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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1305 on: July 12, 2019, 05:53:33 AM »
Near as I can tell all is well with her - she has her Mom's kind smile in her photo on LinkedIn.  Wasn't 100% sure as the path took an unexpected turn but the smile is a clincher I think.  It would seem she has had a career where she has actually helped people.

What was she wearing?
Are we having fun yet?

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1306 on: July 12, 2019, 11:50:18 PM »
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5/14/53

Hi Sisters: We are
pounding the hiway again, ar-
rived here late this afternoon
hot & tired.  This is the place we are
at for the night.  Left St. Pete on
the 13th.  I suppose the Towerys are
home by now.  Sure do wish I
was.  Expect to stay here a day or so
then on to Daytona Beach then
Fort Wayne.  Love    Lee & Ray

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1307 on: July 14, 2019, 12:36:43 AM »
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10-20-51

Dear Irene,  you may be
crowded every
minute on your
San Franc. trip,
but in case you have
time on your hands
and in order not to
fall short of your expectations  –
This girl once enter-
tained me & when
I was at Carl's tonight
to get hold of her, I didn't have her address
with me.  She was a library friend: Mrs. Martha
Seewer
Fowler 1585
Beach Ave - San
Francisco.  Then I'd reimburse you for
the lunch or dinners.  Then there's our friend Hazel
Merry, you know.    Love, Agnes

 



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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1308 on: July 14, 2019, 04:31:26 PM »
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An interesting postcard from this week's postcard auction.  I wonder if the workers came across snakes and spiders and stuff?

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1309 on: July 15, 2019, 02:23:13 PM »
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A nice, close-up shot of the top of the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, in this week's postcard auction.  I've been inside there on two separate occasions..

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1310 on: July 15, 2019, 02:55:41 PM »
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I'm not sure who this is. But I was attracted to what was on the back.

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 "Photo by W. Fyfe, North Battleford, Sask.

A mighty pain to
love it is, and tis a
pain that pain to miss
but of all pain, the
greatest pain, it is to
love, but love in vain.........


Friendship is the only
thing in the world
concerning the use-
fulness of which all
mankind are
agreed.......
Time spent with cats is never wasted.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1311 on: July 15, 2019, 04:59:07 PM »
Hi, @Spookcat.  That first poem was written by the seventeenth century poet Abraham Cowley.  The second poem was written by Marcus Tullius Cicero, or Cicero as everyone liked to call him.  While I knew about Cicero, I didn't know who Cowley was, and I looked his poem up, haha.  No stamp on the back and it makes me wonder if a lady or someone wrote the fond words of friendship on the back of the picture postcard, showing a possibly deceased friend?  Very interesting.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1312 on: July 15, 2019, 11:17:03 PM »
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In honor of this month's Full Buck Moon, I present a full moon over the Empire State Building in New York City.

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« Reply #1313 on: July 16, 2019, 07:33:50 AM »
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In honor of this month's Full Buck Moon, I present a full moon over the Empire State Building in New York City.
Bumped you to 1965.  A very special year in my young life for me. ;) :-*

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« Reply #1314 on: July 16, 2019, 02:29:44 PM »
Bumped you to 1965.  A very special year in my young life for me. ;) :-*
Is that when you moved in with Judy Collins and Crosby, Stills and Nash?
Merry Christmas

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1315 on: July 16, 2019, 06:39:15 PM »
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This dynamic postcard is currently up for bid over there on eBay.  I'm bidding on a half dozen cards so far.  I'll let this one go to someone else.  (This is a Martin Matador Bomber Plane taking off from Cape Canaveral in Florida.)

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1316 on: July 16, 2019, 07:02:53 PM »
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This dynamic postcard is currently up for bid over there on eBay.  I'm bidding on a half dozen cards so far.  I'll let this one go to someone else.  (This is a Martin Matador Bomber Plane taking off from Cape Canaveral in Florida.)

If you are passing on that one, the other six must be real honey's.   :D

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1317 on: July 16, 2019, 11:34:53 PM »
If you are passing on that one, the other six must be real honey's.   :D
No, it's just that I'm getting spoiled.  I like that personal touch with written messages and stamps on the backside.  This rocket card was blank on the back.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1318 on: July 16, 2019, 11:37:05 PM »
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Meling's in Illinois.

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Stamp cancellation date: October13, 1969

Dear Ellen & June,
                          Here
is where we stay the
same place you stay that
time.
Wedding was lovely.
Have held up real good.
Planning on seeing you
     Love Hilota (?) -
Oh!  The rain we have had

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1319 on: July 17, 2019, 03:40:03 AM »
Dear Ellen & June,
                          Here
is where we stay the
same place you stay that
time.
Wedding was lovely.
Have held up real good.
Planning on seeing you
     Love Hilota (?) -
Oh!  The rain we have had


Hilota indeed............. It has to be Hilda - it just has to be.   Yet why is the "d" crossed?     :-\