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« Reply #1260 on: June 20, 2019, 07:53:47 PM »
Any idea on the location of this building?  It strikes me of a high school or a public building that was just completed with the small trees surrounded it.

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Here is an early day high school in Stanberry, Missouri.  The writer of the postcard was nice enough to record the name of her town because the post office / stamp cancellation location was totally incomprehensible.  The building in the photo just might be the same, especially after some modern day renovation work in which some older sections of the building might have been removed for one reason or another.

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« Reply #1261 on: June 20, 2019, 08:09:48 PM »
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Here is an early day high school in Stanberry, Missouri.  The writer of the postcard was nice enough to record the name of her town because the post office / stamp cancellation location was totally incomprehensible.  The building in the photo just might be the same, especially after some modern day renovation work in which some older sections of the building might have been removed for one reason or another.
This looks like an 1890’s -1910’s type of high school that has been replaced with newer one.  Schools at that time were the pride of the community that small.  I from a town of that size and when they tore the grade school, which was a wonderful piece of Art Deco architecture, they took the last piece of a dying town and made it disappear. 

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« Reply #1262 on: June 20, 2019, 11:49:20 PM »
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« Reply #1263 on: June 21, 2019, 12:29:31 PM »
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Here is a nice shot of a Greyhound bus, from a past postcard auction.

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« Reply #1264 on: June 21, 2019, 02:28:07 PM »
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Here is an exterior photo of this building that is long gone.
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« Reply #1265 on: June 21, 2019, 11:50:42 PM »
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« Reply #1266 on: June 22, 2019, 12:53:59 AM »
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Aww what a charming little pig.
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« Reply #1267 on: June 22, 2019, 12:59:41 AM »
Aww what a charming little pig.

Yes, I like that pig, too.  Is the farmer telling the well guy where to sink the water pipes?

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« Reply #1268 on: June 22, 2019, 09:01:56 AM »
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One thing interesting is some of these buildings appear to have been built not in an empty lot or on the edge of town the way they are now, but off somewhere by themselves, with other buildings I guess built around them later.

They must have been the pride of the community, as another poster mentioned about an old building in his own home town

I have quite a few postcards like that in that old collection (and some that do have other buildings in the image), I think I posted a few already - they're of schools, churches, hotels, post offices, sanitariums, state capitals ( a lot of those), court houses, hospitals, large homes, city halls, etc., from large cities and small towns

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« Reply #1269 on: June 22, 2019, 09:37:43 AM »
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I haven’t seen one of kind of cards in awhile.  They usually seem to have a cute drawing like this as my Uncle had one with a Monkey on it.

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« Reply #1270 on: June 25, 2019, 12:23:04 AM »
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Susan used a Bellemont Motor Hotel postcard to submit a bid of $23,825.50 for a Mink Showcase prize on the Price is Right television show.  I wonder how close she came to winning the prize?  I remember reading somewhere that if people were directed to enter contests via postcards, then that's what they had to use.  If they were to use, say, something like a letter, then their entries would be disqualified.  I came across one other postcard that was used for a contest but it isn't part of my collection.  You can see it here: https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=91.msg160832#msg160832

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« Reply #1271 on: June 25, 2019, 06:39:11 AM »
Susan used a Bellemont Motor Hotel postcard to submit a bid of $23,825.50 for a Mink Showcase prize on the Price is Right television show.

I am surprised that it is a New York address.

Susan lived (lives?) in an interesting place
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« Reply #1272 on: June 25, 2019, 07:02:06 AM »
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 "Dear sister:-
Mamma received your Birthday postals . We are waiting for you to come home and see us. Uncle Hans'  and Uncle Amos' came up in the automobile on mama's birthday. How is Mrs. Crothers? We are all well and hope you are the same. Best regards from Raymond and all.
Rosella.    write soon"

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« Reply #1273 on: June 25, 2019, 05:46:02 PM »
I am surprised that it is a New York address
I was surprised too, but after checking, the original Price Is Right was filmed at the Colonial Theater in Manhattan, New York City, New York.  The show was moderated by Bill Cullen, of I've Got A Secret fame, also produced in New York.

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« Reply #1274 on: June 25, 2019, 06:02:56 PM »
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This American Airlines card saw some nice bidding in last week's postcard auction.