Three wishes for the new year:
A toast to your good health!
A toast to your good health!
May nature cure any ailment.
`
And may music always
bring you great joy.
bring you great joy.
* * *
The first young woman
offers us a cheery toast
to the New Year - 1900.
Dein Wohl!
~
Your Health!
offers us a cheery toast
to the New Year - 1900.
Dein Wohl!
~
Your Health!
This postcard etching was sent from Prague
on the 30th December 1899
on the 30th December 1899
* * *
The second young lady
thoughtfully contemplates something,
perhaps the beauty of flowers,
as she enjoys a refreshing foot bath.
Kneippkur
~
Kneipp's Cure
Kneipp was Sebastian Kneipp (1821 - 1897), a Bavarian priest
who developed the naturopathic medicine movement.
His "Kneipp Cure" was a form of hydrotherapy that used
various methods of applying water at different temperatures
and pressures for therapeutic effect.
perhaps the beauty of flowers,
as she enjoys a refreshing foot bath.
Kneippkur
~
Kneipp's Cure
Kneipp was Sebastian Kneipp (1821 - 1897), a Bavarian priest
who developed the naturopathic medicine movement.
His "Kneipp Cure" was a form of hydrotherapy that used
various methods of applying water at different temperatures
and pressures for therapeutic effect.
It was sent on the 26th January 1899
to Fräulein Emmy Tehle,
Hochwohlgeboren ~ High Well-born,
of Starnberg, Bavaria.
to Fräulein Emmy Tehle,
Hochwohlgeboren ~ High Well-born,
of Starnberg, Bavaria.
* * *
The five charming women in this third etching
perform on violins, viola, cello, and double bass as a
Streichquintett ~ String Quintet
perform on violins, viola, cello, and double bass as a
Streichquintett ~ String Quintet
This Austrian postcard was sent on the 27th April 1900
addressed with a most artful calligraphy to
Spanilomyslná slečna
Anna Lynsova (?)
addressed with a most artful calligraphy to
Spanilomyslná slečna
Anna Lynsova (?)
The honorific is in Czech
but I could not find it in Czech-English dictionaries.
I believe it means something like "Enchanting Miss",
or possibly it is an archaic phrase used for nobility like Hochwohlgeboren.
but I could not find it in Czech-English dictionaries.
I believe it means something like "Enchanting Miss",
or possibly it is an archaic phrase used for nobility like Hochwohlgeboren.
The message on the front reads:
Zasilám prvý to listek umelecký
~
I send the first letter of art
Zasilám prvý to listek umelecký
~
I send the first letter of art
Previously his artwork was featured in
Ein schönes Mädchen
Up, Up, and Away!
and
The Girls of Austrian Postcards.
Ein schönes Mädchen
Up, Up, and Away!
and
The Girls of Austrian Postcards.
This is my contribution to Sepia Saturday
where a smile is always welcome.
where a smile is always welcome.
7 comments:
Happy New Year to you too Mike. Yes, I was going to remark upon the beautiful writing...even on the 2nd postcard. Oh to have script like that. A fine response to the prompt. Enchanting.
Three good wishes for the New Year. Feliz Año Nuevo!
Happy New Year! And you are starting it off right with a great selection of prompt-matching postcards by the same artist. I, too, was taken with the calligraphy -- a dying art, along with cursive, in our Internet age.
Three charming etchings...and what lovey calligraphy too! The pretty young women certainly helped send the messages.
Lovely cards! Happy New Year to you Mike. Here in Australia we hope for happier days than we have been experiencing recently.
Love these cards. A foot bath sounds like a great way to start the year. Happy New Year, Mr. Mike!
As always, a fun post. Love those old sketch-style postcards.
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