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Vintage London: World Postcard Day 2021.
Friday October 1, 2021 was World Postcard Day 2021. World Postcard Day is the global movement to do exactly what it says on the tin: Send...

Flea Market Love Letters
Oct 7, 20213 min read


August 1, 1939.
Dearest Kaye -- It just struck six o’clock over radio as I started to write -- and imagine today is the first day of August. That reminds...

Flea Market Love Letters
Oct 5, 20214 min read


July 31, 1939.
My Sweetheart - Wasn’t that funny that our Sunday letters both began about the same. You know about getting home at 6:30. One thing I see...

Flea Market Love Letters
Oct 4, 20214 min read


Writing Through the Decades: "The Ladies' and Gentleman's Model Letter Writer" (20th Century)
Welcome back to the October installment of the Writing Through the Decades series. Today we're taking a look at "The Ladies' and...

Flea Market Love Letters
Oct 3, 20213 min read


Books About Letters: "A Letter from Pearl Harbor"
Ta-da! We've been busy at Flea Market H.Q. in the best possible way: inhaling more Books About Letters for this extra special bonus...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 29, 20212 min read


July 30, 1939.
My Darling -- It is just 6:30 now and I suppose you are nearly home by now. I do hope you had a safe, pleasant journey home. I enjoyed...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 27, 20212 min read


PS: Postscripts & Promises.
Recently we've been sharing the adorable and tender Roth letters. In the process of four years of photographing, typing, and sharing...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 26, 20213 min read


July 25, 1939.
My Dearest: I got two letters from you today and did I enjoy hearing from you! I am warning you in advance that this won’t be a two page...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 24, 20212 min read


July 24, 1939.
My Dearest -- I just finished reading your letter that I received this afternoon - (that was the 4th time) and I enjoyed it so much, as...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 23, 20214 min read


November 17, 1938.
Darling: -- I guess you missed my not writing last night, didn’t you? Well honey, we worked until it got real dark and came home here and...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 22, 20212 min read


November 6, 1938.
Dear Nelda & Kaye: First apology for using pencil but I am a little nervous tonight so - I was down your last Sunday visiting Tom for the...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 20, 20213 min read


Write More Letters: Year 1.
They say that a year flies when you're having fun. Thank you to each and every letter lover for their generous patronage of the Write...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 19, 20212 min read


September 14, 1938
My Dearest -- I have so much to write about our trip I don’t know where to start -- so I’ll start at the beginning first of all I’ll tell...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 17, 20215 min read


September 14, 1938.
Dearest: -- I was a little disappointed to write when I got here ‘cause there was no letter for me. Oh well, I guess I will get one...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 16, 20211 min read


September 6, 1938.
Dearest -- Here I am again. Well we arrived safely and things went five today. (They aren’t going so well right now though, this darn pen...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 15, 20211 min read


August 24, 1938.
Sweety Pie -- I am right back on the job again, feeling fine and hoping that you can report to me like wise. Gee Hon, was the picture...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 13, 20212 min read


August 23, 1938.
Dearest -- I’ve been lying here for the last hour and a half answering questions from a “Quiz” magazine. It’s loads of fun. Out of 160...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 13, 20214 min read


Favorite Found Letter Stories.
Regular readers of the Flea Market Love Letters Newsletter will know that we like to feature one or two "found letter" stories there....

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 12, 20212 min read


Books About Letters: "The Last Letter from Your Lover"
Last month it seemed that every bus in Dublin was plastered with the best thing in the world: A movie about letters based on a book about...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 11, 20213 min read


August 16, 1938.
Sweetheart: -- Here I am, just finished supper -- and oh! Swell & I had fresh peach pie. Gee it sure was sweltering here today. Boy I...

Flea Market Love Letters
Sep 10, 20212 min read
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