Mr. Upstairs, bless his heart, woke me up at 7:00 this morning–the one day I usually sleep in, mind you–by blasting his television. Or maybe it was talk radio. I don’t know, and I don’t care. It was loud and obnoxious, and that’s all that matters to me. So, since I was reluctantly awake, I decided to go through some of the junk I sorted yesterday. I ended up with a stack of ephemera that needed to be scanned. I’m not done yet, but I made a dent in the pile. They mostly consisted of postcards from France and the Caribbean–perfect for a January day, except it’s sunny and warm on account of NO WINTER IN INDIANA! There were also some postcards of race horses and a set of what I think are 1880-1890 sepia tone photos of Germany, mostly of castles and villages along the Rhine.
St. Goar and Ruins of Castle Katz, circa 1880-1895
Verso: inscribed in pencil, “St. Goar and the Cat 3383
Napoleon had the castle demolished in 1806, and it was restored between 1896 and 1899. Therefore, this photo–which clearly shows the castle in its ruined state–had to have been taken prior to the restoration.
The rest of the postcards and photos can be seen here.
red paper boat 