Hi: --- How are you all? Going to see Bill (Booze) Schuler from Muske at Key Wet, on Hialeah tomorrow. / Kinda cool at night Elks dance at Coral Gables to-night Sat. ---Joseph Widener purchased the track in 1930, after it had been open just five years. He imported 20 flamingos from Cuba in 1934; 100 more arrived in 1947.
Reached here all right. Will write a letter soon. From A.George and I saw the Park Street Church during our recent trip to Boston.
After more than a year of construction, the new Rotunda was opened on May 14, 1936, with Fred Waring's big band playing for the more than 22,000 visitors. Ford expected 100,000 visitors during the remainder of 1936, but in fact, attendance averaged nearly 1,000,000 per year until it was closed to the public in early 1942. Movie stars, celebrities, business leaders, heads of state, and millions of ordinary people came to learn about and to celebrate the Ford Motor Company.
During World War II, the Rotunda served as office space and a school for the Army Air Corps, with barracks set up across Rotunda Drive. The theater was used as a movie hall to entertain the soldiers. Following the war, the Rotunda was used for Dealer presentations, press events and other business meetings.
In 1953, the Rotunda underwent a major renovation in anticipation of re-opening to the public. New displays were installed, and facilities were improved to better handle large crowds. More than 20,000 people braved stormy weather to watch as the Rotunda, decorated like a huge birthday cake, re-opened to the public on the evening of June 16, 1953 – as the culmination of the Company's 50th Anniversary celebration.On November 1962, as crews were designing and building the annual Christmas displays, a fire ignited on the roof, where the building was undergoing repairs. Firefighters were unable to halt the blaze, and the Rotunda was destroyed.
One of the great vacation and tourist centers of America is the Finger Lakes Region of Central New York. It was the Garden of Eden of the Red Men.
F - Historical Canandaigua Court House
I - General John Sullivan's Monument, near Waverly
N - Taughannock Falls, near Ithaca
G - Skaneateles Lake
E - The Historical Scythe Tree
R - Geneva Harbor, Seneca Lake
L - Famous Catharine Creek Trout Stream
A - Lucifer Falls, Robert Treman State Park, near Ithaca
K - A trail in Watkins Glen State Park
E - Sailboating, Keuka Lake
S - Harris Hill, Glider Capitol, Elmira
Vermont, Winooski Gorge near WinooskiMessage:
Thanks for ---. It is 30° below zero this morning. Not very warm is it? / Hattie / 1/24/07 / Received your package all right. Many thanks.
Hello, J.G. - Why don't you write I am waiting for an ans. to my letter. -ElizabethOn first glance, this is a nice postcard. A photograph of a lovely young couple framed by an intricate floral border. But then, the caption: "I Want What I Want When I Want It." The caption indicates that the couple may not be so loving, and the woman not so willing, suggesting if not rape, an unwanted persistence.
THE BURRO is unconsciously a comedian -- wise and adverse to labor. These hardy shaggy little animals were introduced into the Southwest by the Spaniards, and proved indispensable in the mines and on the desert. They have multiplied to great droves in some sections, and do a great deal of damage.Message:
Dear Putz -- You know something, these burros sure look dumb, they stand so still they almost look like they were made of wood or stone. I had to make a jackass move yesterday in Mexico to prove to grandma that it was not an image. / Grandpop
1-19 / Got in here to-day - it's really for the old folks! so many of them here. Art is taking a nap as the highways were realy rough. and so many bends. no help from me. / Love, Marie and Art
RCA BUILDING The highest building in Rockefeller Center rises seventy stories above the ground. It houses radio studios for major networks as well as restaurants and observatory at top.The building was constructed in the early 1930s, and is now known as the GE Building. When I visited New York in March 2010, I took some photographs of the structure.
