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QUAHOG CARGO A Carload of Cape Cod Fruit

QUAHOG CARGO

A Carload of Cape Cod Fruit

FOR BOSTON If anyone had ever told me “You can’t live in New York City anymore. Pick another.” the choice would have been easy: Boston. That hasn’t changed.

FOR BOSTON

If anyone had ever told me

“You can’t live in New York City anymore. Pick another.”

the choice would have been easy:

Boston.

That hasn’t changed.

GREETINGS FROM BOSTON, MASS.

GREETINGS FROM BOSTON, MASS.

PONTOOSUC LAKE, PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS Pontoosuc Lake, near Pittsfield, Mass., is a recreation area for natives and tourists alike. It appeals to the lover of fishing, boating and swimming.

PONTOOSUC LAKE, PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

Pontoosuc Lake, near Pittsfield, Mass., is a recreation area for natives and tourists alike. It appeals to the lover of fishing, boating and swimming.

OLD-FASHIONED CAPE COD CLAMBAKE Cape Cod, Massachusetts

OLD-FASHIONED CAPE COD CLAMBAKE

Cape Cod, Massachusetts

NICE KRONOSAURUS! KRONOSAURUS or “SEA SERPENT” Hall of Fossil Reptiles“Agassiz Museum”Museum of Comparative ZoologyHarvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts This giant fossil and its relatives were fish-eating reptiles which swam the seas in the days of the dinosaurs. This specimen from Australia, 42 feet long, was the giant of the tribe.

NICE KRONOSAURUS!

KRONOSAURUS or “SEA SERPENT”

Hall of Fossil Reptiles
“Agassiz Museum”
Museum of Comparative Zoology
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

This giant fossil and its relatives were fish-eating reptiles which swam the seas in the days of the dinosaurs. This specimen from Australia, 42 feet long, was the giant of the tribe.

SHELL-SHOCKED Seashells found along the waters of Cape Cod. These shells were collected by eighth grade students of Harwich High School Biology Class.

SHELL-SHOCKED

Seashells found along the waters of Cape Cod. These shells were collected by eighth grade students of Harwich High School Biology Class.

CAPTION CONTEST — Horace Mann 7/23/12  8:25 PM: Thanks for your captions, everyone! FYI, the HORACE MANN MEMORIAL is in Franklin, Massachusetts. The winner is Mary for the caption: “This seems like as good a place as any to lose your virginity, Sue.” Congratulations, Mary! To claim your postcard prize, email me at bad.postcards@gmail.com with your choice of postcard from the list below and your mailing address. The RULES1) MAXIMUM of TWENTY (20) WORDS2) One entry per person3) Please enter your caption in the comments of this post4) Submissions will be accepted until Sunday, July 22, 2012 at 8:00 PM EDT The author of my favorite caption will have their choice of one of these original vintage postcards (all previously published on BAD POSTCARDS): 1) YOU’RE SICK SICK SICK2) MODERN PIANO LESSONS3) WELL, SHUT MY MOUTH4) COTTON PICKING YOUNG-UN5) MISS SUGARDALE—1958  HAVE FUN and GOOD LUCK!

CAPTION CONTEST — Horace Mann

7/23/12  8:25 PM:

Thanks for your captions, everyone!

FYI, the HORACE MANN MEMORIAL is in Franklin, Massachusetts.

The winner is Mary for the caption:

“This seems like as good a place as any to lose your virginity, Sue.”

Congratulations, Mary! To claim your postcard prize, email me at bad.postcards@gmail.com with your choice of postcard from the list below and your mailing address.

The RULES
1) MAXIMUM of TWENTY (20) WORDS
2) One entry per person
3) Please enter your caption in the comments of this post
4) Submissions will be accepted until Sunday, July 22, 2012 at 8:00 PM EDT

The author of my favorite caption will have their choice of one of these original vintage postcards (all previously published on BAD POSTCARDS):

1) YOU’RE SICK SICK SICK
2) MODERN PIANO LESSONS
3) WELL, SHUT MY MOUTH
4) COTTON PICKING YOUNG-UN
5) MISS SUGARDALE—1958 

HAVE FUN and GOOD LUCK!

