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Kentucky

Moore’s Resort

March 28, 2010
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BOAT DOCK – MOORE’S RESORT On beautiful Kentucky Lake Located at mouth of Big Bear Creek Family type Resort Cottages, Camping facilities, and swimming. R. F. D. 1, GILBERTSVILLE, KY.

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Greetings from Kentucky

March 3, 2010
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The next time you need to know the principal products of Kentucky, you need go no further than this “Greetings from Kentucky” postcard. Pretty cool stuff… next time I pass through I’ll have to pay more attention!

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Mammoth Cave

February 7, 2010
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There were two or three years that our family vacations were dotted with visits to caverns. It seems sort of odd, looking back on it, and I’m not sure what inspired my parents to get in touch with their “inner spelunker”. At any rate, the cavern visits were fun, which I suppose was the idea. [...]

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Rose Motel

December 15, 2009
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What I like about this one is how the Gulf service station figures so prominently in the picture. In fact, I’ve seen a variation of this card, a slightly different view where the Gulf sign is right in front. I wonder if the filling station and motel were owned by the same person? The back [...]

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Our Gift to You

November 9, 2009
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What better way for a store to promote new charge accounts than by offering a free TV lamp? For the uninitiated, perhaps an explanation of TV lamps is in order. TV lamps were a product of the 1950s, when the number of homes with television was growing at a blistering pace. Some feared that staring [...]

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Kentucky Lake

October 22, 2009
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For now I’m going to wind up our look at large-letter postcards, but first we’ll make a stop at Kentucky Lake. Here’s what the card says on the back: The Great Kentucky Lake is the largest man-made body of water in the world. Created by TVA’s huge Kentucky Dam (8,650 feet long) across the Tennessee [...]

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