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« Reply #900 on: March 06, 2019, 09:32:02 AM »
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« Reply #901 on: March 06, 2019, 01:55:22 PM »
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Here is another postcard that I wasn't able to bid on.  Have you ever  heard of Bob Hawk?  Not me, until I researched him, that is.  It turns out he was a major radio star who helped develop the 'man on the street' style of interviewing people. He was big back in the 1940's so probably too early for Art to have been acquainted with him, though Mr. Hawk lived until 1989, so who knows?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hawk

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« Reply #902 on: March 06, 2019, 10:55:30 PM »
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I'm not too sure what Alicia wrote on this postcard, but it does have a postage date stamp of September 27, 1910.  That was the day when the first test flight of a twin-engine airplane took place.  (In France.)

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« Reply #903 on: March 07, 2019, 11:48:04 AM »
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« Reply #904 on: March 07, 2019, 11:49:05 AM »
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« Reply #905 on: March 07, 2019, 01:02:35 PM »
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This postcard shows Fort de Chartres in Prairie du Rocher, Illinois.   It was up for bid in an auction a couple weeks back but I didn't enter a bid.  I was however, struck by how the entrance to the fort looks kind of like a cartoon face, what with the two eyes, a nose and a mouth. 

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« Reply #906 on: March 07, 2019, 08:14:18 PM »
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I'm not too sure what Alicia wrote on this postcard, but it does have a postage date stamp of September 27, 1910.  That was the day when the first test flight of a twin-engine airplane took place.  (In France.)

Oof. This one is difficult but lemme see what I can make out....

"Dear (Grace?) and Milt
Your letter (recd but?)
busy + I am in
Mitchell Am to
meet Newt to-
morrow wish I
knew you were
coming to I live
at  417 South (Edward?)
St drop me a card
at (?) Alicia"
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« Reply #907 on: March 07, 2019, 11:27:59 PM »
Quote from: Spookcat on March 07, 2019, 08:14:18 PM
Oof. This one is difficult but lemme see what I can make out....

"Dear (Grace?) and Milt
Your letter (recd but?)
busy + I am in
Mitchell Am to
meet Newt to-
morrow wish I
knew you were
coming to I live
at  417 South (Edward?)
St drop me a card
at (?) Alicia"

Thank you, Spookcat.  I wish that these folks had used black fountain pen ink over the harder to read blue ink.  haha.  I tried to look up Milton Shiley and got nowhere fast.

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« Reply #908 on: March 07, 2019, 11:28:39 PM »
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The museum has changed its name but it is still there.
https://www.oerm.org/

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« Reply #909 on: March 08, 2019, 04:25:22 AM »
Here in SF they have quite a few different vintage trollies they've gotten from various places, and run them up and down Market St.  This one reminds me of them and would fit right in with the fleet

http://www.railwaypreservation.com/vintagetrolley/sanfrancisco.htm

https://www.streetcar.org/streetcars/

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« Reply #910 on: March 08, 2019, 05:45:41 AM »
Quote from: Rikki Gins on March 07, 2019, 11:27:59 PM
Thank you, Spookcat.  I wish that these folks had used black fountain pen ink over the harder to read blue ink.  haha.  I tried to look up Milton Shiley and got nowhere fast.

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« Reply #913 on: March 08, 2019, 12:38:17 PM »
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Oh, that does help, Bart.  A lot!  Thank you so very much.

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« Reply #914 on: March 08, 2019, 05:13:51 PM »
Quote from: Rikki Gins on March 08, 2019, 12:38:17 PM
Oh, that does help, Bart.  A lot!  Thank you so very much.

Glad to help, sir.
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