The Postcard Thread

[Rikki Gins]

for.....writing where you can't read?

Interesting one, different.

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[FISH]

This is one I've had since I was a kid. The back has some tape damage on it, but the front is still fine.

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@anniem you have been liking a FISH and the fish friends for years.
No wonder we enjoy each other's company.
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[anniem]

@anniem you have been liking a FISH and the fish friends for years.
No wonder we enjoy each other's company.
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Yes! Fun to see my postcard today. Oneya.

[Rikki Gins]

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This could very well be the oldest postcard in my collection, though it would be hard to verify.

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There isn't much on the back, but under Hiram Tucker's name is written Shedds, Oregon.  It is now called Shedd, Oregon but it was called Shedds, Oregon a real long time ago.  I was in Shedd a couple times as a kid.  Real pretty town. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shedd,_Oregon

[anniem]

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This could very well be the oldest postcard in my collection, though it would be hard to verify.

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There isn't much on the back, but under Hiram Tucker's name is written Shedds, Oregon.  It is now called Shedd, Oregon but it was called Shedds, Oregon a real long time ago.  I was in Shedd a couple times as a kid.  Real pretty town. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shedd,_Oregon

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LIKE this one too

Me too!

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April 19 - 61

Dear Margie and Family,
Hope this finds you
all well.  I still have
my cold and eyes are
sore.  Been cloudy and
rained real hard yesterday.
Also got hail, thunder
& lightning.  Cloudy
today & windy.  Suppose
too rain.  How is
Bobby?  Love,
Mom & Dad

[anniem]

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April 19 - 61

Dear Margie and Family,
Hope this finds you
all well.  I still have
my cold and eyes are
sore.  Been cloudy and
rained real hard yesterday.
Also got hail, thunder
& lightning.  Cloudy
today & windy.  Suppose
too rain.  How is
Bobby?  Love,
Mom & Dad

That's quite a bit of beer. 

[Rikki Gins]

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Postmark: Minneapolis, Minn - September of 1962

Hi Folks,
    It is a nice
place but there
is no place like
home  See you
in couple weeks
      Love
            Al

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Postmark: Minneapolis, Minn - September of 1962

Hi Folks,
    It is a nice
place but there
is no place like
home  See you
in couple weeks
      Love
            Al

Traveling in time. Nice car.

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Here is a nice topical postcard.

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The stamp on this postcard was cancelled on July 7, 1909.  (11 am to be more precise.)  Did you see the secret coding on the back?

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Here is a closer look.  (Hope it's not upside down.)  Anybody know what it says?  Looks like something from a college fraternity to me.

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Here is a nice topical postcard.

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The stamp on this postcard was cancelled on July 7, 1909.  (11 am to be more precise.)  Did you see the secret coding on the back?

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Here is a closer look.  (Hope it's not upside down.)  Anybody know what it says?  Looks like something from a college fraternity to me.

Interesting! I've never seen anything like that.

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          Lillis, up in Ponoka, Alberta Canada, has sent a postcard to....

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Aunt Lillis, down in Hartstown, Pennsylvania.

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Stamp cancelation date: May 3, 1912.

Dear Aunt Lillis:  Will
drop you a card to let you
know we are well, hope
you are all well.  It is
a month today since Elbert
left us.  But it is as fresh
in our memory as ever, It
doesn't seem possible, and
it is only with the help from
above that we are able to
bear up under the grief,
loss and sorrow, but it is
only for a few years.  Hope
to hear from you soon.  Yours
                                        Lillis
(off to the side) I am going to stay
                           home this summer.

You might think it impossible but I can actually feel the leftover emotion of sorrow that this card contains.  That is something that happens on occasion, when one has taken up collecting postcards as a hobby.  Note the 25 cent price marked on the back.  I could erase it, but I don't want to chance rubbing off some of the tint/coloration of the card.  Also note that someone in time has used the postcard as a note card.  "flat yellow Rogers finish stain floor ground color"  You never know what you are going to find written down on these old postcards.