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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #870 on: February 28, 2019, 08:06:07 AM »
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« Reply #871 on: February 28, 2019, 06:45:43 PM »
That's gotta be on Route 66

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« Reply #872 on: February 28, 2019, 11:37:26 PM »
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Now here is a classic example of how I can misread a postcard when my glasses are dirty.  At first, I thought I was looking at a bizarre  postcard showing a group of Mexican Federales lining a drug gang up against a border wall, for arrest or execution.  Thankfully, after cleaning my glasses, I saw that it was a Tom Sawyer fence painting contest in Hannibal, Missouri.

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« Reply #873 on: March 01, 2019, 08:52:40 AM »
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« Reply #874 on: March 01, 2019, 02:35:45 PM »
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This postcard was part of an auction but I didn't bid on it.  It shows the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz, California.   https://ellgab.com/index.php?action=post;topic=91.870;last_msg=163231

A similar sight exists outside of Gold Hill, Oregon, and it is called The House of Mystery.   http://oregonvortex.com/

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« Reply #875 on: March 01, 2019, 07:05:29 PM »
'Motoring''.  I have no idea what the message on the back says

Anyone know what kind of car that is?


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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #876 on: March 01, 2019, 07:08:34 PM »
Quote from: Rikki Gins on March 01, 2019, 02:35:45 PM
This postcard...

Hey Rik, I plan on going to the Oakland Museum's annual White Elephant Sale tomorrow.  I'll keep an eye out for postcard collections..

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« Reply #877 on: March 01, 2019, 07:30:10 PM »
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Hey Rik, I plan on going to the Oakland Museum's annual White Elephant Sale tomorrow.  I'll keep an eye out for postcard collections..

Oh great!  I hope you find something.  I went to an estate sale a couple weeks back and there were boxfuls of postcards in one room.  Trouble was, they were like new postcards and none of them were used.  I found some boxes of old postcards in another room but there was an irritating old man who had perched himself in front of them and he wouldn't budge for nothing in letting other people look at them.  I grabbed some anyway and from what I could tell, the sellers wanted five bucks a piece for them.  Too much.  No sale.

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« Reply #878 on: March 02, 2019, 08:23:03 AM »
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« Reply #879 on: March 02, 2019, 06:29:39 PM »
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Nice.  I can almost smell the grease in that service bay.

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« Reply #880 on: March 02, 2019, 06:39:42 PM »
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This colorful postcard shows Grant's Tomb in New York.  It is up for bid on an eBay auction but I'm not bidding on it.  It reminds me of Groucho Marx's television quiz show, You Bet Your Life.  If the contestants didn't win any money, Groucho would give them ten dollars if they knew the answer to "Who is buried in Grant's tomb?"  He would give them the ten dollars if they answered Grant, but technically Grant wasn't "buried" in the tomb.  His body is just lying inside of it.   

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« Reply #881 on: March 02, 2019, 06:42:19 PM »
Quote from: Rikki Gins on March 02, 2019, 06:29:39 PM
Nice.  I can almost smell the grease in that service bay.

That card reminded me of a gas station back home.  Seems like it is gone now.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #882 on: March 02, 2019, 06:45:50 PM »
Quote from: Walks_At_Night on March 02, 2019, 06:42:19 PM
That card reminded me of a gas station back home.  Seems like it is gone now.

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That looks a lot like the building style my father had his used car business in in the late ‘60s in Bloomingdale, Illinois. Blocks from where Dave Schrader grew up.
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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #883 on: March 02, 2019, 06:48:06 PM »
Quote from: GravitySucks on March 02, 2019, 06:45:50 PM
That looks a lot like the building style my father had his used car business in in the late ‘60s in Bloomingdale, Illinois. Blocks from where Dave Schrader grew up.

Back when such things had a little touch of class.

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« Reply #884 on: March 02, 2019, 11:08:49 PM »
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