Mandan, ND Postcard

This is another of the postcards I bought in July at an otherwise disappointing "estate sale".

I love this hand tinted view of "Main Street, Looking East, Mandan, N.D."

I think the most striking thing about this old postcard (besides all of the horses on Main Street!) is the very tattered looking flag flying above the town.

 This postcard is not dated, but most of the rest were postmarked from between 1890 and 1920, so I assume this is from somewhere in that time frame.

 

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Heart Istanbul Postcard

When we were stationed in Germany back in the mid-1980's, I had the good fortune to land a job as a Staffing Assistant at the Giessen Civilian Personnal Office, where I hired government employees to work in US Civil Service positions.

I worked with several German local nationals, and got to know and love them.

Whenever one of them would go on vacation, they would send back postcards to the office.

(shame on me, I would pick the postcards out of the trash and keep them!)

Frau Schafer sent this card from her trip to Istanbul.

I had forgotten how much she loved that belly dancing.

Tee hee!

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Oregon Coast Postcard

My favorite place in the world is the beach ...

Anywhere the sea meets the sand ...

The Oregon coast is just a couple of hours from my house ...

But I don't get there often enough.

Until yesterday!!!

It was a gorgeous day.

We came home with sand in our shoes; peace in our hearts; and sun on our faces!!!

Sigh.

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Thinking of You ... Butterfly

I love this card ..

The beautiful swallowtail butterfly that says I'm thinking of you ...

See? Here's proof ... I really AM thinking of you!

Old Postcard from Flores Lake, Oregon

This is another of the postcards I bought at the "estate sale" back at the end of July.

Again, there is no date on this one ... but I'm assuming it is probably (like the rest of the stack) dated from between 1900 and 1920.

"Flores Lake, Curry County, Oregon."

((Now known as Floras Lake, this popular recreational lake, located between Gold Beach and Bandon, Oregon, is a medium-sized lake on the southern Oregon coast.  It is an embayment which has been cut off from the ocean by low migrating sand dunes.))

I would love to see that boat up close.

I imagine any boats on this lake now are nothing like this beauty!

 

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Old Postcard - Dock

I just love this old postcard I found in the stack I bought at the "estate sale".

When I first looked at the picture, I thought it was an ordinary "people-playing-on-dock" shot. Then I looked closer.

The men on the dock are all dressed up - suits, ties, bowler hats.

The women are apparently in swim suits - but they're not swimming.

They're each in their own BARREL, bare legs hanging over the edges!

I really wish I knew the story behind this picture.

 

As for the date ... most of the postcards I bought that day are dated (either marked or researched) between 1900 and 1920 - so I'm going to assume this one is between those dates.

 

Ah, if only these cards could talk - what stories I would hear!!!

 

 

Wash Day Postcard

As an advertised "estate sale" - it was a washout.

Maybe four tables full of overpriced junk that was old, on a patio outside of a touristy shop full of more overpriced junk that was new.

Then I spied the stack of old postcards.

From the early 1900's!

Like this wonderful picture card showing two ladies dressed in their Sunday finest to do the weekly laundry.

I am fascinated by the "washing machine" - complete with "agitator" and "wringer"!

The family must have been fairly affluent to afford such a newfangled device!!!

And don't you just love the barn and rail fence in the background?

 "Fridays Fences"!

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(Did you know today is Domestic Goddess Day???

 I didn't either! But this postcard is perfect!!!)