Proving that sometimes less is much more, comes th
is postally unused hand-tinted vintage postcard.
From some time after 1914, this has to be one of the simplest and most strikingly inviting postcards I’ve seen. Too often the tint jobs are erm, heavy-handed (remember
this one for example?) but this one is so restrained and hits just the right note.
Let’s have a closer look — click on the thumbnail to see what I’ m talking about.
Did I really just use the phrase “tint job” above? Apologies.
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Front: Seattle’s Waterfront.
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Back: Pub. by The Puget Sound News Co., Seattle, Wash. 16138.
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And by “simplest” you mean “boring.”
But the tint job, Shipley!
The presence of the Smith Tower in the picture would put it after 1915, but beyond that, I don’t know enough to tell when it might come from.
By “simplest” I thought Cliffe meant leisurely with that cute little boat and all. Okay and yes a little boring without the presence of weird musings on the back.