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CHEF JOSEF’S OZARK MOUNTAIN TROUT AMANDINE NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANT WEEK BEGINS TODAY TAN-TAR-A RESORTOsage Beach, MO. CHEF JOSEF’S Ozark Mountain Trout Amandine is a specialty at the Resort. The trout comes fresh from nearby spring-fed streams. Tan-Tar-A’s cuisine is basically American with Continental and Polynesian dishes to add variety. 

CHEF JOSEF’S OZARK MOUNTAIN TROUT AMANDINE

NEW YORK CITY RESTAURANT WEEK BEGINS TODAY

TAN-TAR-A RESORT
Osage Beach, MO.

CHEF JOSEF’S Ozark Mountain Trout Amandine is a specialty at the Resort. The trout comes fresh from nearby spring-fed streams. Tan-Tar-A’s cuisine is basically American with Continental and Polynesian dishes to add variety. 

GREETINGS FROM MISSOURI

GREETINGS FROM MISSOURI

CAPTION CONTEST—I Am Bear 5/1/12  8:50 PM: Thank you for your captions! First, here’s the description on the verso: ALASKAN BROWN BEAR NATURAL HISTORY HABITAT GROUP—Kansas City Museum’s first large animal group. The giant male stands over 8-1/2’ tall and weighed approximately 1500 lbs. Specimens of world’s largest living carnivorous mammal. Includes gulls, weasel, and magpie in authentic foreground. Outstandingly beautiful background. Bears collected by Arthur C. Popham, Jr. Kansas City Museum3218 Gladstone Blvd.Kansas City, Mo.  The winner is xzargo for the caption: “Hey….I can see Russia from here!” Congratulations, xzargo! 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, April 29, 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) I’M ALL DRESSED UP AND READY TO GO!2) WE CATCH ‘EM BIG ON LONG ISLAND!3) UNDERWATER JESUS4) Excuse me sir. Can you give me directions to the BAMBI MOTEL?5) MISS SUGARDALE—1958 HAVE FUN and GOOD LUCK!

CAPTION CONTEST—I Am Bear

5/1/12  8:50 PM:

Thank you for your captions! First, here’s the description on the verso:

ALASKAN BROWN BEAR NATURAL HISTORY HABITAT GROUP—Kansas City Museum’s first large animal group. The giant male stands over 8-1/2’ tall and weighed approximately 1500 lbs. Specimens of world’s largest living carnivorous mammal. Includes gulls, weasel, and magpie in authentic foreground. Outstandingly beautiful background.

Bears collected by Arthur C. Popham, Jr.

Kansas City Museum
3218 Gladstone Blvd.
Kansas City, Mo. 

The winner is xzargo for the caption:

“Hey….I can see Russia from here!”

Congratulations, xzargo! 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, April 29, 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):

HAPPY GOLDFISH FAMILY Send this to FOCUS ON THE FAMILY. Healthy, happy Goldfishgrown byOZARK FISHERIES, Inc.Stoutland, Mo.“Where Better Goldfish are Grown”Display all varieties and watch your sales increase There’s a rule printed on the postcard. You can measure your own fish.

HAPPY GOLDFISH FAMILY

Send this to FOCUS ON THE FAMILY.

Healthy, happy Goldfish
grown by
OZARK FISHERIES, Inc.
Stoutland, Mo.
“Where Better Goldfish are Grown”
Display all varieties and watch your sales increase

There’s a rule printed on the postcard. You can measure your own fish.

SQUEEZIT!Leather Coin Purse. My grandmother had one of these. I don’t think she used it for very long. THIS IS IT! The Famous ‘Squeezit’ Leather Coin Purse. ATTRACTIVE! EASY TO USE! FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. Squeezit it…and presto! It’s open. To close…release the squeeze. Everyone likes its quick convenience that leaves the right hand free to select coins, deposit fares, etc. Manufactured by Oxenfeld Leathercraft Co., St. Louis, Missouri

SQUEEZIT!
Leather Coin Purse.

My grandmother had one of these. I don’t think she used it for very long.

THIS IS IT! The Famous ‘Squeezit’ Leather Coin Purse. ATTRACTIVE! EASY TO USE! FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.

Squeezit it…and presto! It’s open. To close…release the squeeze. Everyone likes its quick convenience that leaves the right hand free to select coins, deposit fares, etc.

