Philadelphia LOVE

This postcard arrived via Postcrossing just a few weeks ago. But in fact the sender had emailed me over a month prior to tell me they’d forgotten to write the postcard ID and to send it via email so I could register it. I was surprised that a domestic postcard had taken so long to arrive, but with the holidays and the elections, I think the USPS was just a bit overwhelmed! Well, arrive it did and with such clear and beautiful handwriting on the back. I was very grateful because I usually have a hard time reading handwritten Chinese. Sometimes I take a photo of the message and ask my friend to transcribe it for me so I can work out any words I don’t know! This time, there was no need as I could make out all of the words quite clearly.

This is the famous LOVE sculpture.

From the back of the postcard: Perhaps the most familiar of Philadelphia’s many artworks that embellish public spaces is the painted aluminum LOVE sculpture by Robert Indiana. It was erected in 1976 as part of the nation’s Bicentennial celebration. Photographer - Catherine Gehm.