St. Catherine is, among other things, the saint of unmarried women. On St. Catherine's Day (25th November, ie, today) it was traditional in France for unmarried women to pray to her for a husband, and, especially if they were over 25, to send each other cards on the day. These postcards were popular for this purpose, featuring, as they do, single women looking fabulous (you will notice many of the cards featuring single women were sent for St. Catherine's Day), or women looking fabulous with the attention of an adoring man. Quite a few have already been featured in this blog (and I apologize for the couple repeats today; I thought they were worth repeating!), but here's a couple more for the day. Bonne fête!
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