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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #60 on: July 20, 2018, 03:45:10 AM »
Oh, that's a nice one, Spookcat.  Auto postcards are very popular with collectors.  I try to win some of them at auction but I don't have a whole lot of success.  There is a postcard auction that ends every Sunday on aBay and it has auto postcards like this one:

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Sometimes a good place to find them is antique stores.
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« Reply #61 on: July 20, 2018, 01:35:56 PM »
Sometimes a good place to find them is antique stores.

Very true, especially if a seller has a number of shoe boxes full of them in those big antique malls.  I used to peruse them by the boxful but not anymore because I got tired of looking at street scenes and lakes and mountains.  The online auctions are more fun because you can zero in on whatever type of postcard that you like.  For instance, as we mentioned, cars, and other subjects like advertising, politics, food, history, science and my favorite, vintage restaurant postcards.  Also, that eBay auction has opening bids of 50 cents.  You can get a number of good postcards at that price, so long as you don't get in a bidding war with someone.   

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« Reply #62 on: July 20, 2018, 04:00:42 PM »
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This colorful postcard shows us Grant Park in Chicago.  The park is still there and better yet, it is still called Grant Park.  This park goes way back in time, to April 29, 1844 as a matter of fact.  It was a big park to begin with and, when debris from the Great Chicago Fire was dumped in the waters edge in 1871, it made the park even bigger.

Information on Grant Park: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Park_(Chicago)

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Note where the postcard was sent, 232 South Street.  The house (at one time a school for Black kids and then a church) has since been converted into an Odd Fellows hall.



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« Reply #63 on: July 21, 2018, 01:39:24 PM »
A postcard showing mountain man Jim Bridger.

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« Reply #64 on: July 22, 2018, 11:18:16 PM »
Took part in a big postcard auction earlier today and while I won some good ones, I lost some too.  Here are some that I wanted but didn't get.  But who knows, I might see them show up again someday.

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I really wanted this Coral Castle card but I was out of the house when the bid expired.  When you snooze, you lose.

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« Reply #65 on: July 23, 2018, 10:35:09 AM »
Going through some old boxes. Some random postcards. Both unsent. One a political endorsement postage-paid that you were supposed to send out to friends and family. Another the City Walls of Canterbury (but printed in Ireland) and car out of focus. (Cards might have been out of focus also cause took with my camera.)  And several non-postcards of LBJ and various events and with people that I don't know who they are. I will include one of LBJ with a kid. Not sure who?

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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #66 on: July 23, 2018, 01:12:35 PM »
Going through some old boxes. Some random postcards. Both unsent. One a political endorsement postage-paid that you were supposed to send out to friends and family. Another the City Walls of Canterbury (but printed in Ireland) and car out of focus. (Cards might have been out of focus also cause took with my camera.)  And several non-postcards of LBJ and various events and with people that I don't know who they are. I will include one of LBJ with a kid. Not sure who?

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Shivers sounds like quite the character. He ran for governor as a Democrat and a Republican AT THE SAME TIME.

Gubernatorial election in Texas, 1952
Party   Candidate   Votes   Percentage
Democratic   Allan Shivers   1,375,547   74.60%
Republican   Allan Shivers   468,319   25.40%
Totals   1,843,866   100.00%   
"Subsequently, Texas law was changed to remove the "No Preference" option and to prohibit an individual from being the candidate of more than one political party in any race."

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« Reply #67 on: July 23, 2018, 02:34:17 PM »
Shivers sounds like quite the character. He ran for governor as a Democrat and a Republican AT THE SAME TIME.

Gubernatorial election in Texas, 1952
Party   Candidate   Votes   Percentage
Democratic   Allan Shivers   1,375,547   74.60%
Republican   Allan Shivers   468,319   25.40%
Totals   1,843,866   100.00%   
"Subsequently, Texas law was changed to remove the "No Preference" option and to prohibit an individual from being the candidate of more than one political party in any race."

Shivers was a conservative democrat and his more liberal party members called him and his followers Shivercrats.  Despite some corruption charges, Shivers remained popular with the public for the rest of his life, serving on college boards and what not.

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« Reply #68 on: July 23, 2018, 02:43:12 PM »
I will include one of LBJ with a kid. Not sure who?

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What an intriguing pic of old LBJ who, I would guess, is letting his grandson play with a real telephone that has been placed outdoors at the Johnson ranch in Texas.  Having phones outside for easy access is like something that LBJ would have done.  He especially liked to drive guests into a nearby river and, much to their surprise, he was operating a car-boat and would drive them across to the other side of the river.

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« Reply #69 on: July 23, 2018, 04:43:26 PM »
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« Reply #70 on: July 23, 2018, 05:22:49 PM »
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Oh, what a cool postcard, Tootsie.  I believe that stamp dates back to 1907.

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« Reply #71 on: July 23, 2018, 05:26:37 PM »
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I wonder if the name has changed? The only reference to "colonarum" is some paper on parasites of "agama" lizards and the postcard seems like "Agama agama" looks like the lizard. Cool and weird card.

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From a google search that refused to open a page:
"Agama colonarum is the name of a species, part of the genus Agama. This species has been described by null in null under the rules of the International Code of ....."


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Re: The Postcard Thread
« Reply #72 on: July 23, 2018, 05:45:22 PM »
Oh, what a cool postcard, Tootsie.  I believe that stamp dates back to 1907.

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« Reply #73 on: July 23, 2018, 06:02:36 PM »
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Here we have the charcoal making department at Jack Daniel's.  I'd love to have that guy's job of watering down the flames.  I'd put that hose on a holder though, so that I could sneak away to the aging room and sample some of the product.

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