Spitball Army

Postcard is untitled on the front.

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St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Parish House 14 East 51st Street
New York, N.Y. 10022

The section of the Cathedral containing the Lady Chapel was erected in 1901-6. Its style of architecture has the characteristics of the thirteenth century Gothic.

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©Published by: C. Harrison Conroy Co., P.O. Box 594, Newton, N.J. 07860

All the ball fields in Avondale Park are occupied with games and onlookers; their cars line the surrounding streets. There’s a light pollen haze in the air. White blooming dogwood trees invade one’s line of sight in every direction. There goes a bike. Smoke is snaking from Saw’s barbecue joint. Inside the nearby library, Miss Ellen is projecting Much Ado About Nothing on the event room wall as a kid in the front row has his eyes on his handheld; there are only four people in attendance, yet they have eaten all the popcorn the popper could make. It’s free, after all, as is this beautiful day.

Mamet film where heavily-manicured language lends an unbelievability to the proceedings. The word bombs, however, are awesome:

• [Heist word bomb example #1]
  He (on telephone): Everybody needs money. That’s why they call it money.
• [Heist word bomb example #2]
  He: Save the bullshit, your guy says he wants to do the job.
  She: Is that a question?
• [Heist word bomb example #3]
  He: Nobody lives forever.
  She: Frank Sinatra gave it a shot.
• [Heist word bomb example #4]
  She: You’ll be alright, you always are. Cute plan, though.
  He: Cute as a Chinese baby.

The story of Frank “Spig” Wead of the U.S. Navy, in which The Duke and Maureen O’Hara smoke a lot of cigarettes.

Card is titled: “Siuslaw River Bridge. Color by Jim Neilson.”

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SIUSLAW RIVER BRIDGE
Florence, Oregon Coast
Scotch Broom in blossom in foreground.

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Smith Western Inc., 1133 N.W. Glisan, Portland, Oregon 97209
117032

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The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine
The Great Bronze Doors occupy a distinguished, and unique place in the annals of modern sculpture. Cast and fabricated in Paris by M. Barbedienne, who also cast the Statue of Liberty. One pair shows scenes from the Old Testament; the other from the New. Each of the four valves is six feet wide and eighteen feet high, and each weighs approximately three tons. There are sixty panels in bas-relief on both the outer and inner sides. The stiles and framework are of richly foliated designs.

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Published by C. Harrison Conroy, 955 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10028

Card is titled: “Sea Lion Caves – Oregon Coast. Photo by Mac Miller.”

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SEA LION CAVE, OREGON COAST
Interior of Sea Lion Caves
Year-round home of Stellar Sea Lions, on U.S. 101, near Florence, Oregon.

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©1969 D.P.
DT-58423-C
Pub. by Smith Western, Inc., 1133 N.W. Glisan, Portland, Oregon

The seemingly unfilmable Beat era’s genesis. Till Terrence Malick or David Fincher give it a go, this’s the best.

Card is titled: “Telegraph Hill and Coit Tower, San Francisco, California.”

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HISTORIC TELEGRAPH HILL
and famous Coit Tower
San Francisco, Calif.
The typical architecture, coloring, and style of much of San Francisco’s residential areas is shown here clustered around famous Telegraph Hill in the “North Beach” area of this picturesque city.

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Smith Novelty Co., 460 Ninth St., San Francisco, Calif.

Plastichrome by Colourpicture, Boston, Mass. 02130