Miss You , Wish you were here . . .: 2013

Dec 31, 2013

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2014

Seems like only yesterday we were about to hit 2000

I have a couple of New Years Cards from Yesteryear. To be precise they are from 100 years ago.

They were posted in 1913 for the New Year 1914.

Both cards were sent by lady friends of Joe in Somerset, Ohio

This Card was posted in Lancaster, Ohio

on December, 30th., 1913

Dec. 28, 1913

Dear Joe,

Your card rec. Wish you a ~~Merry~~ ~~Xmas~~

Happy and prosperous New Year.

Am going to the Convent in Jan.

Wish you all could come over before I go.

Sincerely, Mary

Posted in Columbus, Ohio,

on December, 31st., 1913

Joe,

Have you attended any dances yet?

Don't forget to go.

Helen

Postage was 1 cent.

Wish you a very Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year

Miss You, Wish you were here. . .

Michael

"HAPPY HOUR"

HOTEL FLORIDAN, SAPPHIRE ROOM
Tampa Florida

James B. Picard, Manager
One of Florida's finest hotels.
Nineteen floors of solid comfort. Air-conditioned dining room, cocktail lounge, meeting rooms and bedrooms through the tenth floor. Splendid dining room service.

Dec 29, 2013

New Addition to my collection

The Only DOLL HOUSES in ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

1325 Fourth Street, South
Doll Houses Tourist Cottages
Each with kitchenette, coil springs, inner-spring mattresses, complete bath. Daily and weekly rates. Close to all activities. Private shuffleboard.
Mrs. Patricia Pils
Ownership Management

"SUNDAY FUNNIES"

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Dec 28, 2013

VACANCY

Jokake Inn, near Phoenix, Arizona

Jokake Inn is a Winter Resort Hotel situated on the Desert, on the "sunny side" of Camel Back Mountain. The Inn is appropriately executed in Mexican and Indian architecture, and is ten miles from the center of Phoenix, Capital and largest city in Arizona.

Largest Organ in the World

Interior of Methodist Auditorium,

showing Largest Organ in the World,

Ocean Grove, N. J.

posted Aug; 1951
Got card from Maggie, March.
Mother here til Labor Day. At Surf Dr. House.
Yes we got to Yellowstone.
Next trip California.
Mom

Dec 27, 2013

BOULDER DAM

Bronze Figures at base of Flag Pole, Boulder Dam

IT IS FITTING THAT THE FLAG

OF OUR COUNTRY SHOULD FLY

HERE IN HONOR OF THOSE MEN

WHO INSPIRED BY A VISION OF

LONELY LANDS MADE FRUITFUL

CONCEIVED THIS GREAT WORK

AND OF THOSE OTHERS WHOSE

GENIUS AND LABOR MADE THAT

VISION A REALITY

Highway across Boulder Dam connecting Nevada and Arizona

Boulder Dam Power House

Nevada Wing

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Grand Canyon and Lake Mead from Rampart Cave

Lake Mead extends far upstream from Boulder Dam, past Boulder Canyon, the Virgin Basin, Temple Bar, Napolean's Tomb and Pierce Ferry, into the Grand Canyon.

High in the precipitous cliffs National Parks Service Naturalist are excavating Rampart Cave, where, in the debris of its floor have been found the remains of the giant ground sloth and other animals now extinct.

Visit Sepia Saturday for more fun

Dec 25, 2013

December 25th

It's a Wonderful Life

Miracle on 34th Street

Dec 24, 2013

' TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

Enjoy

CAROL OF THE BELLS

I HEAR JINGLE BELLS

NOW FOR A DIFFERENT NUTCRACKER

dance of the sugar plum fairies

Dec 23, 2013

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

WATCH WITH CAUTION

YOU MIGHT BLOW A FUSE!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

Dec 22, 2013

"SUNDAY FUNNIES"

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* SUNDAY STAMPS *

Not quite finished with Christmas yet.

1923

Just wanted to include a couple

more of my Christmas Seals

1929

Have a very Merry Christmas

Another of my Christmas Card illustrations from 1940

= CENTURY OF PROGRESS =

HALL OF SCIENCE

CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR

as seen from the main lagoon. Notice the carillon-equipped tower, the rostrum at the right, the decorated cloth banner which serves as a background for the speaker, the three levels on which structure is built and the entrance to the medical exhibit at the lower level. The Hall of Science is 700 by 400 feet. At night it is brilliantly illuminated by indirect and fluctuating colored flood lights. This structure is located at Sixteenth St. and the lake, with part of the building extending directly across Leif Erikson Drive--Chicago's famous waterfront boulevard.

"CHICAGO, CHICAGO that toddlin town"

MORRISON HOTEL Chicago

Clark and Madison Streets

In the Heart of the Loop

46 stories high and standing 506 feet above the sidewalk. Home of the historic Boston Oyster House and Terrace Casino. Every room with bath, circulating ice water, grille-protected servidor.

Leonard Hicks, General Manager

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View of Loop
Chicago River and Lake Michigan

Wacker Drive, which skirts the Chicago River through the loop was built at a cost of $8,000,000. It consists of a lower level drive for heavy commercial traffic, and an upper level for automobiles and pedestrians. Prominent in the group are the Wrigley Building, Tribune Tower, London Guarantee and Accident Company, Mather Building and Pure Oil Building.

VACANCY

COMMUNITY INN,

HERSHEY, PA.

Dec 18, 2013

FABULOUS FLORIDA FAVORITES

GREETINGS FROM FLORIDA
Just hanging out with the Girls

Interesting, this Florida card was posted from
Altadena, California, December, 1, 1943

To:Dear Mrs. Moore,

Arlington, Texas

Would you like to exchange a few cards?

Sincerely,

Jane Worland

Altadena, California

Dec 17, 2013

WRIGHT BROTHERS December 17th

The Wright Memorial Beacon,

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N. C.

NEAR KITTY HAWK
The Wright Memorial, of North Carolina granite, is mounted on top of the principal dune of Kill Devil Hills, where Wilbur and Orville Wright experimented with their glider. On December 17, 1903, near the foot of this hill, they successfully flew their plane under its own power, the first flight of a heavier-than-air machine ever made by man. At night the beacon from the tower may sweep across four-mile-wide Roanoke Sound from the Birthplace of Aviation to the Birthplace of the Nation.
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This video I made on my 2011 trip to D.C. and the Smithsonian.
The movie starts with Orville and Wilbur and goes on from there.

another Wright Brothers post click below:
http://9teen87spostcards.blogspot.com/2013/12/wilbur-wright-airplane-in-1914.html

"CHICAGO, CHICAGO that toddlin town"

"FULL MOON"

December, 17, 2013

The new Tribune Tower Building is located near the Michigan Boulevard Bridge; is 23 stories high with a tower of 140 feet. The Chicago Tribune offered a prize of $100,000 for the plans and the result is the most beautiful office building the the world.

THE TRIBUNE TOWER, BY NIGHT

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PALMOLIVE BUILDING, BY NIGHT

A spectacular night-time feature of the new Palmolive Building is the Lindbergh Beacon. Mounted atop a shining bronze column, 603 feet above Chicago, its two billion candlepower beam is visible to aviators in the air as far east as Cleveland, Ohio, and as far south as St. Louis, Missouri. Government Surveyors have determined that the location of this beam as being 41* 53' 59 1/4" N. Longitude 87* 37' 25" W.