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Postcards

Boating in the Ozarks

March 1, 2010
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Here’s a postcard by Curt Teich Co. that dates from 1953, showing two boats making time across Lake Norfork. The description is short and to the point: “All kinds of Water Sports and other recreational facilities are available on beautiful Lake Norfork in the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas.”

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Ultra Modern

March 1, 2010
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Fifteen miles off of Interstate 30, odds are good that you’ve never seen the Trade Winn Motel, unless you’ve had business in Winnsboro, Texas, of course. This postcard probably dates from around 1965. On the back: TRADE WINN MOTEL Winnsboro, Texas Ultra Modern. Phone, carpeting in every room. Free TV and Radio. Member American Hotel [...]

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Hot Shoppes

March 1, 2010
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Started as a roadside food stand in 1927, the Hot Shoppes restaurants were founded by J. Willard Marriott in Washington D.C.  Marriott would enter into the hotel business in the 1950s, with the Big Boy and Roy Rogers restaurant chains added to the Marriott Corporation lineup in the 1960s. The last Hot Shoppes restaurant, located [...]

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Whitt’s Motel

February 28, 2010
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Here we have Whitt’s Motel in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the postcard probably dating from the 1950s. The description on the back reads as follows: WHITT’S MOTEL Is a completely modern motel with sound-proofed rooms, steam heat, air conditioning, tile baths, easy chairs, reading lights, excellent beds and everything for your comfort. East side of City on [...]

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Luxury for Less

February 27, 2010
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Three interesting views of the Sun Valley Motel in Dallas, Texas, probably from the mid-1960s. I don’t know what I like more, the green curtains and wood paneling in the rooms, or the swell cars in the parking lot. (I think the station wagon is a Rambler!) On the back: SUN VALLEY MOTEL Hwy. 77 [...]

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Ranch Motel

February 27, 2010
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The Ranch Motel in San Antonio, Texas, shown here on a postcard from around 1960. Google’s “street view” reveals the motel to still exist today, right down to the elaborate sign and next-door kiddie playland. (I didn’t see the Oldsmobile) The back of the card reads: RANCH MOTEL 3101 Broadway – U. S. Highway 81 [...]

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Shooting the Chutes

February 26, 2010
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Man, what a classic. This postcard, probably dating from the 1930′s, looks like it shows someone with ‘gators in their backyard pool! In fact, this was the Los Angeles Alligator Farm, located in the Lincoln Heights area of Los Angeles. Opened in 1907 at 3627 Mission Road, the popular attraction was conveniently located next door [...]

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Chadbourne Street

February 25, 2010
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Another West Texas postcard, this one showing Chadbourne Street in San Angelo, a city described as “the ranch center of Texas”. Published by the San Antonio Card Co., it probably dates from the mid-1940s.

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Swing It, Brother, Swing It

February 25, 2010
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A marvelous, if delusional, 1940′s look at indian relations. This postcard, printed by Curt Teich, has this description on the back: Equal to Maine, N. Y. and Penna. in area, the 1890 population of the 95 counties of West Texas multiplied ten times to 981,351 by 1930 and 1, 019,525 by 1940 – America’s last [...]

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Buckhorn Curio Store

February 24, 2010
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This Curt Teich postcard dates from 1935 and features the Buckhorn Curio Shop in San Antonio, Texas. Originally the Buckhorn Saloon, today it has evolved into the Buckhorn Museum. There have been a slew of postcards representing this unusual place, and I’ll be posting more of them in the future. Let’s read the back of [...]

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Blimp Sighting

February 24, 2010
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Zillions (number is approximate) of comic postcards were produced in the 1940s and ’50s, few of which follow today’s guidelines for political correctness. Of course that doesn’t preclude a laugh or two. Published by MWM (Midwest Map Co.), the postcard was mailed in 1943. The illustrator signed this one, but their identity is unknown to [...]

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Galveston Beach

February 23, 2010
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“The West Beach area is popular for those who like to drive on the beach and park to fish, swim, sun, picnic or hunt seashells.” Beaches make swell parking lots, don’t they?

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Graceful Gertie

February 23, 2010
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I love this postcard, the colors, the composition… not to mention the talented chicken. On the back of the postcard we get the low-down on Gertie:

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A Woody in the Woods

February 21, 2010
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Here we have what appears to be a ’48 Chevrolet “Woody” in California’s Sequoia National Park. It’s shown negotiating through the Tunnel Tree, a sequoia that fell in 1937.

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