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This is one of my favorite finds. This real photo postcard is unused and a bit odd. Took me a minute to really see what it was. Eight legs and four ears.
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The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Adrift in a sea of digital apps for every imaginable function, we often feel our needs are met better today than in any previous era. But consider the chatelaine, a device popularized in the 18th century that attached to the waist of a wo…
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
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Bizarro Beauty Products, from 1889 to Now
We tend to think of the union of vanity and technology as a particularly modern affliction. It's only recently that science brought the world botox and collagen injections, skin peels, liposucti…
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
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Pin-Up Queens: Three Female Artists Who Shaped the American Dream Girl
It’s easy to think of pin-up art as a charming relic of the old boys’ club—images that might line the walls …
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
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Tokens for Sweethearts, in Times of War
A keepsake, an item that recognizes a loved one, strikes a deep, sentimental chord in each of us—particularly that of a sweetheart. The popularity of keepsakes grew in the United States during the period from 1917 to 1919 as our country ent…
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American Picker Dream, Part I: Mike Wolfe On His Love Affair With Bikes
I was walking to school one day and saw all these bikes in the garbage. I was just amazed because I didn't have one and I found it incredible that anyone was throwing them out. So I gathered…
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Real Photo PostcardsReal-photo postcards (sometimes called RPPCs) are the result of developing …
AnimalsThe breadth of objects made in the shapes of animals is as wide as the anim…
Poor baby.
There has always been a large market for animals that have been born abnormal. Carnivals, and freakshows were big on charging to see 2 headed calves, 2 headed sheep, etc. They would usually be stuffed or stored in large jars of embalming fluid, as they usually did not live long.. There has always been a "curiosity" factor in these type defects, and I have seen where some people have gone to great lengths to buy , display and view these type items. There is a show on cable t.v. currently, that is called"Oddities", which has nothing but strange and bizzare items on it. It is amazing what some people collect and display. Usually when a farmer has an animal like this, they are looked at as special items worth money, not to be hidden away. This has been going on for years! Thrifty
There is a new show called Freakshow which is quite good on history channel and the owner Todd would be VERY interested in your card, as he collects them, and has showed several on his show:
http://www.amctv.com/shows/freakshow/cast
Thanks PhilDavidAlexanderMorris I will check it out.