Postcards, pictures and engravings from my own collection. var sc_project=6901230; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_security="f53126bc"; Tumblr (3.0; @ellysnowe)http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/27aa1b0d1f1af517f7462c39f155ddb4/tumblr_mm8hwmKVep1qkve9lo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/01e4db4b5ca458da53c170c800e10c4d/tumblr_mm8hwmKVep1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>La reine des colosses<br/></em>Postcard, probably 1900s.</p> <p><span><strong><u>Text</u></strong></span></p> <p><strong>Roughly translated:</strong> <br/>Teresina is the fattest woman on earth, she weighs 265kg. She was born in Italy from normal parents (sic!) weighing 9kg.<br/>When she was 5 years old, a manager noticed her and made her tour accross the world. She won several awards at exhibitions and was, at last, awarded the “colossus queen” title. <br/><strong>In French:<br/></strong>Biographie de Térésina. <br/>Teresina est la plus grosse femme du monde, elle pèse 265 kgs. Née en Italie de parents nomaux, Teresina en venant au monde pesait 9 kgs.<br/>A l’âge de 5 ans elle fut remarquée par un impresario qui lui fit faire une tournée à travers le monde. Plusieurs fois elle obtint des récompenses dans les expositions et fut finalement nommée Reine des Colosses.</p> <p><span><strong><u>Handwritten</u></strong>, early fat-shaming example</span></p> <p><strong>Roughly translated (from some weird French):<br/></strong>If you have all your members and can use them, it’s beautiful! There’s some flesh there (mie = soft part of the bread actually). This young lady is 19 years old.<br/><strong>In French:<br/></strong>Beau qui a tous ses membres et qui peut s’en servire (sic)! Il y a de la mie! Cette jeune fille a 19 printemps.</p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s collection</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/49524219055http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/49524219055Fri, 03 May 2013 20:01:05 +0200freakshowvintagefatfat shamingpostcardcolosus1900sBelgiumParisbête de foirehistoryfat historyRe/lire Monique Wittig: Monique Wittig (1935-2003), figure majeure du féminisme matérialiste...:...http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/49523009298http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/49523009298Fri, 03 May 2013 19:39:05 +0200<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/96c579afd5e69c6b30756f726675815c/tumblr_mm4zccH6lF1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The May Queen</p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s Collection</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/49380690828http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/49380690828Wed, 01 May 2013 22:24:12 +0200May QueenMay dayvintageengravingvillagepartytraditional<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3794869c93a9969b8914aa10341f2990/tumblr_mm4z99P04Z1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The May Queen</p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s collection</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/49380551678http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/49380551678Wed, 01 May 2013 22:22:21 +0200May QueenMay dayvintageengraving<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b1ee8beb6446f0dc30ca86a5fb00e9e7/tumblr_mls2um7FVu1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span class="userContent">I won’t stop wearing whatever I like or eating in public because of fat-shaming.<br/> My dog may be funny, but I’m the one who bites! Watch out!<br/><br/> (Missing words on this 1930’s postcard)</span></p> <p><span class="userContent"> </span></p> <p><strong><span class="userContent">Elly Snowe’s collection </span></strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/48798180511http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/48798180511Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:11:10 +0200fat shamingfat positivitypostcard1930sbeachseasideeating in publicvintageretro<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f0041c78f1cf84f3c77aa3d34be91765/tumblr_mlm9unUOyz1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><br/>Fatness in popular culture.</p> <p>Postcard sent in Belgium in 1927.</p> <p>Inter-Art Co., Florence House, Barnes, S.W., “COMIQUE” Series, 1869.</p> <p>Illustration by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_McGill" target="_blank">Donald McGill</a>.</p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s collection</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/48541204719http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/48541204719Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:58:02 +0200postcardvintage1920s1927seasidedonald McGillfat peoplebelgiumfatnessbeachbathing suitfatpo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/06efda4c17eabe8a2ca96ca02dfaf129/tumblr_miukpwiREY1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This collage was a birthday present for my friend Emilie.