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Flannery O’Connor wrote in her 1961 essay “The King of the Birds,” “In short, I am the only person on the place who is willing to underwrite, with something more than tolerance, the presence of peafowl. In return, I am blessed with their rapid…

Living on Andalusia farm in Milledgeville, Georgia, O’Connor and her mother, Regina, had many pastoral responsibilities. O’Connor would have used a rake such as this to spread seed for her many beloved peacocks. In her 1961 essay “The King of the…

The "women and fashion" section of the postcard collection speaks to images of women in popular culture. Women rode bicycles, played sports and lived actively, as other cards in this collection show. These idealized views of women sent to Caruso…

This Easter card was sent to Enrico Caruso from Pepino in 1902. Unlike the American tradition of sending Christmas cards, the French holiday tradition is sending New Year’s cards. Easter cards are prevalent in this group as well, often with displays…

This humorous clown postcard was sent to Enrico Caruso by Mario. The "humor" category contains all the postcards intended to make the viewer laugh. The “jokes” of the postcards can include children posed with chamber pots, giraffes with their necks…

Antonio Pini-Corsi, an operatic baritone then singing with the Metropolitan Opera, sent this postcard to his tenor friend in 1900. The card shows the Masonic Temple in Chicago, with a hand drawn musical score along the bottom. This "travel and…

"Military and hunting" postcards collected by Caruso display idealized masculinity and strength to the viewer. This postcard comes from a series of German soldiers with detailed styles of historical uniforms, as opposed to the action of the troops.…

This landscape postcard was sent to Enrico Caruso by his common law wife, Ada Giachetti, in 1900. "Landscape and flower" postcards show rustic country sides, leafy orchards and bouquet after bouquet of flowers. These images tend to evoke the romance…

This card was sent from Filippo Galante to Enrico Caruso in 1903. The miscellaneous category of cards, to which this card belongs, represent the oddities among the cards. They depict children playing with a tea set or the seedy side of "Le Notte." …

This card was sent from Enrico Caruso to Miss Izora O. Hunter. The card shows a self-caricature of Caruso, who was well known for his talent as a caricaturist. He published weekly illustrations in an Italian language newspaper for many years while he…