i JUST realized i never uploaded the ref images of my druid! This is my saguaro cactus lady, she doesn’t have a name yet. She’s a character in a homebrew game called dust n bone. The party is working on giving her a name, but its a powerful thing to give.
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A selection of cactus postcards from our collection. Information on the postcards is below the read more.
The Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL), founded in 1969, is the most comprehensive archive of its kind in the United States. Our focus and mission is to acquire and preserve research materials on American Popular Culture (post 1876) for curricular and research use. Visit our website at https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html.
"924:--Cholla Cactus on a California Desert." Published by Kashower Co, Los Angeles. Sent from Sierra Madre, California, to Kansas City, Missouri, in February 1937.
"F. F. 33 Night-blooming Cereus and Crotons, Florida." Photography by W. F. Gerecke, Pan American Photo Service, Miami. Sent from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Gardner, Massachusetts, by a granddaughter to her grandmother in January 1940.
"574 Yucca Palm or Spanish Dagger, California 1A-H455." By Western Publishing & Novelty Co. Sent from Pasadena, California, to Gardner, Massachusetts, in March 1933.
"909 Sentinels of the Desert, Giant Cactus (Sahuaro) 1A-H547." By Western Publishing and Novelty Co. Send from Los Angeles, California, to Burlington, Iowa, in July 1946.
"Riders on the Desert." Published by Bob Petley, Phoenix, Arizona. Sent from Phoenix to Bowling Green, Ohio, in February 1954.
"Desert Beauty PH-44-5." Published by H. S. Crocker Co., Inc. Photo by Jim Sexton. Sent from Bellevue, Washington, to Princeton, Massachusetts, in January 1963.
"H 1581 A Giant Cactus, Arizona." By Fred Harvey. Sent from Cactus, Arizona, to Gardner, Massachusetts, in December 1952.
"World's Largest Saguaro." Published by Bob Petley, Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by Hubert Lowman. Sent from Phoenix to Dearborn, Michigan.
"Saguaros, Giant Cacti." by Mike Roberts and Petley Studios. Sent from Scottsdale, Arizona, to Princeton, Massachusetts, in September 1964.
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I’m pausing posts for a few days. Back soon.
Here are some Arizona saguaros to bridge the gap.
Image adapted from U. S. Geographical Surveys West of 100th Meridian from 1878, from the Biodiversity Heritage Library’s flickr photo stream. If you enjoy vintage scientific illustration it’s a great place to while away the hours until I return.
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A copper postcard featuring Saguaro cacti from the Kopper Kard Co. in Salt Lake City, Utah. Unsent. Although the front is made of copper, it is wrapped around a paper card. A brief description on the back reads:
The Giant Cactus (Saguaro) is one of the many varieties of cacti found in the deserts of the southwest region of the United States. The Saguaro is the state flower of Arizona. New Mexico is often called the "Cactus State."
The Browne Popular Culture Library (BPCL), founded in 1969, is the most comprehensive archive of its kind in the United States. Our focus and mission is to acquire and preserve research materials on American Popular Culture (post 1876) for curricular and research use. Visit our website at https://www.bgsu.edu/library/pcl.html.
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