The Postcard Thread

[Rikki Gins]

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The current postcard auction won't end until next Sunday but I already got outbid on this Barstow, California - Calico Ghost Town postcard.  Pretty cool place, actually, I've seen it in magazines and stuff.  But the other bidders can have it. 

[Rikki Gins]

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There used to be a World's Fair, somewhere in the world, once every four years.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_New_York_World's_Fair

[PB]

... There used to be a World's Fair, somewhere in the world, once every four years...

They're still being held, they haven't had one in the US for awhile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_fair

[Rikki Gins]

They're still being held, they haven't had one in the US for awhile

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_fair

Thanks PB, I was wondering.  Looks like the last one here was back in 1984, in Louisiana.  I saw somebody in an online chat say that the next one here in the states would be at Houston TX. in 2025.  Apparently, they aren't science based or futuristically themed anymore.  They are more environmentally and socially themed now.   http://time.com/79600/the-fall-of-the-fair/     

[Rikki Gins]

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Up for bid is this postcard showing Battlerock at Port Orford, Oregon.  I've probably seen it over the years, but it has been so long since I've been to the Oregon coast.  I really have no recollection of seeing it. 

[Rikki Gins]

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April 22, 1914: Babe Ruth pitched his first professional game for the Baltimore Orioles.  The Orioles won, 6 to 0.

[PB]

April 22 1914

Dear Sis, How Are
You.  We Are All Well
But Tired.  it is
awful Dry And Windy
hear.  And Lots of
Big fires Well I
Suppose you folks
Are having a
good Time  Well we
Will have a good
Time when you
come home.  good night
                     Dennis

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April 22 1914

Dear Sis, How Are
You.  We Are All Well
But Tired.  it is
awful Dry And Windy
hear.  And Lots of
Big fires Well I
Suppose you folks
Are having a
good Time  Well we
Will have a good
Time when you
come home.  good night
                     Dennis

Thanks, PB.  Dry, windy and big fires somewhere in Nebraska.  I looked around but I couldn't find anything on it.

[Rikki Gins]

Here are some postcards that are getting some bids on this weeks' eBay postcard auction:

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Lot of apples postcard.

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Minnesota - Babe Blue Ox and Paul Bunyan postcard.

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Florida - Bon Voyage, ship, Miami postcard.

But not this one, showing Jimmy Carter, Tip O'Neill and Walter Mondale.  Nobody is bidding on it.
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Including myself.

[Rikki Gins]

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A cool looking Governor's mansion in the great state of Minnesota.  That is Governor Wendell R. Anderson up in the corner.  Governor Anderson had a direct tie-in with Walter Mondale being sworn in as Vice President of the United States.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_R._Anderson  (This postcard was pulled out of my stack of postcards at random, so it's kind of ironic that it follows the postcard shown above.)

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Here are some postcards that are getting some bids on this weeks' eBay postcard auction:

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Lot of apples postcard.

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Minnesota - Babe Blue Ox and Paul Bunyan postcard.

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Florida - Bon Voyage, ship, Miami postcard.

But not this one, showing Jimmy Carter, Tip O'Neill and Walter Mondale.  Nobody is bidding on it.
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Including myself.

The Paul Bunyan reminds me of this large guy we used to drive past in Iowa. They've redone the sign now though so it no longer has a face or arms. They still kept the left's last I saw though.

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[PB]

The Paul Bunyan reminds me of this large guy we used to drive past in Iowa...

We'd drive from WA to CA a couple times a year to visit my grandparents.  As a bored kid in the backseat, I'd look forward to seeing these two.  I always wanted to stop but we never did.

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This collection has quite a lot of holiday cards:  New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, St Patrick's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.  Lots of those, but no others. 

As with Christmas replacing the pagan Winter Solstice holiday - but retaining certain imagery - Easter replaced the pagan vernal equinox celebrations of springtime fertility and renewal.  So although Easter is still a few weeks away, Spring is here - and a few Easter postcards may be in order.. at least the ones with eggs, rabbits, lambs, greenery....

This one was sent March 20, 1907 to Mr & Mrs T. Holmes of Yuba City Ca in what looks like a child's handwriting.  Postmarked San Francisco, there is no other message.

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Postmarked April 17, 1908, Philadelphia, Edward asks George in Ashland PA if this reminds him of the good old summer times...

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