Cheerio

The postcard I choose was one titled "Cheerio" from 1939. It depicts a woman in a bright red bathing suit in a pool. She also is sporting a smile and a the words "cheerio" is written with her cigarette smoke. This card interested me for many reasons. Mainly, for the cigarette and how the writing on the back is so generic. If you were to have a postcard like that in this day and age, people would ridicule the cigarette in the picture. Back then, it was a norm in society and that fascinates me. The fact of how society changes is amazing. Also, the writing on the back I feel has no meaning. It is very basic because they are talking about the weather and water and that of course, is a cliche for "there is nothing else to talk about."