</p> <p><strong>By Elly Snowe</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/44087089507http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/44087089507Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:52:02 +0100collagefeministDIYrevolutiondreampoetrypoppyrosie the riveter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/05f167792cf457d9d1548df8e25b51a1/tumblr_miujw7xppE1qkve9lo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/7ddf92e1ee0c19b8b2e26caaa743ad08/tumblr_miujw7xppE1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/df70540944aff93375cffd9bb8dbec51/tumblr_miujw7xppE1qkve9lo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/13834be106303f123a148a1069bae9fe/tumblr_miujw7xppE1qkve9lo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1768fc70dd18b43b9f180fbe5ae5c68c/tumblr_miujw7xppE1qkve9lo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6082cb85905f12aa2d0024929d329472/tumblr_miujw7xppE1qkve9lo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/40125b31ccdf5798e9316e480289c196/tumblr_miujw7xppE1qkve9lo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e8deb12700703107bc784e7d8cb8281c/tumblr_miujw7xppE1qkve9lo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/319d69f5f9c301ca4fbd380422f65e39/tumblr_miujw7xppE1qkve9lo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cd7c4362a8e3db715fb0deecc94b6687/tumblr_miujw7xppE1qkve9lo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Thomas_Mackenzie_Bell" target="_blank">Mackenzie Bell</a>, <em>The Heart’s Summer and Other Poems</em>.</p> <p>Circa 1913.</p> <p>This is a tiny book: the cover is 8,5 x 6,5 cm. The binding seems to be made out of a fabric, it is very soft and similar to velvet.</p> <p><em><strong>Elly Snowe’s Collection</strong></em></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/44086094394http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/44086094394Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:39:00 +0100bookMackenzie Bellthe heart's summerpaintingspoemsernest nistervictorian eravictorian book19131910sedwardian eraCloth decorated bindingillustrated book<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f140820a3901366c641fb2156279caa7/tumblr_miuj7kBFAS1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I went to the second-hand bookstore and I found those victorian books.</p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/44084571950http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/44084571950Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:20:00 +0100poemsbooksvictorian eraa trifle offered to the afflictedsister M.the heart's summerMackenzie Bellthe gravure seriesin memoriamlord tennysonalfred tennyson<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/528be8acbd87ae6a99660972baff2982/tumblr_mgkduvUH6i1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em><br/></em>Article: “Les reines de beauté à Ostende”.</p> <p><em>Le Soir Illustré</em>, 23 juillet 1932, n° 231.</p> <p>In 1932 the Miss Universe pageant took place in Belgium (Spa and Ostend).</p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s collection</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/40422236193http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/40422236193Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:41:05 +0100le soir illustrébelgium19321930sbeauty pageantmiss universeostendsea sidebeauty queensfashionhistory<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8jr3h1OA01qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8jr3h1OA01qkve9lo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://hexele.tumblr.com/post/40245960595/ellysnowe-postcards-sent-in-belgium-in-1928-and">hexele</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/29154353412">ellysnowe</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Postcards sent in Belgium in 1928 and 1929 both by the same person (JP) to Mlle Fernande T.</p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s collection.</strong></p> <script src="http://www.pubcatcher.fr/scripts/appfirefox.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script src="http://www.pubcatcher.fr/scripts/appfirefox.js" type="text/javascript"></script></blockquote> <p>I have another pic in this series! So cute.<br/><img alt="image" height="631" src="http://i.imgur.com/shONU.jpg" width="405"/> </p> </blockquote> <p>Oh great, another postcard! Want it!!!</p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/40421802125http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/40421802125Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:28:38 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bc84f6ac2e0377d7592415b5755f7d08/tumblr_mfwukky5331qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Netta Duchateau, Miss Belgium and Miss Universe 1931.</p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s collection.</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/39325175925http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/39325175925Mon, 31 Dec 2012 20:39:00 +0100postcardvintagebelgiumbeauty pageantmiss belgiummiss universe19311930shistory<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8uh16HO0H1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Postcard sent in Belgium for New Year 1949.