What’s going on here? No, really. What’s happening in this card? Even if we spell it out, I don’t understand. We’ve got a little girl
Category: cards
Rats, Cats, and Pumpkin-Carriages
As your personal curator (hate that word) of vintage weirdness, I take my role as a historian of holiday deltiological iconography very seriously. So when
Xmas at the Natural History Museum (De La Rue Company)
A couple of folk have asked for these, so time to put them all in one place. One year, the de la Rue company, which
Podcast: Halloween Postcards with Eric Hinton
The first podcast episode of the 2020 {shiver} season. We do a bit of deep diving into the world of Halloween postcard collecting which, if
Interview with Patrick McHale: Over the Garden Wall and Vintage Postcards
I’m thrilled to bring you a special Halloween present! I got to chat with Patrick McHale, creator of Over the Garden Wall. As many of
Frog Murder Christmas – The Mystery Continues
Frog Murder Christmas is one of the most popular of the old weird “Victorian” (if it actually was) Christmas cards. (I did a sort of
