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« Reply #1815 on: February 08, 2020, 12:33:52 PM »
Do dogs do this?  I know they like to play tug-of-war with you, and sometimes chew things up, but these cards make it seem like the dog plotted this out just to be mean.  Come on.

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« Reply #1816 on: February 08, 2020, 04:30:03 PM »
In honor of the February Full Snow Moon, I present a postcard showing a full moon over Old Baldy in California.

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« Reply #1817 on: February 08, 2020, 04:32:23 PM »
Do dogs do this?  I know they like to play tug-of-war with you, and sometimes chew things up, but these cards make it seem like the dog plotted this out just to be mean.  Come on.

Mine never did that.
Boodles does like to try to get kitchen towels off the counter if one is close to the edge. She prances with her prize, then enjoys a game of keep-away.   ;D

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« Reply #1818 on: February 08, 2020, 06:04:19 PM »
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« Reply #1819 on: February 08, 2020, 06:17:09 PM »
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Nice!  Amazingly vivid colorizing.

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« Reply #1820 on: February 08, 2020, 06:20:48 PM »
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Is that an orange grove down there, anniem?  lol

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« Reply #1821 on: February 08, 2020, 06:38:32 PM »
Nice!  Amazingly vivid colorizing.

I have A LOT of these old postcards with various random buildings and downtowns, but I think the interesting ones have people, vehicles, etc in them

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« Reply #1822 on: February 08, 2020, 08:26:34 PM »
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I see A.WISSLER.SURVE on the building on the right.  I found this:
In the late 1930’s the Wissler Instrument Company was bought by the David White Company, but it continued to operate under the name of Wissler Instrument Company. In 1944 the David White Company closed Wissler Instrument Company and moved only Eric H. Seiler and Ervin Schmidt to their home office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At the time of the closing Wissler employed about 100 employees in St. Louis, mostly due to World War II military contracts.
After leaving David White in 1945, Eric H. Seiler founded Seiler Instrument Company in a small facility at 922 Pine Street, St. Louis, Missouri. Its primary service was the repair and overhaul of surveying instruments and microscopes. The company continued to grow and was soon manufacturing instruments designed by Eric H. Seiler. Most were levels for the construction industry, but later included Dumpy levels and transits. In 1956 the company outgrew its facility and moved to 1629 Washington Avenue. At this larger facility more room was available for manufacturing. Due to competitive pressures from overseas manufacturers, the company concentrated more on military optics.


1629 isn't there, but I did see 1635 and 1627.  Here is the view that matches the postcard.

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« Reply #1823 on: February 08, 2020, 08:27:19 PM »
I have A LOT of these old postcards with various random buildings and downtowns, but I think the interesting ones have people, vehicles, etc in them

I especially like when there is a sign or something that lets us see it today.

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« Reply #1824 on: February 10, 2020, 05:03:39 AM »
2522 - Indian Camp at Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe



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« Reply #1825 on: February 10, 2020, 11:21:51 PM »
2522 - Indian Camp at Emerald Bay Lake Tahoe



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Nice postcard!  Poor George.  A nasty cough and sore feet to boot.  He wasn't having a very fun time, 110 years ago.

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« Reply #1826 on: February 10, 2020, 11:46:57 PM »
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Melon and Irma
and Valerie are
staying with me.
Tomorrow we are
going to the Ever -
glades.  Saturday I
am taking them to
Creightons for lunch
                          Arvilla


Some more Creighton's postcards can be viewed here: https://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=91.msg63513#msg63513

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« Reply #1827 on: February 11, 2020, 10:33:44 AM »
It's irritating when the stamp has been harvested by some collector, usually a young person in the family


Cheapside, London

(Per Wiki, ''Cheapside is a street in the City of London, the historic and modern financial centre of London...'')

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« Reply #1828 on: February 11, 2020, 06:17:46 PM »
Nice postcard! [Indians at Tahoe]...

I knew there were still a few Native American Indians living their traditional life in California at least into the 1910s, albeit with a far reduced range.  In the Sierras, not sure about anywhere else.  Just that seems a little mind blowing.

Googling the subject when posting the card, it said the last village in Yosemite was dismantled in the early 1930s and replaced by cabins, with those in use by the tribe until 1969.  1969!


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« Reply #1829 on: February 11, 2020, 11:40:53 PM »
Barely noticable, the coachman has wings

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