"Noon," General Electric Works, Schenectady, NYMessage:
Jan. 1, 1905/ Your letter came yesterday. Very well, I'll not write any B.W.C. Have enjoyed my visit here very much. Mr. Frue-- is a lawyer in connection with these works-/ W.S. Ne--Thomas Edison's Edison Machine Works moved to Schenectady in 1887. In 1890, Edison established Edison General Electric to combine his myriad companies. Around that time, the Thomspon-Houston Company, introduced several innovations that competed with Edison General Electric. The two companies merged in 1892 under the name General Electric Company with headquarters in Schenectady. General Electric's 1949 souvenir booklet described the Electric Works in the following manner:
I am happy to welcome you to the Schenectady Works. We hope you will enjoy your visit with us and that you will see many things of interest during your tour through the Plant.
The Works is open to visitors during daytime hours of working days, in order to enable the citizens of this and other communities to visit our Plant and observe the wide variety of products manufactured. Here, in more than 240 buildings, men and women manufacture great steam turbines and waterwheel generators for power stations; motors and generators for operation of factories and propulsion of ships.
They also make special products; wire and cable; control equipment and industrial devices; porcelain products, and many other types of electrical apparatus. Our products are sent to every corner of the globe and have done much to lighten the burden of man and improve standards of living....
We sincerely hope that after your visit you will share our pride in the fine products we make and the part they play in our constantly improving economic and industrial life. We hope you leave the Plant with a better realization that our many activities have the common goal of creating "More Goods for More People at Less Cost."
Dear Friend, I am on the 3rd floor of this building now will visit(?) later. / ErnestThe Summit House was built in the mid-1800s, and enjoyed popularity in part because of its novelties - one of the area's earliest telephone lines, a tramway, a steamboat... However, the advent of the car along with the Great Depression kept many guests away. After a 1938 hurricane significantly damaged the structure, Joseph A. Skinner, the owner at the time, tore it down. Skinner, in 1940, gave the hotel and its 375 acre property to the state for a public park. According to the Massachusetts Department Conservation and Recreation's website:
At the dedication ceremony, Skinner expressed the wish that the place be a “thing of beauty and a source of joy to the people of the Commonwealth.”A 1988 restoration allows current visitors to see the Summit House as it appeared at the turn of the 19th Century.
Dear Mibs, / Wish you were here. The school is swell! My new address is 4245 Degman Blvd, Los Angeles, 8, Cal.It's too bad that the cool postcard design was printed so poorly. Just as now, in the days of linen postcards, not all printers were created equal.
GENERAL VIEW OF CONSTITUTION MALL, GOVERNMENT AREA AND THEME CENTER, NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR 1939 Constitution Mall, leading from the Trylon and Perisphere to the Lagoon of the Nations which just precedes the Government Area, is surrounded by many of the fair's most impressive exhibit buildings. This beautiful esplanade is handsomely landscaped, contains lagoons, water-falls, and fountains, as well as many great statues.Message:
Taking a little swing around the East. Quite a bit of -- ----- and plenty of rains. Will be back by Monday night. Regards, ---
Hello Sis we arrived here 1 a.m. The weather is good No rain during the day. Be seeing you. / Mom and DadThe Lions Gate Bridge, also known as the First Narrows Bridge, was built in the late 1930s and was financed by the Guinness family. The lions refer to both lion sculptures at the entrances to the bridge as well as two mountain peaks near Vancouver.
This unusual night view shows downtown Kansas City, Mo., with the Missouri River and Airport, together with the Industrial District of Kansas City, Kansas in the background.
Thank you I liked your card very much. So let's exchange again soon. I'll be you seen some beautiful scenes on your trip to Pensacola. Next time I'll try to have a card from my hometown to exchange with you. / Bessie Barnstable / Edwarsdville, Illinois / R. R. #4Forest Park opened in 1876, and now houses many St. Louis attractions garnering over 12 million visitors a year.
Dear Millody: / I am sending you a picture of my church in Long Branch, NJ. I am a Girl Scout are you? Well I hope so. What Grade are you in? / Judy Di--mas
Let me know if you are receiving calls on Year Year's Day. Best Wishes for a Happy Year.
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