Along with yesterday’s view of Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Walt was kind enough to send along this real photo postcard of Okmulgee Tech, now known as the Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology. The “DOPS” stampbox on this postcard was used from 1925 to 1942; I would guess that this postcard was produced closer to [...]
For Postcard Friendship Friday, a postcard that should have gone to the mailbox of a friend or suitor, instead of to this collector. This was certainly a surprise in my mailbox: a real photo postcard (RPPC) received through Postcrossing from Richard, who took great care in sending it to ensure that it arrived safely. Although [...]
For this week’s sortie into Postcard Friendship Friday, let us consider this photograph of friends. Two of them are clearly soldiers, and the notation “1918″ puts them at the end of World War I. But whence? I puzzled over the origin of this card for quite a while. First there was some ambiguity as to [...]
Here is a terrific example of the photography of Byron Harmon, a nature photographer who worked out of Banff, Alberta in the early part of the 20th century. If we assume that the photo was taken late in the day, then the shadows indicate that these Three Wise Goats are heading towards the East, possibly [...]
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