Here’s a little something to cool you off on this hot summer’s Postcard Friendship Friday: “Iceberg Lake, Altitude 11,500 Ft., Trail Ridge Road between Estes Park and Grand Lake, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.” It was in fact posted from Estes Park, CO on 3 August 1940; I guess somebody else was trying to cool [...]
For Postcard Friendship Friday, here’s a postcard mailed to a Friend. Postmarked Santa Monica, California, 13 December 1938, this real photo postcard was dispatched to Mr. Friend P. Williams of Albany, New York. Let’s talk about our friend Friend; I was able to learn a great deal about him from a variety of sources. Originally [...]
Egrets. I’ve had a few but, then again, too few to mention. “Thousands of egrets decorate this mangrove island in newly opened Everglades National Park, Florida.” Everglades National Park was officially dedicated by President Truman on 6 December 1947; various proposals, committees, studies, land deals and political shenanigans in furtherance of (or sometimes in opposition [...]
Greta was kind enough to send me a postcard of this incredible image by Chao-Pang Hsu of Photographic Works of Taiwan. Although the card lacks a description, Greta was kind enough to provide me with some excellent details and insights: “Located in Hualien County in the eastern part of Taiwan, Ching-shei (or 清水, i.e. pellucid [...]
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