The Postcard Thread

[PolkaDot]

PD, shoe question on the 100 years ago thread!

Oooohhhh, I’ll go take a peek!

[Rikki Gins]

In celebration of the current Full Flower Moon, here is a postcard showing a full moon over the Hotel Detroit in Saint Petersburg, Florida.

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[JUAN]

Still there
http://detroitstpete.com/

[Rikki Gins]

Still there
http://detroitstpete.com/

Nice!  I'd like to stay there.

[anniem]

Still there
http://detroitstpete.com/

Nice!

[Rikki Gins]

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Here is the Comtesse de Chambord.  I think she was involved in one of those 'pretender to the throne' scandals.
https://www.renneslechateau.nl/2007/11/10/comtesse-de-chambord/

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Interestingly, she would have a delicate, white bean named after her.
https://highcountrygardener.blogspot.com/2013/02/la-comtesse-de-chambord.html

[anniem]

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Here is the Comtesse de Chambord.  I think she was involved in one of those 'pretender to the throne' scandals.
https://www.renneslechateau.nl/2007/11/10/comtesse-de-chambord/

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Interestingly, she would have a delicate, white bean named after her.
https://highcountrygardener.blogspot.com/2013/02/la-comtesse-de-chambord.html

Aw, how nice!

[Rikki Gins]

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Postmark: NOV. 27, 1963.  PM.  LOS ANGELES, CALIF.

Dear (?) & Papa
Well here I am at 3. PM
Your time   flying over
Texas with the snow capped
Rockies in the distance. I
have just finished luncheon.
It has been a beautiful
flight - clear and always
exciting to me.  It has been
like floating on a cloud & clear
all the way.  I love so to watch
the terrain below.  Believe me,
I still love New England & more
so, being with my family.  I could
write soon, but for now thank you and
for being so good to me.  I'll never forget it.
I would love to be back among you all.
Love, Astrid

[GravitySucks]

That’s a cool postcard. The Astrojet is a Boeing 707.  It was designed and first produced in the 50’s.  I don’t think any commercial airlines are still operating it but the Air Force and Navy still have several variants including the KC-135 tanker, RC-135 reconnaissance plane, and the E-4 and E-6 airborne command posts. I actually got to fly a KC-135 twice for short periods of time sitting in the pilot’s seat.

I’m not sure you can see the Rocky Mountains even in the distance when you are over Texas. Maybe from the Panhandle on a really clear day.

I read an article the other day about a possible upgrade to the existing air force planes that will result in $7m a year in fuel savings. The windshield wipers on the planes are horizontal like on a car. By changing them to vertical when not in use they will reduce drag by something like 1% resulting in substantial fuel savings. Not sure how much the modification would cost but it is strange they are considering this now in an airplane that has been flying for 60 years.

[Rikki Gins]

Fun video, Gravity.  I liked the development phase and flight footage.  And as an added bonus, the scenes showing cars and people at Idlewild Airport, before it became known as John F. Kennedy International Airport.

[Rikki Gins]

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I don't normally collect empty mailing envelopes but in this case I made an exception because it was sent to an address at my favorite town, Monroe, Oregon.  It's pretty old too.  It was sent from Chicago, Ill. on June 15, 1903 at 11 AM.


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It arrived and was processed at the Monroe post office on June 19th. 

That's only part of the story, though.  Some kind of advertising content was sent to one E. J. Martin in Monroe.  Naturally, I went to my number one source for information on human needles in haystacks, Find A Grave, and struck pay dirt.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30160355/ernest-martin

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Mr. Ernest Martin was born in the year 1849, and died in 1938 around the age of 88 or 89.  He was married to Elizabeth, who passed away ten year previous to him.

Of course, there is no way of telling what was inside the envelope.  But there is an intriguing note written on the back of it.  'Get soap to wash with.'  I wonder if there is a chance that Ernest or Elizabeth might have jotted that note down, so many years ago? 

[anniem]

Fun video, Gravity.  I liked the development phase and flight footage.  And as an added bonus, the scenes showing cars and people at Idlewild Airport, before it became known as John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Oh, I've been to that airport a number of times, never knew it used to be Idlewild

[anniem]

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I don't normally collect empty mailing envelopes but in this case I made an exception because it was sent to an address at my favorite town, Monroe, Oregon.  It's pretty old too.  It was sent from Chicago, Ill. on June 15, 1903 at 11 AM.


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It arrived and was processed at the Monroe post office on June 19th. 

That's only part of the story, though.  Some kind of advertising content was sent to one E. J. Martin in Monroe.  Naturally, I went to my number one source for information on human needles in haystacks, Find A Grave, and struck pay dirt.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30160355/ernest-martin

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Mr. Ernest Martin was born in the year 1849, and died in 1938 around the age of 88 or 89.  He was married to Elizabeth, who passed away ten year previous to him.

Of course, there is no way of telling what was inside the envelope.  But there is an intriguing note written on the back of it.  'Get soap to wash with.'  I wonder if there is a chance that Ernest or Elizabeth might have jotted that note down, so many years ago?

MAYBE it was a message from the past to us here now!!!!
WOO

[Rikki Gins]

MAYBE it was a message from the past to us here now!!!!
WOO

OMG, Annie.  You might be right!

[TigerLily]

Look what I got as a #Clickacy!

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