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Vintage Polish Postcard – Skaters (1901 and 1902)

 

Skaters, November 1901
Skaters, January 1902

These postcards from my family archive have just marked their anniversaries: one turned 110 years last November, another just recently, on January 3. This is a Victorian-style gallant photo showing two skaters in the park. Both postcards have something written on them in Polish, I presume; sadly, I don’t know the language to even transcribe the lines. If you know what is written and can help and tell us what it says, please feel free to do so. Otherwise, here’s a turn of the 20th c. impression of the romantic winter pastime.

And this evening (it’s actually midnight in Moscow already) I came home only to grab my camera and go back out to make some winter photos in my native city. I was after Christmas trees. I was trying to make photos of them before the New Year, but there wasn’t enough snow. The city authorities were planning to take the New Year and Christmas decorations down by January 15th. I suspect they decided to extend the date until after the 19th, the Russian Orthodox festival of Epiphany (Baptism of Our Lord). So, when I saw Christmas trees still intact this morning, I thought it must have been for a reason. Perhaps, the reason was my inexplicable desire to snap Xmas trees. As a teaser, here is a photo of the Moscow Townhall with two conic Christmas trees.

Moscow Townhall, Tverskaya St (January 2012)

Author: Julia Shuvalova

Julia Shuvalova is the author of Los Cuadernos de Julia blog. She is an author of several books, a translator, and a Foreign Languages tutor. She lives and works in Moscow, Russia.

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