at ... until the very end of their run.

Mike Reynolds was one of the early prolific producers of photo chromes, and did no better.

Did the customers not care? Was price the cruel mistress of the entire American postcard industry? Was color so novel - on postcards, and on television - that 'awful' was expected?

Unfair? Harsh? Leaf thru your postcards of the 1964 World's Fair; were it not for the subject matter, would they be collectible?

There was an alternative. Throughout the post-WW2 period, a number of European publishers produced postcards with crisp images, rich detail, and an excellent depth of focus. These LDRPPs (Latter Day Real Photo Postcards, to coin an acronym) were mass-produced on photographic stock (of course), and it is a shame that similar cards of American topics from this period are difficult (read: near impossible) to find.

Yes, the European cards were monochrome (gasp!), but they were often gorgeous, which makes-up for a lot.

Cheers,

/s/ ikeyPikey

Not sure if that's a Mustang in front ...

This was an unexpected find, even after it was found.

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/s/ ikeyPikey

To follow IndianGoldEagle's lead:

1965 Indy winner Jim Clark.

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/s/ ikeyPikey