Postcard #7: Elvis Presley

Caption: Elvis Presley, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1956
Photograph: Roger Marshutz

Even thought this iconic picture of Elvis was taken in Mississippi, the postcard was actually purchased at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

For those of you who have never been to the Hall of Fame, I highly recommend it; I am by no means an expert in Rock & Roll - frankly, I'm not that much of an expert in any type of American classics - but I still enjoyed it immensely. They had a diverse enough genres of music - from Gospels, R&B, to Heavy Metal, and some stuff that I didn't even think would be featured - that I knew more names than I thought I would. It's pretty fun to just walk through all the memorabilia, or sit and listen to all the biggest hits from the biggest stars. If you're into American music at all, it's worth going to.

Postcard #4: Jazz girl

Photo: Kim Anderson

Another great find at the thrift store (St. Vinny's this time)! This was inside a tattered, squished box, at the bottom of a barrel of random photo albums - If you're asking why I was fishing inside a barrel of photo albums, I will tell you that's usually where the best stuff are hidden.

Anyway, this little gem was in a collection of note cards called "Just Between Friends." On the back of the box were shown the 4 designs in the collection (1 of which is absent by the time I inherited this). To my delightful surprise, inside the box were actually 7 designs! All were of semi-vintage photos of children doing cute/ funny things. Whoever donated this must've lumped similarly styled cards together.

And thus we conclude another day of good thrift hunting and fine recycling.

This is going through Postcrossing to a lady in Russia.