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Postcard 1950s Novelty Leporello Bad Orb Spessart Germany Car Pinup Comic
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Chrome · 1955

Postcard 1950s Novelty Leporello Bad Orb Spessart Germany Car Pinup Comic

Bad Orb, Spessart, Hesse, Germany1955ChromeExcellent

A cheeky blonde leans over the windscreen of a jaunty red roadster while her hat-wearing companion steers through the Spessart countryside — the rhyming caption below reads "Was sonst noch war sehr lieb und schön, das kannst Du vorn im Wagen sehn" ("What else was very dear and lovely, you can see in the front of the car"), a winking nod to the pretty passenger. But the real surprise is hidden inside: this novelty "Grüß aus Bad Orb i. Spessart" greeting card conceals a fold-out leporello accordion strip of miniature real-photo-style views of the spa town of Bad Orb — including the dramatic Gradierwerk (saline graduation tower), the swan pond (Schwanenweiher), a half-timbered hotel, and the church lane (Kirchgasse). Bad Orb was and remains a celebrated salt-spa resort in the Spessart hills of Hesse, Germany. This unused novelty mechanical postcard is a delightful double artifact: pinup-comic outer card plus a complete miniature souvenir booklet within.

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PC-03827 · Unknown (German novelty publisher)
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