COMPLYING WITH THE NEED FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY TRANSPARENT WOMAN A Talking Transparent Woman is demonstrated daily at the Museum of Science, Boston. Presented by the Mass. Heart Association, it gives a dramatic lesson in body structure and function, showing circulatory and nervous systems and internal organs. The life-size figure was fabricated at the Deutches Gesundheits Museum, Cologne, Germany.

COMPLYING WITH THE NEED FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY

TRANSPARENT WOMAN

A Talking Transparent Woman is demonstrated daily at the Museum of Science, Boston. Presented by the Mass. Heart Association, it gives a dramatic lesson in body structure and function, showing circulatory and nervous systems and internal organs. The life-size figure was fabricated at the Deutches Gesundheits Museum, Cologne, Germany.

YOU DON’T KNOW BEANS ‘TIL YOU’VE BEEN TO BOSTON! Boston, founded in 1630, has become famous for fine foods one of which is Boston baked beans. However, residents of Beacon Hill (pictured on the card) would rather be known for exceptionally succulent seafoods and robust yankee cooking which brings out the natural, hearty flavor of meat rather than disguise it with spices and seasonings.

YOU DON’T KNOW BEANS ‘TIL YOU’VE BEEN TO BOSTON!

Boston, founded in 1630, has become famous for fine foods one of which is Boston baked beans. However, residents of Beacon Hill (pictured on the card) would rather be known for exceptionally succulent seafoods and robust yankee cooking which brings out the natural, hearty flavor of meat rather than disguise it with spices and seasonings.

FIRST NAKED BUTT ON BAD POSTCARDS A Different ViewCommercial Street, ProvincetownCape Cod, Massachusetts

FIRST NAKED BUTT ON BAD POSTCARDS

A Different View
Commercial Street, Provincetown
Cape Cod, Massachusetts

LOBSTERTISING In lieu of boring airplane banner advertising, some Cape Cod businesses tried painting their messages on giant flying lobsters.

LOBSTERTISING

In lieu of boring airplane banner advertising, some Cape Cod businesses tried painting their messages on giant flying lobsters.

PANCAKES! (It’s the last day of New York City Restaurant Week) In his childhood, your BAD POSTCARDS blogger ate many a pancake (the best ever) at this very restaurant—one pat of butter per pancake, completely soaked with real maple syrup that was made on the premises. Amazing! GOULD’S SUGAR HOUSE On the Famous Mohawk Trail, Route 2, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts ALL PURE MAPLE PRODUCTS made here: Sold and served in rustic New England atmosphere. Also featuring fine gifts. Deerskin Products, Native Woodcraft.

PANCAKES!

(It’s the last day of New York City Restaurant Week)

In his childhood, your BAD POSTCARDS blogger ate many a pancake (the best ever) at this very restaurant—one pat of butter per pancake, completely soaked with real maple syrup that was made on the premises. Amazing!

GOULD’S SUGAR HOUSE

On the Famous Mohawk Trail, Route 2, Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts

ALL PURE MAPLE PRODUCTS made here: Sold and served in rustic New England atmosphere. Also featuring fine gifts. Deerskin Products, Native Woodcraft.

DYKE BRIDGE Chappaquiddick, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts

DYKE BRIDGE

Chappaquiddick, Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts

LAKE CHARGOGGAGOGGMANCHAUGGAGOGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUGGWebster, Massachusetts An Indian name translated on the verso as “You fish on your side, I will fish on my side, and no one will fish in the middle.”

LAKE CHARGOGGAGOGGMANCHAUGGAGOGGCHAUBUNAGUNGAMAUGG
Webster, Massachusetts

An Indian name translated on the verso as “You fish on your side, I will fish on my side, and no one will fish in the middle.”