Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Thursday, August 4, 2022

The Mothers of Revelations

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  I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist the pun.  Written on the back, "This was Taken Mother's Day." 
Monday, February 19, 2018

The Post War European Trip Collection-Moses

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Written on the back, "This is supposed to be the finest work of sculptur ever conceived by man.  It's a statue of Moses holding...
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

What's In the Bowl?

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Let's be honest, this is almost certainly a church scene of some kind.  When I first looked at it I thought the guy on the right was...
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Monday, August 17, 2015

Views of the World, Cologne Cathedral, Germany

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The postcards in this series were made for the American market, and I have to wonder, when  people looked at these cards, did it make th...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

The Broken Snake Handler Photograph

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I buy many of the photos in my collection at flea markets and antique malls.  I also buy on EBay.  When I buy online, I often buy col...
Friday, January 10, 2014

Mission Boys

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Written on the back, "Some of the stuff we work with: Remy and Florian and Michael-who, with Raphael the Novice, make a quartet that...
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Another Mystery Location

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Every so often, I like to throw one of these mystery location photos out into the blog universe in hope that someone out there will recog...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Easter Sunday Morn

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Well, the title of this post is what's written on the back.  Yes, it's almost Easter and just in case I'm not able to post an...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Burma

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At first glance, this isn't much of a postcard.  With it's amazing detail, it's clearly a photograph, most likely a black ...
Monday, August 13, 2012

Children 5

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Similar pose, and same subject as the last post, but a different person.  All the images in this sequence are from the grab bag of photos...
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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Children 4

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I know a fair amount about the history of religion, but not a lot about the day to day practice of religion.  I think this real photo pos...
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