Spitball Army

Card is titled: “West Front, Mount Vernon.”

Printed on back of post card:

THE BOWLING GREEN ENTRANCE was a feature of the original plans at Mount Vernon conceived and inaugurated by Gen. Washington shortly before the Revolution.

Mount Vernon is owned and maintained by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union, founded 1853 for the preservation of the home and tomb of Washington.

Publishing information:

103  Color Photo: Col. M. W. Arps Jr.
Published by Mount Vernon Inn, Mount Vernon, Virginia

Further proof they don’t make ’em like they usedta. Lon Chaney Jr was a pretty bad actor but was born to play Lenny.

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WEB SECTION (on the Creative Nonfiction website).

Card is titled: “George Washington’s Bedroom, Mount Vernon.”

Printed on back of post card:

GEORGE WASHINGTON’S BEDROOM, Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon is owned and maintained by the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union. Founded 1853 for the preservation of the home and tomb of Washington.
Photo courtesy of Mount Vernon Ladies Association.

Publishing information:

Published for Mount Vernon Inn, Mount Vernon, Virginia.
The Continental Card.
Mike Roberts, Berkeley 94710.
105

He hands me a personal check with the name Jerry Lee Rewis. Suspicious, I ask for his license. On it, his photo: left eye winking.

Deliberately paced – meaning slow, seemingly uneventful. The pace never quickens, but after the…

…first hour, the lush/barren landscapes and dogged police proceedings draw the viewer into its rhythms. Philosophical…

…symbolism abounds. Turkish director Ceylan most similar to Tarkovsky in his use of lengthy slow-tracking takes.

Card is titled: “Cable Car Tunrtable. Photo: Sandor Balatoni.”

Printed on back of post card:

This cable car turntable is located at Powell and Market streets in the heart of San Francisco’s downtown area. Natives and tourists alike catch the cable cars here and head over Nob Hill to Chinatown and Fisherman’s Wharf.

Publishing information:

Pub. by Smith Novelty Co., 460 – 9th St., San Francisco, Calif. 94103
Made by DEXTER PRESS West Nyack, New York
15 x

One of the worst films ever made graced my TV tonight: The Sandpiper. Achingly, moaningly bad. Not even “so bad it’s good.” Just BAD.

Card is untitled on its front.

Printed on back of post card:

Gutenberg Bible, printed in Mainz, 1450-56.
Volume II, open to the Book of Job.

Publishing information:

Library of Congress P733