Tuesday Treasures - December 31, 2024

 HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE!

This week I'm sharing not what I've thrifted, but some of the things I would thrift, that I do collect, that I was gifted for Christmas.  Some were thrifted though!  

First are postcards.

This pile is from my son.  He got them from the eBay seller I buy postcard lots from.  He got me four lots!  It was a great selection of undivided backs, white border, linen, chrome.  All antique or vintage, USA or foreign.  A few real photo postcards as well. 

A small sample. 

There are a few hotel postcards.  I like those and have a growing collection of antique, vintage, and modern.

Heathman and New Heathman in Portland, OR

1959 postmark.  The rates started at $5 "with Bath." 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathman_Hotel

Undivided back, which dates it between 1901-1907.

Left: WWII era "naughty" postcards.  These were humorous or risqué, or both, to add a little levity and raise morale for the soldiers.  

Right:  Quite a few aircraft postcards.

A RPPC (Real  Photo Postcard)

What a bunch!  The gathering isn't explained in the message, in fact it's rather cryptic.  

Remember what I said about the picnic.  This is some of the representatives.  What is your opinion.  Who put thier (sic) foot in it.  Has Mahone been burried (sic). 

A friend gave me some postcards too, vintage and antique.  This one is framed, and quite odd.  We know that storks bring babies, right?  Did you ever wonder where the storks get the babies?  Apparently they dip them out of ponds!

Dogs from the same friend!  Here are two.

I've never seen another yawning dog figure.  This one is stamped MK Hand Painted Japan. 

For as long as I can remember, way back when I was quite little, I had these four little Japanese made spaniel or Pekinese musicians.  I pretended the terrier on the right was the conductor, so he's become part of the set!

Guess what?  My friend found another (and she didn't know I had more) playing a different instrument!  So, now I have a quintet!     

An anthropomorph pair of egg salt and pepper shakers.  Two ways of dealing with being used.  Close your eyes and pretend it's not happening, and watch that hand coming for you!

The pets weren't left out.  Benny took advantage of my going outside with Mickey (it was very early and I wanted to supervise so he wouldn't bark) to start tearing into Mickey's presents!  He had is own, shared with Baby Cat.

At first it was like "You got me a toy broccoli?"  But, he came to like it, it's nubbly.  He got three toys, two were thrifted.

He thought Lessons in Life, Love, and Fashion, by Tika the Iggy was for him!  Who can blame him, it has a dog on it, and it's hard cardboard like the kind I toss to him to tear up!  I ordered a new one for the recipient.  Tika is an Iggy, an Italian Greyhound, on Instagram.

This is pretty accurate!  Benny is known to unroll the TP when in "a mood."  Of course it's on the wall above the actual TP.

See you next year!  Kids loved saying that when we left for winter break back when I was in elementary school.