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Wild Postcards
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This is a collection of ramblings and remembrances about my collection of postcards, which was originally started by my great-grandfather over a hundred years ago.
- Added on: Jul 12th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Chris Overstreet
- Listed in: Pop Culture Photography
- Tags: art vintage antique collecting hobbies postcard
Recent Posts
Hi, Penguin
I can't write on the ice, but I can sign my name in the snow Hi! This little guy might be skating on the Great Lakes, where right now there are blizzard conditions and forecasts for more snow. Good luck, folks, and stay warm....
Dreaming of a White Christmas
And may all your Milkbones be white Kudos to the postal services of the United States and the Republic of Singapore for delivering this Christmas card intact; it’s only four inches square. Of course, Ammy, who sent this in, also wished the po...
Amateur Radio Station W1TCH, Randolph, Mass.
QSL Card from Amateur Radio Station W1TCH, Randolph, Massachusetts Ham radio operator Phil Shea may have just gotten lucky to get such a cool callsign, but more than likely it’s a vanity callsign he specifically requested. And why not? He did...
Algiers, via Manama
Post Office, Algiers So, naturally, my first postcard sent from Bahrain would feature Algiers, the capital of Algeria, some 2,800 miles away. This somewhat-dated postcard appears to feature what’s probably the main post office in Algiers. Like ...
Boilermaker Special
Come on, come on, do the Locomotion with me “The Boilermaker Special with the familiar Purdue Union Tower in the background, has been the official Purdue University mascot since 1940. Operated by the Purdue Reamer Club, the Special appears at p...
One Place I Can Sit Down
Watch for splinters Nothing like being in the great outdoors. Of course, this place looks a lot better upholstered than, say, an outback dunny in Australia. This vintage postcard was published, probably in the late 1940s, by the Asheville Post Card C...
