Prom Ballroom in St Paul Minnesota linen postcard, circa 1940s. Click image for larger view
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Come Dancing! At the Prom Ballroom St Paul Minnesota linen postcard
Friday, August 12, 2011
Roadside America Linen Postcards - Route 66 - Zuni Motor Lodge Albuquerque New Mexicod
Zuni Motor Lodge Route 66 Albuquerque New Mexico linen postcard
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Heading west on Route 66 we hit Albuquerque's Zuni Motor Lodge with its adobe-inspired architecture and a restaurant offering fried chicken, filet mignon, and Baked Virginia ham, with no mention of South-west cuisine. Some things have changed for the better.
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Roadside America Linen Postcards - Route 66 - Rock Village Court Springfield Missouri postcard
Rock Village Court Route 66 Springfield MO linen postcard
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Get your kicks on Route 66... more linen postcards from the highway.
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Heard on the Street - Town Crier Provincetown Massachusetts 1909 postcard
Town Crier Provincetown Massachusetts 1909 postcard
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Keep up to date with all the local news worth hearing. Switch off the internet, cell phone, and so forth, hear it from the town crier instead.
On second thoughts, who needs all that hand bell ringing this early in the morning? Besides, Mrs Grundy next door has got all the local gossip worth knowing.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Roadside America Linen Postcards - Lake Arrowhead Topographic Map California postcard
Lake Arrowhead California Topographic linen postcard, circa 1950s
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For a twist on the road map postcards, perhaps topography is important on your map postcards. Maybe you need to know what kind of hill climbing your automobile may need to endure - the radiator might boil over. And worse still you might have to get out and walk or climb a hill.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Roadside America Linen Postcards - Martha's Vineyard Road Map, MA postcard
Martha's Vineyard Road Map linen postcard
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Did one of the well-to-do invite you over to "the island"? Here's a road map postcard to show you the way to their compound. Actually, it may be best just to leave the automobile at home. It's difficult to get around the island in the summer months, or so I am told. Besides, perhaps your host is sending the helicopter for you...
Friday, August 5, 2011
Roadside America Linen Postcards - Roadside Map Wisconsin postcard
Road Map of Wisconsin linen postcard, circa 1950sclick image for larger view
Looking for that special fishing spot that no one else knows about? Visit the Fisherman's Paradise of Wisconsin as this state road map advises.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Railside America linen - Las Vegas NV Train Depot & Streamliner postcard
Union Pacific Tailroad Streamliner train at Las Vegas Nevada depot linen postcard, circa 1950s
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All this traveling by automobile may have made you road weary. Perhaps it's time to ditch your traveling companions; they were getting on your nerves anyway. Step over to the Las Vegas train depot and wait a while in the Art Deco style waiting room until the Union Pacific pulls into the platform ready to take you homeward bound.
Roadside America Linen Postcards - Large Letter Linen Las Vegas Nevada postcard
Large Letter Linen Las Vegas Nevada postcard, circa 1950
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Viva Las Vegas - for all those who like a little flutter or a "game of skill" at the poker tables.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Roadside America Linen Postcards - Large Letter Linen Flagstaff Arizona
Large letter Flagstaff Arizona linen postcard
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Evoking Western romanticism of wagon trains and cowboys and Indians this large letter linen postcard is a very good example of another sub category of Roadside America linen postcards.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Roadside America Postcards - Street Scene Show Low Arizona
Main Street Show Low Arizona 1950s chrome postcard
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This card might not win any photography competition awards but it nicely illustrates several topical areas of interest to different collectors. First there is the interest to Roadside America collectors then notice the Shell gas sign and gas pumps on the left in foreground. On the front right is a drugstore sign for the Show Low Drug Co, of interest to collectors of drugstore items. Further down the street on the right (click image for larger view) can be seen the sign for a bank. On the left, a motor lodge and of course there are cars for those you collect auto postcards. To round things out, Western or local town collectors may be interested in a card like this.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Roadside America Linen Postcards - Route 66 - Longchamp Diner Amarillo Texas
Longchamps Diner Amarillo Texas linen postcard
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Time for a spot of lunch. Let's pull into Longchamp's Diner in Amarillo Texas on the famed Route 66 a subcategory of Roadside America postcards keenly sought after by collectors.
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