Blessed Easter 2021 From "TDS"! :)

 

 "But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, as He said. Come, see the place where He lay."

--Matthew 28:5-6 (ESV)

(Vintage original undated postcard scanned from the La Bartista Kellection)

Happy Saint Patrick's Day 2020!

Vintage original postcard physically scanned

from The La Bartista Kellection

BONUS! Jack Kelly's very own recipe for corned beef and cabbage:

Yet Another Postcard Post :)

Hello Everyone!

Yet another Jack Kelly postcard has joined the Kellection, and it's an absolute doozy! It's also the earliest (and best) one I've seen so far:

The front of the card shows a young JK  during his pre-Maverick days as a Universal-International contract player. Just look at that smile! :) There's also a facsimile signature.

 

The reverse of the card (addressed to a fan in Kansas) has a 2-cent postmark and a plug for the U-I film Mississippi Gambler, which was released in 1953.

The message says:

"Dear Friend: Thank you for your letter. I am only too happy to send you a photograph in response to your request. In the event you wish a larger photograph, I am listing below the various sizes available. You will note a small charge is made to cover printing and mailing cost. Thanks again for writing me."

The charges are $1.00 for a 11" x 14" photo, $0.25 for an 8" x 10" photo, $0.10 for a 5" x 7" photo and $.05 for "snapshots". How I wish photos of JK were available at those prices today--I paid a lot more than $1.00 for this postcard. ;)

Well, I hope this post has your "stamp" of approval. TDS is the address for all things JK, so please stay tuned! :)

Happy Saint Patrick's Day 2019!

Image & text physically scanned from original 

vintage postcard in the La Bartista Kellection

Happy Saint Patrick's Day 2018 From "TDS"! :)

Original vintage postcard from The La Bartista Kellection

 

"Hmmm...'The best of luck

will always

wait upon you

 if you pick up on the road a horse's shoe'.

Is that true, Goldie?"

 

"It's not so lucky for the horse

who lost its shoe!" ;)

Another Postcard Post! :)

Howdy!

Two more vintage Jack Kelly postcards just joined the Kellection, including one with the quintessential JK image which adorns this blog. So, I now have five of these cool cards:

These postcards were sent by the Warner Bros. fan mail department whenever folks wrote to JK. For only fifty-cents, you could also get an 8"x 10" photo (try getting one for that price now! ;>)

The reverse side of the cards features a reproduced signature and a greeting ("You are a real friend for writing!") from JK. Helpful hint: Some sellers erroneously assume the signatures on these cards are hand-written. I way overpaid for the first JK postcard I bought many years ago because I was led to believe I was purchasing a hand-signed item. Nope: the autographs shown on the front and back of these cards are pre-printed.

WB used the postmark to advertise their upcoming or current films. This one heralds A Summer Place, a 1959 melodrama starring Richard Egan, Dorothy McGuire and Sandra Dee. Postmarks on other JK cards I have advertise Auntie Mame, Sunrise at Campobello, and The Sundowners.

Yes, that's only four cards. The fifth JK postcard is "postally unused"--it has no postmark or mailing address, which means it was never sent by the fan department.

The other JK-related postcard I just received features a familiar grouping of Warner Bros. TV western stars. I've seen this pose before, but not in color like this:

Here's Clint Walker, Wayde Preston, Ty Hardin, Jack Kelly, John Russell, James Garner,
Peter Brown and Will Hutchins having a rootin' tootin' time
 on the Warner Bros. western street set

(How come JK is the shortest person on this card?!)

I think the image of Clint Walker ("Cheyenne") may have been inserted by WB into the color scene--he's usually not in other shots of this grouping I've seen, such as this one:

(BTW, this B&W photo was one of my first Kellectibles, before I actually had a Kellection! It was in a group of pix I bought at an antiques show before I "discovered" JK. :>)

The back of the color postcard has the pre-printed signatures of all the WB cowboys appearing on the front (with another pitch for A Summer Place):  

Well, I hope this post about JK postcards "sent" you. ;> Please stay tuned for more fun in TDS!

"Who Is Your Favorite Actor on TV?" :)

Hello Everyone!

Almost exactly 57 years ago, a grandmother vacationing in California mailed (for only three cents!) a postcard to her grandson in Indiana. I suppose lots of grandmas sent postcards in 1961, but most of the cards probably didn't have these two handsome gents on the front:

Yep, it's the "Mavericks"! And, apparently either Jack Kelly or James Garner was the recipient's favorite star, because his "Grandmom" wrote on the back:

"Who is your favorite actor on TV? Lois and I are in Hollywood seeing the sights."

Out of curiosity, I Googled the name of the addressee. Unfortunately, what I found was his obituary. However, he lived a very full and interesting life. At one point the Mavericks were a part of that life, if only via TV and a rectangular memento of a grandmother's long-ago sightseeing trip. And, now that memento is part of the Kellection.

Please stay tuned to keep seeing the sights with JK and TDS! :)