Wild Postcards

Courtesy of Great-Grandpa Phil, here are two “Hershey Bar Cards.” According to the Hershey – Derry Township Historical Society, “Bar cards were inserted into the 5 cent milk chocolate and almond milk chocolate bars (from 1909 to 1918). These advertisements extolled the virtues and offerings of the chocolate factory, town, park, and school through their [...]

The original Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel was built between 1960 and 1964. It connects between Cape Charles, VA on the Delmarva Peninsula, and the cities of Virginia Beach and Norfolk in southeastern Virginia. Prior to the bridge-tunnel’s construction, one could either take a ferry (which, despite making as many as 90 crossings a day, was not [...]

“Bridge Spanning Cuyahoga River on Ohio Turnpike.” I don’t want to be too technical, but it appears that the bridge pictured is spanning the Ohio Turnpike. Unless, of course, they built the turnpike on the riverbed. Hope they don’t get a lot of rain! Actually, what I think is happening in this picture is that, [...]