bad-postcards: HARTE’S WATASEAL When I saw this postcard for sale, I had a holy grail moment.
bad-postcards: HARTE’S WATASEAL When I saw this postcard for sale, I had a holy grail moment. Matching tablecloth, apron and curtains! Perfectly positioned cherry. It gets better. This is one of those companies that sold their wares by enticing housewives to gather up their other housewife friends and have a “party.” You know, like a Tupperware party. This postcard serves as an advertising card, but also as an invitation to join the party. You, the hostess, fill in the blanks on the back with the party info. To get your friends really excited about attending, the company has printed a clever little verse on the back that goes like this: GOOD NEWS PARTY! Plastics galore For every chore You’ll see at our party Where the welcome is hearty. Fun and prizes throughout the day And a “Rosey” pattern on display In ensembles like aprons and curtains cafe All of Harte’s famous Wataseal so stylish and gay. The poetic meter starts off OK, then falls apart. This card was never mailed. (One housewife saved from the dangers of plastic!) Everything about this picture is so perfectly pretty, domestic and 1950s. I love it! Take me there! -- source link