baby vintage postcard
At least two children were sent via the US Postal Service in 1913! General Postmaster Hitchcock finally poopooed the practice after being inundated with letters inquiring into how one ships bambinos via parcel post! Here's an actual example:
Postmaster General,
Washington D. C.—Sir: I have been corresponding with a party in Pa about getting a baby to rais (our home being without One.) May I ask you what specifications to use in wrapping so it (baby) would comply with regulations and be allowed shipment by parcel post as the express co are to rough in handling Yours
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Diaper Changing Mailmen in 1913 - Postcard Friday #41
Rollerskating French Babies
baby vintage postcard
Evian bottled water is quashing my baby making mojo! I've had bambinos on the brain lately and would really like to have another one! But....... these break - dancing, b - boying, rollerskating baby commercials are giving me the heebie jeebies! I promise to drink your dumb overpriced water if you pull these ads. Please? I'm trying to be fruitful and multiply here and you're freaking me out Evian!
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Political Babies Strike Back! - Pouting Vintage Postcards
We want dry diapers! We want Mama’s milk! We want to be protected from flies! Can you pick out and translate another pressing demand from this bold vintage postcard? These babies have picked up the French national pastime of striking lickety – split!
The origin of the word strike in English is fairly obvious. To strike means to assault, assail, besiege, aggress…. The German term is Arbetitskampf which literally means work – fight. That makes perfect sense too. The word ‘grève’ in French baffled me . A ‘grève’ is a gravel bank of a river . Pardon? What in the world does that have to do with striking?
L'Hotel de Ville (city hall) in Paris pictured ob this vintage postcard was called la Place de Grève until 1830. This town square is near the bank of the river Seine. The unemployed would congregate here to look for work. A dissatisfied worker looking for a salary hike would come to this square as well when looking for a better job. The word developed over time to mean 'abandoning your job due to a needed salary augmentation.' Voila! The mystery has finally been solved for me through my vintage postcard collection.
