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Hello, this old postcard is blank (on front and back), so I'm having trouble dating it? I have come across several sites that are great for dating postcards throughout my years of researching, but without ANYTHING to go by, I'm having a hard time. It is a very cool card though, and made of really hard (almost like cardboard) paper.
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Your first clue would be the amount needed for domestic postage. It says one cent on the card so it is pre-1952. Also here is a link that can help you determine post card dating.
swcenter.fortlewis.edu/images/M194/PostcardDating.htm
Than you!
But what is it...that is to say, what kind of postcard is it? I don't get it's point, ha?
So, according to that link, this is pre-1900 according to the back "post card", is that correct?
Ok, well I just was directed to this site...
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/john-hassall-write-away-postcard-242290254/price
And, it is indeed like my card, but why is mine not colored or signed?
This reminds me of the old line 'I live by the lake. Drop in.'
Better to be on thin ice, than freezing water ;-)
"Deep Water?"
This is very similar to a lot of my cards from the 1910-12 era. I would guess at that right now. I still love all my postcards !~Phil.
Hi gingerakesler! I'm almost certain that you have a postcard with an image drawn by Captain (Charles) Bruce Bairnsfather (9 July 1887 – 29 September 1959). He was a prolific British cartoonist, his most productive period was around the First World War period. Hope this helps.
Well, yes...it does! What a pleasant surprise to get a reply to this post so long from the original. I will look into that, and thanks!
In 1915 Bainsfather began drawing "Fragments From France", a series of cartoons about life in the trenches, for the British Bystander magazine. The series featured the character of Old Bill, a curmudgeonly soldier with a walrus moustache. It was very popular, both with the troops and the readers back home, and had a morale-boosting effect that led to the British War Office commissioning Bairnsfather to draw similar cartoons for other allied nations.
Between the wars, Old Bill retained his popularity, appearing in books, plays, musicals, films, and comic strips in the Daily Graphic, Passing Show, The Illustrated and Judge, and "the Old Bill" became a nickname for the UK police, probably because so many police officers had moustaches. During the Second World War Bairnsfather continued to draw Old Bill, and became official cartoonist to the American forces in Europe, contributing to Stars and Stripes and Yank and painting the noses of American aircraft.
Glad to help! I do know that Bruce very much liked working with, for and alongside our American Cousins, and I think I spotted the US Postal logo, if I'm not mistaken, on the top left of your last photo.
Kudos to Hem, very interesting bit of history behind the cartoon.