Sorry I’ve been a few days in posting, but I’ve been working on a new site to promote my web design business. You’d like to see it? Well if you insist: Web Design by Mark Stevens. You’re back? OK, check out this swell Easter postcard! The condition of this one is amazing, considering that it’s about 100 years old. Do you think that baby chick has anything to worry about?
It’s hard to beat a good alligator postcard. This one is from Casper’s Gator Jungle in St. Augustine, Florida, a facility that, like most alligator farms, also had ostrich.
Oh look, cute kitties in a little car!
How about the sweet lines on this Union Pacific Station in ‘Vegas?
The first Horn & Hardart automat, in fact the first automat in the U.S., was opened in Philadelphia in 1902. The first of what would become forty New York City Horn & Hardart automats was this Times Square location which opened in 1912. The vending-machine-driven restaurants fell into decline beginning in the 1950s with the introduction of fast food restaurants as we know them today.
Interesting image here, with mama bunny scowling at papa bunny. I must say that I’ve always been intrigued by the iconography associated with Easter celebrations. Bunnies, baby chicks, oversized eggs….huh? I’ll bet Freud had plenty to say on the subject.
You know, I studied this real photo postcard for a long time (trying to identify the car) before I noticed the dog! Tunnel vision I suppose. The car has a 1924 Michigan plate, but I’m not familiar with that star emblem on the radiator. Anyone know the brand?
The wagon works in Huntsville Penitentiary is the subject of this 1920s-era postcard. According to the Jan. 27, 1928 Prescott Evening Courier the shop was destroyed by fire, the cause of the blaze unknown.
The Manitou incline railway opened in 1907 to facilitate the construction of a hydroelectric plant, evolving into a tourist attraction soon after completion. A rock slide in 1990 prompted its closing. This unmailed postcard has a brief message on the reverse: “All kinds of fun around this part of the country. 12-24-10″
Love the artwork on this card. So just was/is “Spook Hill”? In close proximity to both Bok Tower and Spook Hill Elementary School (with Caspar the Friendly Ghost as their mascot), Spook Hill is a stretch of road in Lake Wales, Florida (lots of Lake Wales postcards out there!) where cars appear to roll uphill. Is it an illusion? Signs point to yes.
