Dear Jan Just a line to thank you very much for the nice XXX-Card you have lent to me. Grand-dad XXXXX with it. Hope you are quite well with XX Love from Nana and Grand-dad.The handwriting on this card is so interesting, but it's very hard for me to decipher.
The LighthousePalo Duro State ParkTexas PanhandlePostcard Message:
Boston, Mass, / 4-27-48 / Hello, Honey, / Here in Boston. It sure is cold up here. How you feeling Darling. / Love WThe Lighthouse rock is still a major attraction of Palo Duro Canyon State Park.
THE AMERICAN BAPTIST ASSEMBLY / GREEN LAKE, WIS. / A 1000 acre estate of unsurpassed loveliness with a 2-1/2 mile frontage on beautiful Green Lake. It includes a modern 81 room Inn and forty other buildings. It is now an Assembly Conference grounds acquired by American Baptists for purposes of Leadership Training, Spiritual Inspiration, and Christian Fellowship.
Saturday Noon - / Dear Dad, / I am attending a convention of the Wisconsin Home Economics Asso. here. This is 325 miles from M---. I am driving back this P.M. (3 faculty members are with me) Beautiful weather. we have been staying in this hotel. / Love, AliceThe American Baptist Assembly is now called the Green Lake Conference Center.
Trail of Tears on the Choctaw Nation Website
TEA GARDEN, GOLDEN GATE PARK, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. / THE TEA GARDEN In Golden Gate Park, San Francisco is a delightful spot. Here are hump-back bridges, stone gardens, tiny streams, bamboo trees, temples, cherry blossoms, and azaleas. Many cozy nooks about throughout the gardens.POSTCARD MESSAGE:
We had tea and fortune cookies in this Tea Garden Weather Lovely There's so many interesting places to go. / LillianIsn't it interesting that "Japanese" was excised from the description of this card? I suppose the anti-Japanese sentiment was still too strong after World War II to market the attraction under the name "Japanese Tea Gardens." The garden is still open, and is the oldest Japanese Tea Garden in the United States.
"[Makoto Hagiwara] became caretaker of the property, pouring all of his personal wealth, passion, and creative talents into creating a garden of utmost perfection. Mr. Hagiwara expanded the garden to its current size of approximately 5 acres where he and his family lived for many years until 1942 when they, along with approximately 120,000 Japanese Americans, were forced to evacuate their homes and move into internment camps. When the war was over, the Hagiwara family was not allowed to return to their home at the tea garden."Japanese Tea Garden Website
OAK CREEK CANYON - HIGHWAY NO. 79 / FLAGSTAFF TO PRESCOTT, ARIZONA / A most delightful resort for camping, fishing, and hunting The towering cliffs with their gorgeous coloring, the rushing stream at the bottom of the heavily wooded canyons, make of it the most bewitching spot in Northern Arizona.Postcard Message:
We are still enjoying The sunshine here. But won't be too long Before we will be Leaving this life of Leisure. / M.B.
Art Museum, Forest Park, St. Louis, MO. Located on Art Hill, Forest Park. Built during the World's Fair as a permanent building. Lovers of art will enjoy viewing the comprehensive collection of the works of the great artists of the world. Casts, bronzes, and marbles, perhaps the best in existence, form one of its most beautiful and interesting collections.Saint Louis Art Museum Website
"He Says It Worked OK Off His Dad's Barn"Keep 'Em flying (US) Buy War Bonds and StampsPostcard Message:
Dear Dad, / This might seem pretty funny to you. / I suppose you got the letter. / Love / Roger
Greetings from Oregon Oregon--area 96,699 sq. m., ow which 1,092 sq. m. is water; 9th state in size; admitted into the Union in 1859. State flower - Oregon Grape. Capital - Salem. Good commercial fishing, especially Salmon. Manufactures: Lumber products (including furniture), paper and wood pulp, flour and grain products. Places of interest: Crater Lake National Park; Oregon Caves National Monument; Mt. Hood and other splendid peaks and mountain scenery.I've never been to Oregon, but it's a state I'd very much like to visit!
