« previous next »
Pages: 1 ... 73 74 [75] 76 77 ... 197   Go Down

Author Topic: The Postcard Thread  (Read 513656 times)

0 Members and 10 Guests are viewing this topic.

Rikki Gins

  • Ellevated
  • ******
  • Posts: 13529
  • Alias The Hawk
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1110 on: April 25, 2019, 02:04:44 PM »
Quote from: PolkaDot on April 25, 2019, 07:17:48 AM
It’s a portal to a Swiss mountain scene. If they’d only open that gate...

Cool, I hadn't thought of that.  Carry a plateful of food out the portal and sit on a grassy bluff.  Watch the Ricola cough drop dudes do their thing with the horns.

Rikki Gins

  • Ellevated
  • ******
  • Posts: 13529
  • Alias The Hawk
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1111 on: April 25, 2019, 11:56:11 PM »
visitors can't see pics , please register or login


visitors can't see pics , please register or login

Interesting.  Any idea where the Sky-Vue Apartments were located?  There are streets mentioned on the back of the postcard but no town.  Notice the palm trees?  Perhaps another clue can be found here:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123167482/joseph-kahak

26 horses

  • Nursery Resident
  • Ellightened
  • *
  • Posts: 4057
  • "I am fond of the sound of horses in the night."
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1112 on: April 26, 2019, 07:34:41 AM »
Nice detective work Rikki, the closest googoo maps came to this address was in St. Pete...no surprise it'd have been urban renewed by now...

26 horses

  • Nursery Resident
  • Ellightened
  • *
  • Posts: 4057
  • "I am fond of the sound of horses in the night."
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1113 on: April 26, 2019, 07:36:24 AM »
visitors can't see pics , please register or login

26 horses

  • Nursery Resident
  • Ellightened
  • *
  • Posts: 4057
  • "I am fond of the sound of horses in the night."
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1114 on: April 26, 2019, 07:44:12 AM »
visitors can't see pics , please register or login

Rikki Gins

  • Ellevated
  • ******
  • Posts: 13529
  • Alias The Hawk
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1115 on: April 26, 2019, 04:16:32 PM »
Quote from: 26 horses on April 26, 2019, 07:34:41 AM
Nice detective work Rikki, the closest googoo maps came to this address was in St. Pete...no surprise it'd have been urban renewed by now...

Nice update pic.  Thanks, 26.

Rikki Gins

  • Ellevated
  • ******
  • Posts: 13529
  • Alias The Hawk
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1116 on: April 26, 2019, 04:24:39 PM »
visitors can't see pics , please register or login

This interesting real photo postcard is making the rounds on an eBay postcard auction.  It shows a family posing and I like how some in the group have their heads turned, and are not just smiling into the camera.  Speaking of the camera, this might just very well be an early day group selfie.  Notice the woman to the left?  It almost looks as though she's tugging on a string or something, in order to take the picture.  Someone wrote the year 1935 on the back of the card.   

Rikki Gins

  • Ellevated
  • ******
  • Posts: 13529
  • Alias The Hawk
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1117 on: April 26, 2019, 11:53:34 PM »
visitors can't see pics , please register or login


visitors can't see pics , please register or login

Not sure if there is a Golden Nugget Gambling Hall anymore, but there is a Golden Nugget Casino.  They certainly pull in some name bands from the 1960's for entertainment:  https://www.goldennugget.com/las-vegas/entertainment/ 

26 horses

  • Nursery Resident
  • Ellightened
  • *
  • Posts: 4057
  • "I am fond of the sound of horses in the night."
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1118 on: April 27, 2019, 07:36:51 AM »
Quote from: Rikki Gins on April 26, 2019, 04:16:32 PM
Nice update pic.  Thanks, 26.
My pleasure, that was good detective work and worth repeating on the personalized cards - really adds to the back story. Of course I'm a sucker for before/after imagery, so you gave me a great lead-in. :)

26 horses

  • Nursery Resident
  • Ellightened
  • *
  • Posts: 4057
  • "I am fond of the sound of horses in the night."
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1119 on: April 27, 2019, 07:40:02 AM »
Quote from: Rikki Gins on April 26, 2019, 04:24:39 PM
visitors can't see pics , please register or login

This interesting real photo postcard is making the rounds on an eBay postcard auction.  It shows a family posing and I like how some in the group have their heads turned, and are not just smiling into the camera.  Speaking of the camera, this might just very well be an early day group selfie.  Notice the woman to the left?  It almost looks as though she's tugging on a string or something, in order to take the picture.  Someone wrote the year 1935 on the back of the card.   

This is a fascinating picture, what is the guy in the upper right chewing on?

And isn't that Grandma Walton in the front row right of center?

Woman on left, pulling the string attached to the shutter?

Early selfie!

visitors can't see pics , please register or login

26 horses

  • Nursery Resident
  • Ellightened
  • *
  • Posts: 4057
  • "I am fond of the sound of horses in the night."
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1120 on: April 27, 2019, 07:41:59 AM »
visitors can't see pics , please register or login

26 horses

  • Nursery Resident
  • Ellightened
  • *
  • Posts: 4057
  • "I am fond of the sound of horses in the night."
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1121 on: April 27, 2019, 07:44:35 AM »
Then:

visitors can't see pics , please register or login


visitors can't see pics , please register or login


Now:

visitors can't see pics , please register or login

Rikki Gins

  • Ellevated
  • ******
  • Posts: 13529
  • Alias The Hawk
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1122 on: April 27, 2019, 04:20:43 PM »
visitors can't see pics , please register or login


Another interesting real photo card on this week's postcard auction.  It is blank on the back, but my psychic sense tells me that she was a teacher.  I see a mental image of me stubbing a toe, so her last name was perhaps Stubbings, or Stubs?  I get the impression that it was her married name.  Anyway, I kind of like her.  Teach me, teacher!

Rikki Gins

  • Ellevated
  • ******
  • Posts: 13529
  • Alias The Hawk
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1123 on: April 27, 2019, 08:41:19 PM »
visitors can't see pics , please register or login


visitors can't see pics , please register or login

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Tracy

26 horses

  • Nursery Resident
  • Ellightened
  • *
  • Posts: 4057
  • "I am fond of the sound of horses in the night."
Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #1124 on: April 28, 2019, 10:34:29 AM »
And lo it came to pass:

visitors can't see pics , please register or login
Pages: 1 ... 73 74 [75] 76 77 ... 197   Go Up
« previous next »