GAP VIEW INNMessage:
Stroudsburg's Smartest Bar
Route 611
Between Stroudsburg and Delaware Water Gap
Cabins, Grill, and Dining Room
Most beautiful view of the Gap
Dear Mom, Both cars full ate here on way down. Leslie very good so far. Tom and friends got 109 mackerel about 2 miles out yesterday. Having some tonight. JD comes Wed. night. How is violet? Love, Me
6/25 Arrived in L.A. on Monday from San Francisco. Yesterday we took a tour of the city and saw just about everything there is to see of interest. Today we went to Santa Catalina Is. We didn't get any swimming in - weather is too cold. We head East tomorrow. Our next stop is the Grand Canyon and then Phoenix. - Lucille
FRONT: Viewing the Grandeur of Niagara Falls from Prospect Point, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
BACK: THE NIAGARA FALLS MUSEUM / No trip to Niagara Falls is complete without a visit to this museum. The museum, situated on the Riverway and facing Prospect Park, is a storehouse of interesting relics and unusual objects, and has several hundred thousand specimens, including Egyptian mummies, Indian relics, and animals.According to the Niagara Falls Museum website, the museum was forced to move in 1958 to make room for a parking lot. Currently, the museum is in its sixth location, now in Toronto.
Best Wishes from Canada / St. Catherine's, Ont.Postcard Message:
Father in Chicago 1908 Nov. - Dec. / Brought this home with him.After just one day and two nights back home, I am heading to St. Catherine's today for the Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference.
Magnolia Building, Dallas, TexasPostcard Message:
While waiting on my bus out will drop you a card. I bought you birthday present addressed it and your Aunt Fannie will mail it for me. Write and tell me if you get it. / Love, Mother / Address in care of Ed Gann 2537 / Cleveland Kan City Mo.The building, designed by architect Sir Alfred Blossom in the early 1920s, originally served as headquarters for Magnolia Petroleum and is now the site of a hotel. The Dallas Architecture website provides this bit of history:
In 1934, Magnolia Petroleum Company erected a large "oil derrick" on the roof that supported two 30 by 50 foot red neon signs that were in the image of Pegasus, the flying red horse, that was the corporate logo for Magnolia. Mobil, as a part of Exxon Mobil Corp. still uses the logo today. The two red horses were located 14 feet apart and revolved when placed on the building. In addition to the sign, the penthouses were illuminated at night. For many years the sign was the highest element within blocks, but by 1974 it had quit revolving. However, the Pegasus sign had become a Dallas icon. In 1977, Mobil moved their headquarters out downtown and the sign and building were given to the City of Dallas. Over the years, the skyscraper had become outdated and in 1997 the sign was turned off.Here's a different postcard of the Magnolia Building posted by the Dallas Historical Society.
Recognized as one of the world's outstanding monuments, the structure has come to symbolize both the City of Indianapolis and the state of Indiana. The Limestone used for the monument is gray oolitic limestone from the Romona quarries of Owen County. It stands 284 feet, 6 inches high, only 15 feet shorter than the Statue of Liberty. It cost $598,318 in 1902. It has been estimated that building a similar structure today would cost more than five hundred million dollars.Message:
Dear Folks. Having a grand time. It has rained the biggest part of the evening but nice now. Went to P-- for supper and to the rehearsal. Came back got our bags and checked in at the hotel. Our bags didn't arrive till the next bus. Will write you all about it later. This statue is a block from the hotel. Love, LillianSolder and Sailors Monument
View of Underpass and First Methodist Church, Henderson, N.C.I am fascinated by this postcard of Henderson's First Methodist Church, which I found at an antique store in Asheville. The church building looks charming with its stained glass windows, but the underpass, despite its comforting symmetry, is such an unpleasant interruption. I wonder if it was a relic of the photograph used to create the postcard or if at the time the underpass seemed more interesting than the church itself.
Here we are in Wheeling W. Va Had a nice drive so far. Will stop for the night in Ohio somewhere. Affectionately DadCity of Wheeling Website
Dear Gracie am --- for --- say when I awoke this morn I thot I heard a boy yell "You will have to hurry." --found out later he was calling morning paper. Tell E-- hello ---The Brigham Young Monument at Main Street and South Temple Street in Salt Lake City, Utah stands near the Latter Day Saints' Temple and marks the beginning of the numbered grid for the city's street system. While the addresses were confusing to visitors, when I lived in Salt Lake City in the mid-1990s, I found they made it easy to find places.
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Asheville, N.C., year-round resort city, is the eastern gateway point to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Within a circle of 100 miles around Asheville are about 100 peaks over a mile high, all clothed with forests of hardwood, spruce, balsam; with rivers, sparkling mountain streams, cascades, falls, and a climate unsurpassed in all the world. the central metropolis of Western North Carolina, Asheville is one of the great sports and recreation centers of Eastern America.
The trip has been perfect in every detail. I have thought of you so many times and ahve wondered if you visited the same spots. do not put the key out till next week. / B.E. Wa-sAnother trip, this time to Asheville, North Carolina!
Dear Richard and Lou, Believe it or not I'm here at Atlantic City, attending the AMA Convention and having a grand time trying to take it all in. It ends Friday about 5PM. If the couch is empty I tho't I might spend the night with you. I'll have to leave Sat. morning for home and then Augusta again. See you Friday night about 7PM. Bob
This is a beautiful castle we visited yesterday. lunch on the Danish coast with the Swedish --- about 5 mi N. Denmark mostly agricultural, rolling hills. Very green and verdant. Many fine parks and 400.000 bicycles, autos, mostly American. ---sculptors left many of the world's finest statues and base reliefs here w churches and museums. Lots of beautiful porcelain, copper and silver gadgets also sidewalk cafes. Berlin and Dresden to-morrow. ---From the National History Museum website:
Frederiksborg Castle in Hillerød. The castle was built by Christian 4 in 1600 century's first decade as the largest Nordic renaissance plants. The opulent magnificent castle is rich in detail and impressive craftsmanship, both outside and inside. The castle houses the National History Museum and is a unique attraction with potential for major cultural events, garden tours and boat trips.
Ellicot Square Building, Buffalo, N.Y.Postcard Message:
H-- Bill: Glad to see you won the 10 bucks. Have a good job up here. N. --When completed in 1896, Ellicot Square Building was the largest office building in the world. Of course, that record lasted just over a decade with all of the growth and construction of the time. Today, the facility is still used for retail and office space.
Am having a grand(?) time wading around in the rain - It just pours every day- glad I have nothing planned except trips to the dentist. Am flying back Saturday afternoon and will be seeing you soon. Love, AnneLouise
