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Roadside America - Skyline Parkway Motor Court Motel Waynesboro Viriginia linen postcard

4/29/2013

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Skyline Parkway Motor Court Motel Waynesboro Viriginia linen postcard

Located on the top of the Blue Ridge Mountains - offering "cool, comfortable, modern cottages ... each with an unsurpassed view of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. The full parking lot suggests it was a popular place to stay. Perhaps it was the Howard Johnson restaurant and the Gulf Service station adjacent to the motel that sealed the deal.
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Roadside America - 7 Gables Motel Restaurant Lake Cumberland Burnside Kentucky linen postcard

4/26/2013

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 7 Gables Motel & Restaurant Burnside Kentucky linen postcard

Visiting Lake Cumberland, KY in the 1950s? Why not pull off US Highway 27 at Burnside and stay the night - comfortable beds, tile baths, air conditioned restaurant open 5 am to 10 pm, serving the finest food in the South. 
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Steamer Avalon Catalina Island California 1910s postcard

4/25/2013

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Steamer Avalon on the Catalina Island - Los Angeles run in the 1910s.


The steamer Avalon on the Catalina Island run in the 1910s. 300 feet long and 42 feet beam she was equipped with two oil-burning engines producing about 1500 horsepower each.  The caption on the reverse of the postcard also describes the Avalon as a "floating palace" equipped with state rooms, de luxe cabins, rest rooms and two "magnificent ballrooms".




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Electric Shovel Coal Mining in Kansas linen postcard

4/24/2013

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                                   Electric Shovel in action Coal Mining in SE Kansas linen postcard

An industrial monster in action as depicted on a linen postcard. Electric powered, the caption on the reverse records this shovel has a 33 cubic yard bucket that is able to uncover coal at a depth of 45 feet. It could complete a cycle performance in 50 seconds.

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Plaza Bowl Bowling Alley Kansas City Missouri 1948 linen postcard

4/22/2013

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The Plaza Bowl Bowling Alley Kansas City MO linen postcard

Let's Go Bowling at the Plaza Bowl at 430 Alameda Road Kansas City Missouri. This linen postcard showing the Plaza's bowling lanes, is dated 1948 on the reverse.  

Unfortunately as is often the case with such delicate paper or cardboard items it has some cre
asing that lowers its quality but the image is still a stunning example of some of the better linen postcards produced between 1935 and the early 1960s.

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Welcome to the Postcard Depot Blog

4/21/2013

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Welcome to the Postcard Depot's blog at www.the-postcard-depot.com

Over the past decade we have been offering our vintage postcards for sale on eBay, Etsy, and bidStart.  Finally we have created our own web site to offer even more postcards directly to you, our treasured collector-buyers.  All good things start with small beginnings. Please visit here to follow progress as we build the site into an attractive destination for postcarding.  We may not be the biggest, but we aim to be the best we can be in the postcard business.


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