From the 1930s to the 1950s, Americans were urged to hit the road in their automobiles and travel the newly-built highways to see places where they could spend tourist dollars. We are still encouraged to do so, but during that heyday you could get a souvenir postcard from just about any small town you passed through. These were the large letter postcards, usually with “Greetings from” at the top, and pictures of the area in each letter of the place name. Several companies made them, but they are getting harder to find now. The most famous example is above, the postcard that was adapted as the cover of Bruce Springsteen’s first album.
Fred Tenney and Kevin Hilbert are serious collectors of large letter postcards, and have recently published the book Large Letter Postcards: The Definitive Guide, 1930s to 1950s. You can see dozens of examples, and get the story of the cards from the authors in a post at Collectors Weekly.
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http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/MinoanBullJump.htm
yes, i'm spanish
There's many people here that really hates the deaths of bulls in "corridas" or "encierros" (like in Pamplona), although there's a few that still call it an "art". But surely is not a general passion among us, and in a few weeks in Catalonia probably will be forbidden forever this kind of thing.
Furthermore, this is the first time I've seen photos like that. Maybe its a tradition of a couple of villages, but not a Spanish tradition, believe me!
1) NO. Bullfighting it is NOT forbidden in Barcelona!! (http://www.torosbarcelona.com/)
2) Despite is a debatable thing, bullfighting is considered an art not an sport.
3) This particular tradition is known in Spain (although not as much as regular bullfighting).
PD-
Do you want participation with a post? Talk about Spain and many Spaniards would argue about it. :)))
Cheers!
One think are the Bullfighting, that's a tradition, like going hunting. The bull's killed fastly, with no pain.
Another thinks are the other games done in more rural villages, where they suffer to the poor bull.
OMG, i thought that neatorama was more accurate and real...
OK, I was anticipating facts, I was sincerely confused. But that doesn't make "toros" in Barcelona very popular. You can call it "art", but you also know that maybe a half of the people of Spain call it "murder". Maybe it's because we love arguing, but doesn't make it less real. This particular tradition "known in Spain"... well, not so much, not in Catalonia that's sure.
And, Andreu, I really don't think that the bulls in bullfighting die fast and without pain.
Of course is legitimate to argue if info is not accurate, in this case, why not to believe the people who live in Spain? I am a big Neatorama fan but I couldn´t help feeling quite uneasy reading about this, it can take people to make false assumptions about spaniards.
It's quite impressive as you can see here :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLWvKpQdjSo&feature=related