Showing posts with label postcards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label postcards. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Postcard - Myconos, Greece

"Mykonos = Myconos = Miconos = Mykonos"

1970s

Monday, November 11, 2013

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Saturday, November 9, 2013

Postcard - Athens, Greece

"Athens - The University and the National Library"

1970s

Thursday, November 7, 2013

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Postcard - Athens, Greece

"Athens - The temple of Hephaestos (Theseion)."

1970s.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Postcard - Athens, Greece

"Athens - Partial View and Lycabette."

1970s

What an amazing place Greece must be. It is somewhat disconcerting that Morty the Dog has actually been there while I remain stateside. I would love to visit someday.

Monday, November 4, 2013

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Postcard - Batavia, Dutch East Indies

"Batavia, Hotel des Indes in vogelvlucht"

Probably later half of 1940s.

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Postcard - Paris, France


"Paris. -- Panorama sur les sept Ponts."

1920s?

Friday, November 1, 2013

Postcard - Aswan, Egypt

"The Nile at Asswan = Le Nile a Assouan = Der Nil in Assuan"

1970s

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Postcard - Montreal, Quebec

"Montreal, P.Q., Canada. Night view of Dorchester Street, looking east."

ca. 1970?

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Postcard - Victoria, British Columbia

"Parliament Buildings, Victoria BC"

Handwritten on back of card: 1945

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Postcard - Pincher Creek, Alberta

"Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada."

1970s? Sent to me in 1980.

Monday, October 28, 2013

Postcard - Little America, Wyoming

"Covey's Little America -- Wyoming. On U.S. Hiway 30 at Junction with 30N. 150 miles of Salt lake City. America's new one stop Travel Center. Coffee Shop, 115 beautiful Motor Lodge rooms, Store, Fountain, Cocktail Lounge, beautiful Rest Rooms, Bus Stop, Super Service Station, Garage, Truck Pit, Giant Paved Parking Areas. Famous Coast to Coast-- Now Even better."

1950s.

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Postcard - Cheyenne, Wyoming

"Sixteenth street is the main cross business street of Cheyenne as well as the route of the Lincoln Highway thru the city. Cheyenne with its miles of paved streets and its numerous large business and public buildings has all the appearances of a city of 50,000 although its population is less than half of that."

ca. 1930? The Plains Hotel, which is the centerpiece here, still exists.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Postcard - Cheyenne, Wyoming

"Cheyenne is one of the trans-continental cross roads of the Nation. One of the great stopping points for east and west trains and a junction for north and south travel."

1930s?

Friday, October 25, 2013

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Postcard - Lake Willoughby, Vermont

"Aerial view of Lake Willoughby, which lies between two mountains and is often described as similar to a Swiss Lake. It is nearly 5 miles long, providing good water sports and fishing. It is in the town of Westmore, north of Lyndonville, Vt. on Vt. 5A."

1970s. When I was growing up here in Washington State, we never saw submarine sandwiches. When I lived in Vermont for awhile in 1979 I met my first "grinder" at Lake Willoughby and became hooked.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Postcard - East Barnet, Vermont

"The Round Barn on the Moore Farm in East Barnet. Built in 1899 this was the first round barn contructed in Vermont."

1970s.