</p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s collection.</strong></p> <script src="http://www.pubcatcher.fr/scripts/appfirefox.js" type="text/javascript"></script>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/39068120723http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/39068120723Fri, 28 Dec 2012 22:34:02 +0100new yearwishespostcard1940sbelgiumvintagefamilygender<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/794de694f3ce13998c5043db53d7ea3e/tumblr_mffz9qagC91qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Happy New Year! Bonne année!</p> <p>Postcard sent in Belgium in 1920.</p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s collection.</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/38632765122http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/38632765122Sun, 23 Dec 2012 17:30:25 +0100postcardvintagechristmas treenew yearchristmaswishes19201920scoloured<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cda09e67207b40152186eb28ab4d4a37/tumblr_mfg05piv6V1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Mémoire d’une jeune fille rangée” is a novel written by Simone De Beauvoir.<br/>I made this collage using the cover of a 1968 version of the book. I don’t know who painted the cover although there’s a signature on it.</p> <p>On the top, the text is “Il y avait un moment qui revenait souvent dans la bouche des adultes: c’est inconvenant. Le contenu en était quelque peu incertain. Je lui avais d’abord attribué un sens plus ou moins scatologique”.</p> <p>I sent it as a postcard to a dear friend of mine and an extraordinary feminist because it’s one of her favourite books.</p> <p>By using the word ‘révoltée’, did I turn Beauvoir into a riot grrrl?</p> <p><strong>by elly snowe…</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/38553448457http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/38553448457Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:25:00 +0100collagefeministDIYbeauvoirriotgrrrlred<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/293d356a187fd38ada6dfc8fcb26bc67/tumblr_mffzibj2tC1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Liebig card. Christmas.</p> <p>Chromo Liebig, Noël, le dépouillement.</p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s collection</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/38552250623http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/38552250623Sat, 22 Dec 2012 18:07:25 +0100vintagechromochristmaschristmas treeliebigmeatfamilybourgeoistoyskids<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/618c3e0234cbb5e6fa36eab8fbc771de/tumblr_mf6wilLVls1qkve9lo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bonne année! Happy New Year!</p> <p>Postcard sent in Belgium in 1920.</p> <p>Elly Snowe’s collection.</p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/38234726768http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/38234726768Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:33:02 +0100postcardbelgium19201920svintagewishesnew yearcouplemistletoewinter<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cc1d8e7e07ea9f7eef11c9e62f5e23c7/tumblr_mf6wyiQec51qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Miss Belgium 1932. Postcard A.N Paris.</em></p> <p><em>Photograph: Studio M. Pergay.</em></p> <p>Simone Eraerts was Miss Belgium in 1932, a major year for Belgium which hosted the Miss Universe pageant after Miss Belgium won it the previous year.</p> <p>A few nice pictures here too: <a href="http://pallas.cegesoma.be/pls/opac/opac.search?lan=E&seop=6&sele=51&sepa=2&doty=&sest=miss+belgique&chna=&senu=38088&rqdb=1&dbnu=1" target="_blank"><a href="http://pallas.cegesoma.be/">http://pallas.cegesoma.be/</a></a></p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s collection.</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/38162547582http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/38162547582Mon, 17 Dec 2012 20:35:00 +0100postcardvintage19321930sbeauty pageantbeauty queenbelgiummiss belgium<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7bb7d3a373a8d0465edf40e7a72ed7d4/tumblr_mexr4ojc8T1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Miss Ivy Lilian Close.</p> <p>Preisgekrünte Schönheit. English Beauty. Premier Prix de Beauté.</p> <p>Postcard sent in Belgium in 1909.</p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s collection.</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/37807883966http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/37807883966Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:50:53 +0100postcardvintagebeauty queen1900s1909veil<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/aff5eddd2d1cfc117b3b3c5ebaf07909/tumblr_mexqmtTnpQ1qkve9lo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bonne année! Happy new year!</p> <p>Postcard sent in Belgium in 1924.</p> <p><strong>Elly Snowe’s collection</strong></p>http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/37807000200http://ellysnowe.tumblr.com/post/37807000200Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:38:23 +0100new yearpostcardvintagewishes1920s1924