THE WILLS' HOUSE, PUBLIC SQUARE, GETTYSBURG, PA. was the home of Judge David Wills, who was host to President Abraham Lincoln on November 19th, 1863, and it was here that the President penned his immortal address. The room is now open as a museum.Postcard Message:
Dear Dad-/ I have been sightseeing today in Gettysburg with Ruth. Tomorrow I'll go to Washington, and Thursday to Stanley's. Saw Kenneth's family on Easter Sunday. / I'll call Sunday P.M. from Chicago IF the phone strike is off. / Lots of love to you, AliceI am most intrigued about the phone strike; I cannot find much information about it, though I did find a photo of "telephone girls" at a protest meeting in 1952 and a clip from a newspaper that mentioned the strike.
Greetings from Tinker Field, OklahomaPostcard Message:
Hello, girls. / This is where I am working now It's allright [sic] except that I can't get coffee without walking 8 blocks to the canteen. That's too far for me. I'll settle for cokes. / FleetaTinker Field was established in 1942 during World War II. According to the Tinker Air Force Base History, "Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, an Oklahoma native and part Osage Indian, lost his life while leading a group of LB-30 bombers on a mission against the Japanese in the region of Wake Island on June 7, 1942. Accordingly, Gen. H.H. "Hap" Arnold ordered the installation named Tinker Field on Oct. 14, 1942." On January 13, it became a permanent installation and was renamed "Tinker Air Force Base." A number of my friends in the University of Oklahoma MBA program were stationed at Tinker.
Warm here by day but need a top coat at night. We are 4 blocks from ocean Pacific U.S. fleet (?) in harbor - 16 grant ships! Wish you were here today.The Interweb indicates the auditorium was built on the beach in 1932. As it was surrounded on three sides by water, the horseshoe (i.e. "rainbow") pier was built to protect it from storms and erosion The pier, a breakwater really, was decorated with multicolored lights and had a roadway on top. The Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center was constructed on the site of the demolished auditorium. A fun then-and-now shot of the Pier is on Jeff Gritchen's blog.
View of Tremont Street, Boston, Mass. / Tremont Street, one of the main thoroughfares of Boston, is both picturesque and historic with the beautiful Boston Commons, Kings Chapel and Old Park Street Church.Postcard Message:
Dear Mib - / A bee stung Jim yesterday, and he looks like this now. We have to laugh every time we look a hi - he doesn't think it's funny though. / Love - / Sue
Dearest: I've just discovered that it's I not you who owe the letter so I will write this week sometime. Hope you are well and happy as this leaves me. / Lovingly, Flora
Hello Irvin you better come down for Easter. Gad we will have a fine time. Finding Easter nests. do you go to school. I go to school I play ball and have a good time. From Hermann.I had to get this card because of the pug-looking dog on the front. Now, I am wondering if Easter nests are a precursor to Easter baskets.
THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE, 1710-1715 / The Palace and its dependencies, preeminent among notable estates in colonial America, have been rebuilt on original foundations. Many of the rooms in the Palace are of special interest because of the collection of antique furniture, paintings, and other furnishings that have been chosen to conform with inventories of royal governors. The gardens are considered more typical of formal eighteenth century English gardens than any others in America.Postcard Message:
Thanks so much for the nice "going-away" gift. We always wanted one and put it into use right away. It's wonderful! We haven't had very nice weather so far but have enjoyed the trip anyway. Expect to stay here another day. / MildredThe Governor's Palace has been owned by Colonial Williamsburg since 1928, and has been open as an exhibition since 1934.
Aerial view of U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, showing the magnificent buildings. The most important of which is Bancroft Hall which is the largest dormitory in the world. The Severn River is shown on the right where Navy holds its "crew races."Postcard Message:
April 1, 10:00 P.M. / Annapolis / we are at a very nice Tourist Home - twin beds - $5.00 - Left at 11:40 and arrived here at 6:00 - 246 miles - wonderful roads - N.J. Turnpike traffic not heavy - Not tired - 30 miles to Wash - / Love, / Carrie
