The Giant Redwoods I love this old postcard; it has been in my collection for years. This tree had been hallowed out by fire; allowing one to step inside of a giant redwood – or park your car! Our fascination with the giant redwoods, of northern California, began when they were first sighted, by…
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•Paris Perhaps I am just feeling the passing years, but I find myself more nostalgic about certain people and places – including Europe in general, and Paris in particular. It is true that I have read too much about and by the American expatriates and those lost generations, the experiences during The Great War and…
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•Old North Bridge and Battle Monument “The Old North Bridge spans the Concord River at the battle ground. Originally it was a wooden structure and of recent years a concrete bridge was erected patterned after the old one.” A visit to the Minute Man National Historic Park is a stop outside of Boston, worth making…
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•The Curtis-Lee Mansion “May 21st, 1942 Washington, D. C. Am having a great time. Leaving tomorrow about 9. Don’t know if well go straight through without stopping or not. Sue” The card with its sharp 1 cent stamp that reads United States of America, Industry Agriculture for Defense, is of the Curtis-Lee Mansion, in Arlington…
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•Grand Central Station, 1926 This post card, of a photograph taken by Kenneth Dudley Smith, of Grand Central Station, in New York City, is one of my favorite images; and perhaps would be better served in Art than here. Recently, when stepping into the train station, looking for a bite to eat and a shortcut to…
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•Stone Mountain Let me start by saying that regardless of what those who initiated this project may have desired, the result, as it stands today is a work of art, worth the detour. While American man-made wonders are not as ancient, as in other parts of the world, they are no less impressive, at least…
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•Mt. Watzmann, Berchtesgaden, Germany I still love receiving postcards, and will display them on the refrigerator for a good long while, before they get filed away; however, sending postcards is something I seem to do less of with the advent of social media and frankly the pages of That Is All For Now, but I…
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•Always Remembering In going through my post cards, I came up on this card, purchased when I visited Ellis Island, a stop I most assuredly recommend when visiting New York. However, I share this post card with you, because of the skyline of New York City. The card caught me by surprise; obviously, I…