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Boston Public Library

May 1, 2010
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Boston Public Library. This postcard’s best days are behind it, but I suppose allowances should be made considering it was mailed way back in 1908.

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King’s Highway

April 21, 2010
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I’m just amazed at the flawless condition of this postcard. I’m pretty enthused about acquiring this card, and I don’t even consider myself a collector! (I told a dealer that I wasn’t a collector the other day. They laughed.) There’s no indication of the publisher on this King’s Highway card, but I’ve seen another, the [...]

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Provincetown Dunes

April 21, 2010
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This postcard, showing sand dunes near Provincetown, Massachusetts, is similar to one I posted a few months ago. (Sand Dunes, Cape Cod) Unmailed, I suspect it dates from the ‘teens.

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Nantasket Beach

February 22, 2010
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Paragon Park as seen from the Rockland House, a hotel in Hull, Massachusetts that burned down in 1916. Lots of interesting details to be seen in the photo, particularly if you study the huge version.

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Tent Show

February 22, 2010
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Another 1905 photo taken at Hull, Massachusetts’ Paragon Park, this one an interior view of a tent setup for a show of some sort. The photo is in bad shape, but the large version still reveals some interesting details.

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Paragon Park Coaster

February 22, 2010
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Photographed in 1905, this is the roller coaster at Paragon Park in Hull, Massachusetts. This coaster appears to pre-date the one known as “The Giant Coaster”, as that one is said to have been constructed in 1917.

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Time Flies

February 10, 2010
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This 1937 postcard was printed by Curt Teich Co., and features a floral clock at the Hillcrest Park Cemetery in Springfield, Mass.  Time does indeed fly.

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Kerr Thread Ball Field

February 9, 2010
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This series of photos was taken in 1916 by Lewis Hine as part of his work for the National Child Labor Committee. They show workers at the Kerr Thread plant playing baseball during their noon break. Built in 1900 in Fall River, Massachusetts, it was the largest thread manufacturing facility in the world, employing close [...]

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Sand Dunes, Cape Cod

January 26, 2010
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An unusual postcard, this. The scene has an artistic quality to it, reminding me a little of an Edward Hopper painting, or better yet, Salvador Dali. Perhaps you’re familiar with those desert scenes of Dali’s, quiet deserts with solitary figures that are somehow foreboding, as if they may in fact be phantoms. Even the description [...]

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Trailer Camp Store, Dennis Port, Mass.

January 3, 2010
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The 1920s and ’30s saw many auto camps and trailer camps pop up across the country, including this one in Dennis Port, Massachusetts. The photograph, taken in August of 1936, is rather grainy, but a number of interesting details can still be seen.

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Lake Anthony

January 2, 2010
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A view of Lake Anthony, Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts. This Curt Teich postcard dates from 1950.

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Brockton Farm, Winter

January 2, 2010
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Believed to be near Brockton, Massachusetts, this farm was photographed by Jack Delano in December of 1940.

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Tashmoo Inn

December 22, 2009
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Located in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, the Tashmoo Inn was built during the summer of 1883-1884. The structure was destroyed by fire on June 8, 1958. This postcard probably dates from the 1940s.

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New Old South Church

December 21, 2009
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“Public Library and the New Old South Church are located in the Back Bay of Boston in Copley Square. The Public Library is designed after the style of the Italian Renaissance, the interior of the building is of great beauty and visitors come from all parts of the world to admire it. Famous murals by [...]

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