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The Folks Are Real Friendly Here - 100 Postcards from the Collection
Half & Half Cafe 923 SW Oak St, Portland, Oregon USA January 6 - 31, 2005
A-Ball Plumbing 1703 W. Burnside, Portland, Oregon USA February 5 - 26, 2005

Bathtub Postcard Flyer

Read Press from the Exhibit

See Photos from the Closing Party


100 years of Bathing History!

Good Clean Fun
In a coffeeshop and a Plumbing Store, The Bathtub Art Museum displayed 100 postcards from the collection in Portland during Jan-Feb 2005
  Half & Half Cafe, Photo by Patrick Sullivan

The Postcards were displayed in 10 frames, each with an exhibit of postcards. The following exhibits were in the show:

Hollywood Comes Clean From Marylin Monroe to Alanis Morissette
Bathtime! Pets and animal friends taking baths
Tub TalkThese bathers have something to say
Bathtubs: All Shapes & Sizes A collection of bathtubs
Plumbers & Peeping Toms Oh my! I beg your pardon!
Buy me: The adverstising Tub Bathtubs designed to sell
Bathe for your health Mud Baths or just water, just sit and soak
Alluring Women Pin-ups and Beautiful bathers
Darling Babies Who can resist a cute baby in a tub?

Download the Press Release for the Exhibit as a Word Document.

The Exhibition

For January, the postcards were displayed at Half & Half Cafe. All 10 framed exhibits on one wall opposite the counter. The show opened on First Thursday, January 6th with a reception. The Oregonian was there to take pictures and write up an article on the show.
In February the exhibit moved down the street to A-Ball Plumbing. The 10 exhibits were hung here and there thorughout the store. On February 26, the last day of the show, the public was invited to an Arty Bathtub Party



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