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04 March 2007

Benny Swartzberg's old postcards. I've only been looking for a short time but early favs include: Moscow, Spinoza, and Death car.

post by: arse_hat at: 22:46 | 4 comments

Oh, wow - this is great!!!!

I'm just looking at the Seven Deadly Sins:

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(if the image is cut off, click to see the whole thing)

It looks like "Sloth" was the most difficult to represent. I'd love to know who did this.

posted by taz 05 March | 01:10

Oh man, that shot is great.

I haven't had a chance to peruse the links. I'm thrilled, though.

I have a collection of old postcards. Serious "collectors" value the pristine specimens. To me, the greatest prizes are the ones with messages on the back. So fucking poignant.

posted by mudpuppie 05 March | 01:18

Not from the linked set, here's a postcard featuring a very small 47-year-old New Jersey bookie named "Moe":

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posted by taz 05 March | 02:00

wow That Moscow one is beautiful.

posted by chewatadistance 05 March | 07:42

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