WEB RINGS MECHANICAL  POSTCARDS ABOUT PRIVACY POLICY GUEST BOOK

 

 

Ellen H. Clapsaddle was a prolific Victorian artist whose work appears on countless postcards. Her lovely Victorian images captivate me. The more Clapsaddle postcards I add to my collection, the more I want to share her work with others. For me, each of the images is like a little trip back through time.  To that end, I started scanning my cards but soon noticed that age had not been kind--Clapsaddle's artistry was marred by dulling colors, specks, holes, scratches and deteriorating paper. Since there is no longer a copyright on the original cards, I decided to restore some luster to the fading graphics, examples of which appear here.

 

Happy Valentine's Day: Ellen H. Clapsaddle Restorations

Music: Danny Kaye's version of  Inchworm

 

 

Happy Easter: Ellen H. Clapsaddle Restorations

Music: A Disney version of  Here Comes Peter Cottontail

 

 

Halloween Art: Ellen H. Clapsaddle Restorations

Music: John Barry's version of the theme from Somewhere in Time

Clapsaddle Halloween Restorations II

Music: People are Strange by The Doors

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving: Ellen H. Clapsaddle Restorations

Music: We Gather Together

 

Thanksgiving Postcards II

Music: Over the River and Through the Woods

 

A Present Help: restored Victorian pamphlet illustrated by Ellen H. Clapsaddle

 

 

 

1909 Sunshine's Heart calendar illustrated by Ellen H. Clapsaddle

 

 

 

Clapsaddle's 4th of July

 

 

 

Clapsaddle:  She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not

 

"Mechanical" postcards have moveable parts.  How these wonderful cards made it through the mail 100 years ago is astounding.  I have animated some of these cards to give the viewer a sense of what it is like to turn the wheels that produce kaleidoscopic effects.

 

Mechanical Christmas Postcards

Animated versions of a dozen vintage mechanical postcards by Ellen H. Clapsaddle and others.  Music: The Beach Boys' Little Saint Nick

 

 

 

Mechanical Valentine's Day Postcards

Come and see my new animations of vintage mechanical postcards with valentine themes

 

 

Easter Mechanical Postcards

 

 

Calendar Postcards

 

WEB RINGS MECHANICAL  POSTCARDS ABOUT PRIVACY POLICY GUEST BOOK

 Unless otherwise stated, copyright held by Barbara Beck-Ramsay, ©1980-2008

 Unless otherwise stated, copyright held by Jason P. Silvestri, ©2008-2009