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Cork, Ireland

This is another Postcard from the web that I found and brought to you (syndicated it) using my feed reader of choice. Just so you know that I didn't write it, this - My World of Postcards is the home page of the original item. I include it so that you can browse further to see if they have anything else that you might like. If it's your item that I have borrowed, I thank you and hope that you appreciate any traffic that I may have sent your way ;-)

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Although I've never been (and consequently don't have the Blarney) my sister has and she tells me that this is a fine day out if you're in the area.
Well, until not so long ago I used to classify Ireland in the 'rare countries'...but now, one way or another, I got a number of postcards from there, so I could use them more often here :)

The card shows the Blarney Castle, which is situated 7 km from Cork City. The Castle is famous for its Stone, which has the traditional power of conferring eloquence on all who kiss it. The word "Blarney" has found its way into the English Language and has been described as pleasant talk, intended to deceive without offending. The famous Stone is set in the wall below the battlements, and to kiss it, one has to lean backwards (grasping the iron railing) from the parapet walk.

Yeah, nothing good comes easy ;)

Have a great day and see you soon hopefully!

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US-742564

This is another Postcard from the web that I found and brought to you (syndicated it) using my feed reader of choice. Just so you know that I didn't write it, this - My postcard collection is the home page of the original item. I include it so that you can browse further to see if they have anything else that you might like. If it's your item that I have borrowed, I thank you and hope that you appreciate any traffic that I may have sent your way ;-)

This impressive building is the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.


US-742564, sent by Meg.
"The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and holds the largest number of books.
The Library of Congress was established by Congress in 1800, and was housed in the Unites States Capitol for most of the 19th century. After much of the original collection had been destroyed during the War of 1812, Thomas Jefferson sold 6487 books, his entire personal collection, to the library in 1815. After a period of decline during the mid-19th century the Library of Congress began to grow rapidly in both size and importance after the American Civil War, culminating in the construction of a separate library building and the transference of all copyright deposit holdings to the Library. During the rapid expansion of the 20th century the Library of Congress assumed a preeminent public role, becoming a "library of last resort" and expanding its mission for the benefit of scholars and the American people.
The Library's primary mission is researching inquiries made by members of Congress through the Congressional Research Service; although it is open to the public, only legislators, Supreme Court justices and other high-ranking government officials may check out books. As the de facto national library, the Library of Congress promotes literacy and American literature through projects such as the American Folklife Center, American Memory, Center for the Book and Poet Laureate." - in: wikipedia

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The Big Wheel

This is another Postcard from the web that I found and brought to you (syndicated it) using my feed reader of choice. Just so you know that I didn't write it, this - Blackpool Postcards is the home page of the original item. I include it so that you can browse further to see if they have anything else that you might like. If it's your item that I have borrowed, I thank you and hope that you appreciate any traffic that I may have sent your way ;-)

The Wheel, the Gigantic Wheel, the Big Wheel , the Great Wheel and the Jolly Wheel are some of the names given to this huge attraction. Open on the 22nd August 1896.     Early court card dated 1899   A brilliant view from Adelaide Street of the Big Wheel with the Tower in the background. The advertisement for [...]
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Identify Crime/Robbery Related RPPC

This is another Postcard from the web that I found and brought to you (syndicated it) using my feed reader of choice. Just so you know that I didn't write it, this - is the home page of the original item. I include it so that you can browse further to see if they have anything else that you might like. If it's your item that I have borrowed, I thank you and hope that you appreciate any traffic that I may have sent your way ;-)

This is a wonderful postcard. It's a real curiosity - it probably is a crime scene, but whether it's a crime of robbery or passion is perhaps moot. Anyway, as one of the contributors suggests, I reckon that the bloke in the bottom right hand corner IS the self same chap in the picture amongst the collection of things in the bottom left hand pane.


It took me a minute to figure out what was going on in this multiview real photo postcard. It's a robbery crime scene including victim, recovered valuables & search party with bloodhounds! Is that the criminal in the lower right and maybe the house where to loot was recovered?

I would love to know the full story behind this postcard but it isn't identified as to location in any way. This is a real photo with AZO postcard back, other than that, the back is blank and the card is unused.

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“Your L.S.D. Will Make Men Free.”

This is another Postcard from the web that I found and brought to you (syndicated it) using my feed reader of choice. Just so you know that I didn't write it, this - is the home page of the original item. I include it so that you can browse further to see if they have anything else that you might like. If it's your item that I have borrowed, I thank you and hope that you appreciate any traffic that I may have sent your way ;-)

This just goes to show what fascinating documents postcards are. They can offer such a wealth of information for the historian, professional or amateur. And it's not just the images depicted on them. No, in the case of this card it's the message on the back - L.S.D. referring of course(!) to the pre decimalisation British currency of pounds (L or £); Shillings (S) and Pence (D from the Latin Denarii). And the freedom? Well it's a WWII era postcard...


The first scan shows a view of Elizabethan houses in London's central Holborn district. This WW2-era Tuck's card itself is rather unremarkable, but there's a slogan on the rear of the card (shown on the second scan) that at first seemed very odd to me -- "Your L.S.D. will make men free." Surely the respected, "Fine Art Publishers to their Majesties the King & Queen and Her Majesty Queen Mary" wouldn't include a seemingly pro-psychedelic drug slogan on the rear of their postcards!

After a little research I learned that L.S.D. is not only the acronym for the psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide (first synthesized in 1938), but also for "Librae Solidi Denarii," a shorthand version to indicate England's pre-decimal currencies of pounds, shillings, and pence. The "L" stands for the Roman basic unit of weight (libra), from which the British currency sign, or "pound sign"...

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