Manufactured by Oxenfeld Leathercraft Co., St. Louis, Missouri

THE JAKOVAC TAMBURICA If, by some bizarre turn of events, I become a designer of sex toys, I have the name for my first product. Verso:“Write for THE JAKOVAC TAMBURICA List of Record Releases for your next party. It’s Authentic. THE JACOVAC TAMBURICA Recording Artists of St. Louis.”Missouri, that is._________________________ Please follow BAD POSTCARDS on FACEBOOK. Thanks! 

THE JAKOVAC TAMBURICA

If, by some bizarre turn of events, I become a designer of sex toys, I have the name for my first product.

Verso:
“Write for THE JAKOVAC TAMBURICA List of Record Releases for your next party. It’s Authentic. THE JACOVAC TAMBURICA Recording Artists of St. Louis.”
Missouri, that is.
_________________________

Please follow BAD POSTCARDS on FACEBOOK. Thanks! 

BIG HAIR DAY AT THE BUTT MUSEUM To understand the butt part of my headline, see this post. Verso:“A VISIT TO THE TOPGateway Arch—St. LouisVisitors ride in five-passenger capsules on an 8-capsule transporter, one running in each leg of the arch. The transportation system is operated by the Bi-State Development Agency. A roomy observation platform enclosed at the top offers (32) windows for viewing a thirty-mile panorama of Missouri and Illinois on both sides of the Mississippi River.” 

BIG HAIR DAY AT THE BUTT MUSEUM

To understand the butt part of my headline, see this post.

Verso:
“A VISIT TO THE TOP
Gateway Arch—St. Louis
Visitors ride in five-passenger capsules on an 8-capsule transporter, one running in each leg of the arch. The transportation system is operated by the Bi-State Development Agency. A roomy observation platform enclosed at the top offers (32) windows for viewing a thirty-mile panorama of Missouri and Illinois on both sides of the Mississippi River.” 

BUTT MUSEUMExhibit Rotates Continually It’s the Observation Platform of the Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri. “A roomy observation platform at the top of the Gateway Arch offers 32 windows for viewing a thirty mile panorama of Missouri and Illinois.”

BUTT MUSEUM
Exhibit Rotates Continually

It’s the Observation Platform of the Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Missouri.

“A roomy observation platform at the top of the Gateway Arch offers 32 windows for viewing a thirty mile panorama of Missouri and Illinois.”

THE EASTER BUNNY Among the factors that qualify a postcard for my “bad” collection is bad photography. Here’s an example. This is an advertising postcard for a model agency in the Midwest. The product is the Bunny Costume. Pathetic bunny, right? Normally, we’d want a more professional photo. However, it’s obvious from the look on Bunny’s face that he’s tired of these modeling gigs. There’s a couple more years left on his contract, but why go to the trouble promoting him when he keeps showing up at shoots totally depressed. No budget for studio shots. Just go outside with the Instamatic and snap a few. Let’s poke: That busy, cluttered background really draws attention away from Bunny. The horse at the right looks like it’s barfing. (It appears to be a fountain.) You can see the top of a man and woman above Bunny’s bent knee. The guy is wearing a tank top and it looks like it’s 30 degrees outside. Actually, the Bunny looks like it has a really bad headache. See how he’s holding his head? He looks like he’s in pain or psychological distress. “Oh, no! Another picture! I hate modeling!” “Oh, no! I wish that horse would stop vomiting!”

THE EASTER BUNNY

Among the factors that qualify a postcard for my “bad” collection is bad photography. Here’s an example.

This is an advertising postcard for a model agency in the Midwest. The product is the Bunny Costume.

Pathetic bunny, right?

Normally, we’d want a more professional photo. However, it’s obvious from the look on Bunny’s face that he’s tired of these modeling gigs. There’s a couple more years left on his contract, but why go to the trouble promoting him when he keeps showing up at shoots totally depressed.

No budget for studio shots. Just go outside with the Instamatic and snap a few.

Let’s poke:

That busy, cluttered background really draws attention away from Bunny.

The horse at the right looks like it’s barfing. (It appears to be a fountain.)

You can see the top of a man and woman above Bunny’s bent knee. The guy is wearing a tank top and it looks like it’s 30 degrees outside.

Actually, the Bunny looks like it has a really bad headache. See how he’s holding his head? He looks like he’s in pain or psychological distress.

“Oh, no! Another picture! I hate modeling!”

“Oh, no! I wish that horse would stop vomiting!”