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« Reply #2205 on: May 25, 2020, 03:08:57 PM »
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Here is perhaps one of the rarest postcards in my collection.  A real-photo postcard (a postcard made out of an actual photograph) showing an entrance way to the famous Cliff House Restaurant on the coast of San Francisco.  What really makes the card special is that it was sent by someone who identifies two ladies who posed in the picture.

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Postmark:  None, also no stamp and it appears there never was one.

Grandmother Hoffman and Aunt Eleanor in San Francisco, 1913.
           
        12/28/1913
Dear Sister: -
          This crowd
when sight seeing
had their picture
taken at the Cliff house.
Had a good trip so
far & mother is OK.
Will write more
later  love to all


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X marks the spots.  Grandmother Hoffman to the left and Aunt Eleanor to the right.

This is excellent!

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« Reply #2206 on: May 25, 2020, 03:31:09 PM »
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Here is perhaps one of the rarest postcards in my collection.  A real-photo postcard (a postcard made out of an actual photograph) showing an entrance way to the famous Cliff House Restaurant on the coast of San Francisco.  What really makes the card special is that it was sent by someone who identifies two ladies who posed in the picture.

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Postmark:  None, also no stamp and it appears there never was one.

Grandmother Hoffman and Aunt Eleanor in San Francisco, 1913.
           
        12/28/1913
Dear Sister: -
          This crowd
when sight seeing
had their picture
taken at the Cliff house.
Had a good trip so
far & mother is OK.
Will write more
later  love to all


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X marks the spots.  Grandmother Hoffman to the left and Aunt Eleanor to the right.
Very nice! Grandma looks a bit grumpy...
There was a little girl,
            Who had a little curl,
Right in the middle of her forehead.
            When she was good,
            She was very good indeed,
But when she was bad she was horrid.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #2207 on: May 25, 2020, 04:33:37 PM »
This is excellent!

Very happy that you liked it, Annie.

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« Reply #2208 on: May 25, 2020, 04:35:19 PM »
Very nice! Grandma looks a bit grumpy...

Haha, very true.   

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« Reply #2209 on: May 26, 2020, 11:59:46 AM »
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« Reply #2210 on: May 27, 2020, 11:08:41 PM »
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Postmark: SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.  AUG 24, 1939.  7 - AM
Stamp:
https://arago.si.edu/category_2033234.html

Well Sis we are in
San Antonio.  Been
having a swell time
seeing the city.  Like
it fine.  We are
at Dorothys.
                  Mila 

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« Reply #2211 on: May 28, 2020, 10:54:25 AM »
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Ok...lemme see here....

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« Reply #2212 on: May 30, 2020, 04:39:00 AM »
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Postmark: CHATSWORTH, CA.  June 17, 1970.  1 pm.
Stamp: https://arago.si.edu/category_2041084.html

               Was here today.
Dear Jack and Edith.  I made it
just fine.  It's great out here
just fantastic.  I look out my
bedroom window & see mts.
going horseback riding in
the mts.  Disneyland Wed.
Universal studios tomorrow.
Sounds great doesn't it.  Having
just a marvelous time
Not much to say.  Only
been here 2 days.  Just
having great time. 
Sell (Tell?) all Hi(?) Mom if you talk
to her.  See soon Love Karen




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« Reply #2213 on: May 31, 2020, 02:07:00 AM »
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I almost posted this QSL card without comment. 

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But then I just happened to look up the name of Danny's sailboat.  Quite a story.
https://www.yasme.org/the-yasme-book/
http://porterloring.tributes.com/obituary/show/Danny-Weil-102527346

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« Reply #2214 on: June 02, 2020, 02:12:58 AM »
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The scene is based on an engraving by Daullé after Boucher entitled Les Amusemens de la Campagne (Country Amusements) pendant à La Musique pastorale and announced at the Mercure in December 1754 (Pierre Jean- Richard, L.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #2215 on: June 03, 2020, 01:20:28 PM »
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Re: The Postcard Thread
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« Reply #2217 on: June 05, 2020, 12:41:59 AM »
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Postmark: DEC 14, 1911.  8PM.
Stamp: https://arago.si.edu/category_2028276.html 

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Hello you Jessie.
How are you these
fine days.  very busy
I suppose getting ready
for Xmas just
like every one else
                        Mal



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« Reply #2218 on: June 05, 2020, 11:27:53 PM »
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In celebration of the current Full Strawberry Moon, here is a postcard showing a full moon over Cold River Canyon in Massachusetts.

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #2219 on: June 06, 2020, 12:24:05 AM »
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Postmark: DEC 14, 1911.  8PM.
Stamp: https://arago.si.edu/category_2028276.html 

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Hello you Jessie.
How are you these
fine days.  very busy
I suppose getting ready
for Xmas just
like every one else
                        Mal


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