Wild Postcards

A trifecta today in honor of Thomas Jefferson, who was born on this date in 1743.  It’s also a fine entry for Postcardy’s Scavenger Hunt #2: Spring.  First, a couple of cards from a group which I call, just for fun, the Wart Collection:

“Shown are, The Washington Monument, The White House, The Jefferson Memorial.”  The description on this postcard, published by Capsco, Inc. of Washington DC, might be no-frills, but it really is a nice montage.  Probably published between 1963-1970.  (more…)

A trifecta today in honor of Thomas Jefferson, who was born on this date in 1743.  It’s also a fine entry for Postcardy’s Scavenger Hunt #2: Spring.  First, a couple of cards from a group which I call, just for fun, the Wart Collection: “Shown are, The Washington Monument, The White House, The Jefferson Memorial.”  [...]

“World’s Largest Unmounted Globe rests in the fountain pool of Explorers Hall, National Geographic Society headquarters, Washington, D. C. Like earth, it rotates on its tilted axis. Eleven feet from pole to pole, the 1,100-pound orb is an exact enlargement of the Society’s 12-inch globe.”

I got this card along with a couple of other old postcards from Lori, whom I met on Postcrossing.  She found them inside a book in a thrift store!  They did not fit in with her collection, but it turns out that she collects postcards from baseball stadiums, and I just happened to have a couple of Turner Field postcards to send her way.

“World’s Largest Unmounted Globe rests in the fountain pool of Explorers Hall, National Geographic Society headquarters, Washington, D. C. Like earth, it rotates on its tilted axis. Eleven feet from pole to pole, the 1,100-pound orb is an exact enlargement of the Society’s 12-inch globe.” I got this card along with a couple of other [...]

The description on the back of this card is so long that there’s only about an inch of space in which to compose your message. “The United States Naval Radio Station at Radio, Virginia. Situated at the southwestern end of Fort Myer Military Reservation opposite Washington, D.C. Build by the United States Navy Department (Bureau of Steam Engineering). Land ceded to the Navy Department by the War Department. Rated power of station 100 kilowatts. Towers, one 600 feet high 150 feet square at the base, two 450 feet high 120 feet square at the base, located at angles of an isosceles triangle, large tower at the apex base of triangle 350 feet between centers of towers, perpendicular to base 350 feet. Normal range: day 2,000 miles, night 3,000 miles. Cost about $250,000.”

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The description on the back of this card is so long that there’s only about an inch of space in which to compose your message. “The United States Naval Radio Station at Radio, Virginia. Situated at the southwestern end of Fort Myer Military Reservation opposite Washington, D.C. Build by the United States Navy Department (Bureau [...]