Postcard Friendship Friday!

"Beauty and the Beach"

Friends enjoying a leisurely day 

at the beach in Florida.

Miss You, Wish you were here. . .

visit:

A BITE TO EAT

SEVEN SEAS RESTAURANT

MIAMI, FLORIDA

S.E. Cor. Southeast 1st. Street & 2nd Avenue

A beautiful addition to this fast growing community is the 7 Seas Restaurant, made possible through the foresight of one of Miami's pioneers, the late Jerry Galatis, who founded the institution in 1913. In connection there is a cozy Mariner Cocktail Lounge. Good Foods, excellently prepared, are served. Luncheon: 65c and 85c Dinner: From $1.25

That address is right downtown Miami.  

I am sure it is long gone and replaced with skyscrapers.

-MAIN STREET U.S.A.-

The Kentucky Derby will be May 3rd so I thought it is time to visit Louisville.

Broadway Looking East, Louisville, Ky.

Posted June, 1, 1947

This is what its like downtown.  
Mailed this when I got here. 

  Louisville, Kentucky 

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Greetings from Large Letter Land

Greetings 

from

ST. AUGUSTINE

Florida

"THE OLDEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES"

A video I made a few years back.
St. Augustine is a beautiful place.  
See it if you get a chance. 

      Charlotte Street                       Castillo de San Marcos

       Oldest House                               Oldest School House

" Fabulous Florida Favorites "

Transportation Tuesday

Some recreational transportation here in Florida.

I lived about 3 miles from this location for more than 25 years.

I sort of miss Miami now that I have moved to Ft. Lauderdale, even though it is only 30 minutes away.

Aquaplaning on Biscayne Bay, 

Miami Fla.

&

Today

 

Visit Wikipedia

about Biscayne Bay

= MAP MONDAY =

IOWA

KEY TO VIEWS
1. Tower of Legends, Sioux City
2. Cliff Dwellers, Crystal Lake Cave
3. Post Office and Federal Court House, Waterloo
4. Des Moines County Court House
5. Chief Keokuk Monument, Rand Park, Keokuk
6. Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines
7. Memorial Union Building, Ames
8. Steam Boats going through Locks on the Mississippi River
9. Lovely Flowers, Tulip Time, Pella
10. High School, Ottumwa
11. One of the Burlington Route Zephyrs

For more Maps on Monday see:

A Postcard a Day 

&

Postcard Gems

"SUNDAY FUNNIES"

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Easter Seals

HELP CRIPPLED CHILDREN

1951

EASTERSEALS.COM

A BITE TO EAT

I will be posting about food/restaurants, etc. on Fridays for awhile.  
If you get a chance check out Foods on Fridays at:
Postcard Gems
  
Coralway Cafeterias

147 MIRACLE MILE

CORAL GABLES, FLA.

 &

110 N. E. 79TH ST.,

MIAMI, FLA.

"FULL MOON"

Hope you all caught a glimpse of the Lunar Eclipse early this morning.   I saw it half covered, fully eclipsed, and then half uncovered.  Restless night, kept waking up.  So obviously had to get up and check out the moon situation. 

Skyline at Night, Baltimore, Md.
  
BLOOD MOON 

< Transit Tuesday >

Had a note from Postcardy suggesting 

Transportation posts on Tuesdays.  

Sounds good;

 I will inaugurate my transit tuesday with a post of the

 Cunard White Star

Berengaria

click:

CRUISING THE PAST

for more transit on tuesday visit:

 POSTCARD GEMS 

= MAP MONDAY =

WASHINGTON

 click map to enlarge view

Key to views

1. Elephant Rock
2. Snoqualmie Falls
3. State Capitol, Olympia
4. Floating Bridge across Lake Washington
5. Mt. Rainier mirrored in Lake Spanaway
6. Totem Pole, Pioneer Square, Seattle
7. Government Locks, Seattle
8. Mr. Rainier from Univ. of Washington Campus
9. Ferry "Kalakala"

For more Maps on Monday visit:

A Postcard a Day

* Sunday Stamps *

For Sunday Stamps this week

I am taking my que from a post on

POSTCARDY:the postcard explorer.

Postcardy has shown a stamp commemorating the

sesquicentennial of the Lincoln Douglas Debate of 1858.

Check the post at:

http://postcardy.blogspot.com/2014/04/commemorating-lincoln-douglas-debates.html

That made me think, I must have a few stamps with the portrait of Abraham Lincoln. 

I will start also with a First Day Cover of the same Lincoln/Douglas stamp.

Now I have a First Day Issue of a 2cent Post Card issued July, 31, 1952.

Next I will share a First Day Cover of a 4cent Lincoln stamp. Regular postage series of 1954-1958

The four cent stamp of the general postage issue of 1954, picturing Lincoln, was first placed on sale in conjunction with the sixth annual American Stamp Dealers Association national postage stamp show in New York City.

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This Abraham Lincoln stamp was issued on Feb 12, 1959. and posted in Hodgenville Kentucky, I was able to visit his birthplace a couple years back.  A beautiful memorial you can see this place posted at:

http://luvlinens.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-i-spent-my-summer-vacation.html

Here is a First Day Cover of a 3cent stamp issued a few days later on Feb. 27, 1959.  Issued for the Lincoln sesquicentennial.

I will finish the post with another post card.  A First Day Issue of a 5cent card issued on January, 4, 1968 also canceled at Hodgenville Kentucky.

Visit Sunday Stamps for other samples of vintage stamps 

from places around the world.

"SUNDAY FUNNIES"

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HAPPY HOUR

Club Continental
Cocktails - Dining - Dancing

NEW HOTEL JEFFERSON

SAINT LOUIS, MO.
The Aristocrat of St. Louis
The center of St. Louis night life.

Card posted St. Louis
April, 8, 1951
  Dear June,
Having a good time down at St. Louis 
this weekend.  Stayed here at this hotel, 
is is he best one in town also it has 
a beautiful nite club in it.
Lee

Visit
an earlier post of the 
New Hotel Jefferson

= MAP MONDAY =

MISSISSIPPI

KEY TO VIEWS
1. Mississippi state Capitol
2. Headquarters, Camp Shelby
3. Entrance to Vicksburg Natl. Military Park
4. Blooming Azaleas
5. Harrison County Sea Wall
6. Mississippi River Bridge
7. Historic Lighthouse
8. Yacht Racing
9. Engineering Hanger, Key Field
10. Coast Guard Air Base

Look in on a Well to do Mississippi Family in 

The Long Hot Summer

Visit A Postcard a Day for more

Maps on Monday

"SUNDAY FUNNIES"

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A BITE TO EAT

OLD SCANDIA'S

FAMOUS SMORGASBORD

OPPOSITE CITY HALL, OPA LOCKA, FLORIDA
Pretty sure there is nothing like this in Opa Locka today.
It is pretty bleak.

VACANCY

Hotel Sheraton, Pittsburgh, Pa.

In the heart of the Golden Triangle, at 3rd Avenue and Wood Street,  The Sheraton is in the center of Pittsburgh's financial, shopping and theatre districts.  Accommodations at the Sheraton are tastefully furnished, complete with  every provision for your comfort, with all the modern smartness of appearance characteristic of Sheraton Hotels everywhere.  It is Pittsburgh's newest residential and commercial hotel.

YELLOWSTONE

 GRAND CANYON FROM ARTIST POINT

Lower Falls from Red Rock,

Yellowstone National Park