postcard

  • Dear grandma…

    Dear grandma…

    This post card stuck out to me because the handwriting is so pretty and I imagine the writer, Mary, took her time writing it. If you look closely, you can kind of see pencil lines that were drawn, likely to help keep the words from slanting. Despite the lovely handwriting, the content of the card

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  • I should like to see you…

    Simply put, St Mary Magdalene church in Taunton has been around for quite some time and a lot of work has been done on it to keep it as authentic as possible while making it accessible to the public and tourists. It was completed in 1508 in Early Tudor Perpendicular Gothic style. Fun fact: Gothic

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  • 4th of July, 1955…

    4th of July, 1955…

    I was sorting my postcards to find ones that I hadn’t transcribed this and this one emerged from the pile. I had a hard time transcribing some of this one but I really wanted to post it because it was sent 70 years ago today. What are the odds?! This is what I was able

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  • North to Alaska…

    North to Alaska…

    This postcard was a little fun for me because I have spent the last 24 years living in Alaska and in the last 24 years, I have never been to Juneau. Definitely on my bucket list! Mendenhall Glacier was originally known as “the Glacier Behind the Town” or “the Glacier Behind the Little Lake before

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  • Climate, I think…

    Climate, I think…

    The front of the postcard (above) and the picture below are both from the Painted Desert in Arizona. I would love to put that and the Petrified Forest National Park on my travel bucket list, but I’m afraid I would melt in the heat. It is incredibly beautiful, though. The card itself talks about the

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  • On the ferry..

    On the ferry..

    8/4/1948 Hi honey, We are now in St. Ignace, came over on this ferry. 80 cars on it. Very windy. On our way to Saint Ignace Marie. Hope all is well with you. Love, mom and dad. I was able to find a census report for 1930, 1940, that mention JoAnne, but when we get

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  • A nice, nice, nice trip…

    This is one of the older postcards I’ve received having been sent in 1983. Hello, We’re having a nice, nice, nice trip. We’re here for a while then we will move on. Hope all is well with you both. Our best, Gladys and Don When looking up the recipients of the postcard, I came across

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  • Girl Scouts…

    Girl Scouts…

    I lived my first 11 years of life in Jamestown, North Dakota until I became an Alaska transplant. I always like to say that I’m North Dakota born, Alaska grown. I had a lot of friends growing up before moving to Alaska, but I never really felt like I fit in despite getting along with

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  • That darn thyroid…

    That darn thyroid…

    Dear Freda, Thanks very much for the invitation but we are stopping in Phila for dinner so I do not know just when we will arrive home so I would not want you to wait. Love, Bess. I couldn’t narrow down any Bess who would have sent this postcard from New Jersey, and there isn’t

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  • Postcard project: 50 states

    Can we get all 50 states? Currently at 7/50 (not up to date)

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