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« Reply #645 on: December 23, 2018, 10:22:58 PM »
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« Reply #646 on: December 24, 2018, 06:00:41 PM »
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A Christmas postcard from 1911.  Merry Christmas!

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« Reply #647 on: December 24, 2018, 09:19:07 PM »
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« Reply #648 on: December 26, 2018, 07:40:04 PM »
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« Reply #649 on: December 26, 2018, 08:30:51 PM »
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They sent a postcard basically saying "You've got mail"?
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« Reply #650 on: December 26, 2018, 11:14:53 PM »
Quote from: Spookcat on December 26, 2018, 08:30:51 PM
They sent a postcard basically saying "You've got mail"?

Yes, kind of strange, huh?  Is Midgie living at the school, or what?  Also, no id on the pic, though I'm guessing it is the Great Smokey Mountains in Tennessee, or possibly California's San Bernardino Mountains.

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« Reply #651 on: December 27, 2018, 01:51:33 AM »
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Yes, kind of strange, huh?  Is Midgie living at the school, or what?  Also, no id on the pic, though I'm guessing it is the Great Smokey Mountains in Tennessee, or possibly California's San Bernardino Mountains.

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Ah! You are right, she's living at an elementary school. While I would guess that it's California, due to the long beach post stamp and the address, it almost looks a bit similar to this one I found while searching more on Conoco Touraide. It's white mountain national forest in New Hampshire.

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« Reply #652 on: December 27, 2018, 02:24:40 AM »
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Ah! You are right, she's living at an elementary school. While I would guess that it's California, due to the long beach post stamp and the address, it almost looks a bit similar to this one I found while searching more on Conoco Touraide. It's white mountain national forest in New Hampshire.

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Wow.  Good sleuthing, Spookcat.   

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« Reply #653 on: December 27, 2018, 10:53:03 PM »
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« Reply #654 on: December 28, 2018, 04:10:24 PM »
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Bill Pickett Bio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Pickett
Bill Pickett stamp controversy: https://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-postal-history/2018/september/compiling-list-of-design-errors.html

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« Reply #655 on: December 29, 2018, 07:40:08 PM »
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These two postcards were mailed together over 108 years ago and yet they were never separated during their long journey from home to antique store, flea market, eBay auction, or wherever.  Postcards mailed by the same sender do occasionally stay together, no matter how long ago they were mailed.

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The man and woman on the cards were actors or models, hired for the expressed purpose of appearing on postcard images.  They actually followed a script, or storyline and they would act out their assigned parts during the photo shoots.  They were usually hired by the photographer to pose for multiple scenarios.  For instance, once they were done with the swing story, they might have been taken to a lake for some boat pictures, or a park bench, or other scenic locations that would make good postcard stories.  Interestingly, enough pictures were taken during these shoots to make it seem like they 'move' when photographed a certain way. 

     

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« Reply #656 on: December 30, 2018, 09:51:27 PM »
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Here is another look at the Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn.  I say 'another' because there was a postcard from there that appeared earlier in this thread, and you can see it here: http://ellgab.com/index.php?topic=91.msg116790#msg116790  At first glance you would think that nothing much has changed between pics but look closer and you will see that a number of changes in décor have been made.  The one thing I can't say is which postcard picture was taken first. 

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« Reply #657 on: December 31, 2018, 12:31:43 PM »
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Happy New Year!

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« Reply #658 on: January 01, 2019, 02:21:25 AM »
Happy New year, Rikki!

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