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President Barak Obama


President Barak Obama, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

When in DC …

Couldn’t resist this card. I also picked up one of the outgoing Bush but no need to post that here …. 🙂

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Acoma Pottery by Lucy Lewis


Acoma Pottery by Lucy Lewis, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

This card hails from the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC — a beautiful, fascinating place to visit! Wish we had more time to spend here!

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Vampire Kissing Fallen Angel No. 1


Vampire Kissing Fallen Angel No. 1, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

This is by Fritz Scholder, a highly controversial Native American artist. I don’t know what it is about this card but I like it … maybe the idea of evil finding love after all? Or the idea of evil desiring beauty despite itself? Or even beauty falling for evil? Or maybe it’s just the love, pure and simple? I don’t know and have not read the official interpretations … but I like it 🙂 From the National Museum of the American Indian in DC.

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Miracle Card


Miracle Card, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

I picked this and two other similar cards up at the Hirshorn Museum in Washington, DC. The card has two parts held together by a rivet. You can rotate the top, plastic part for a special optical effect. By Ges. Geschutzt. (By the way, we almost missed the Hirshorn, which would have been a mistake! Even my kids were enjoying the modern art installations — and the gift shop help many treasures you don’t see elsewhere on the Mall!)

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Miracle Card


Miracle Card, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

The card has two parts held together by a rivet. Rotate the top, plastic part for a special optical effect. By Ges. Geschutzt.

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The Thousand and One Nights, Henri Matisse


The Thousand and One Nights, Henri Matisse, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

This neat art card has an interesting feature; you fold it on the bend and use the attached sticky tape to make it a normal sized postcard. I should have copied the back as well, which shows a b&w line drawing of the artist. I picked this up at the National Museum of Art in Washington, DC.

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Dresses Worn by First Ladies


Dresses Worn by First Ladies, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

These two cards hail from the National Museum of American History–also known as America’s Attic! We saw the Star Spangled Banner there … very moving!

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Funky art postcard


Funky art postcard, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

I have no idea who did this design … it is by a German firm. The circles turn all sorts of funky colors when you move the card around. I picked this up at the National Museum of Art!

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The Mint


The Mint, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

Of course we had to visit the Bureau of Engraving and Printing while we were in DC …. All that money!

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The National Mall, Washington DC


The National Mall, Washington DC, originally uploaded by CarolinaRen.

We hoofed it up and down the Mall many times during our stay! At the bottom of the card is the Capitol, at the top is the Washington Monument. And along the left and right sides of the mall are the Smithsonian museums!

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