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Posted: 25 Mar 2016


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Happy Discombobulated Easter

Happy Discombobulated Easter
"A Happy Easter. Stecher Lith. Co., Roch., N.Y."

Addressed to Miss Frances Hershey, Rohrerstown, Pa., and postmarked Rohrerstown, Pa., April 22, 1916, with the message, "Dear Frances, I wish you a very happy Easter."

The unknown artist for this postcard was evidently trying to imitate the "fadeaway" style of Coles Phillips, an illustrator whose technique of using negative space caused viewers to mentally fill in the missing parts of an image. Unfortunately, the head, hands, chicks, and shoes in this work seem to be separately dangling in space rather than forming an outline of a little girl enjoying the Easter holiday.

, , Smiley Derleth, have particularly liked this photo


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 wintorbos
wintorbos club
The lithographers apparently didn't understand what they were meant to do here. Still, as long as Miss Frances Hershey liked it...
8 years ago.
Alan Mays club has replied to wintorbos club
It certainly doesn't seem quite as good as Phillips' work!
8 years ago.

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