Spitball Army

Card is untitled on the front.

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Holding a tablet of laws backed by a sheathed sword, this allegorical figure, one of a pair, sits at the main entrance to the Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.  James E. Fraser completed the statue, know as “Guardian” or “Authority of Law,” in 1935.

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National Geographic Photographer Victor R. Boswell, Jr.

Copyright © 1973 The Foundation of the Federal Bar Association

Card is titled: “Market Street, West. Philadelphia, Pa.”

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Market Street, West
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Center city skyscrapers reflect sunset on ultra modern metropolis.

C-64 Color Photo: Lawrence S. Williams, Inc.

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Art Color Card Distributors – Cherry Hill, N.J. – Phila. Phone MA 7-3773

Mike Roberts, Berkeley 94710

In just a two-block area of Avondale, I spied most of these sights. The painted wall advertisement seems to have had a lively life in this small enclave of old brick buildings. Avondale “Center” had, until the past few years, been populated mainly by used car lots, rundown gas stations and crumbling buildings. Things have been changing at an accelerated pace. The mass of dried and chipping paint around the barber shop sign above is on the side of Saw’s Soul Kitchen, one of a handful of hip new eateries on the Avondale “strip.”

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When I go to the Winn-Dixie, I like to go through the self-checkout line and choose Spanish instead of English. The lady’s recorded voice speaks very clear and proper Spanish which, somehow, is quite soothing to me (perhaps it’s the California upbringing I had, or just the chili I had for lunch that day). Her voice also seems to be recorded much louder than the English-speaking lady’s. This gets noticed; I don’t mind. Tonight, it was just me, the young black woman standing nearby as an attendant in case someone needed help, and the Spanish-speaking lady inside the box. “QUATTRO DOLLARES Y CINCO CENTAVOS!” and on and on she bellowed, creating a spicy echo across the front of the supermarket. The attendant stood at her post, staring at what she was hearing. “Do you know Spanish?” she asked me when I was through. “Enough,” I answered, then added, “I’m guessing you don’t hear that very often, the Spanish.” “Never,” she said. Meanwhile, the Spanish-speaking lady’s voice was repeating her urgent command for me to remove my items from the bagging area, en espanol y con fuerza. She’s a pushy one, but, you know, in a soothing way.

Card is untitled on the front.

Printed on back of postcard:

JOHN F. KENNDEY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20566
HALL OF STATES. The Hall of States is one of two great halls running through the Center from the Entrance Plaza to the Grand Foyer. In it hang the state flags of the United States.

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Photo: Hans Trebor Assoc.  Printing: Museum Press, Inc.

Sometimes, a publishing company gets the cover art and design just right. I found this Penguin Classics cover for Saul Bellow’s Herzog striking and quite handsome.

Card is titled: “Deep in the Forest.”

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A fern bordered trail leads through giant redwoods in the Bolling Grove.

Photographed at Elk Creek on the Avenue of the Giants.

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©1975 Freeman – Von Normann Enterprises, Miranda, Ca. 95553

Kolor View Press, Los Angeles, CA 90064
KV6226