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"Last Year in Marienbad"...
Real photo post card, around 1905-10
Photographer: Eckert & Lampalzer,
Marienbad,
"Haus Wiener Neustadt"
Marienbad, Austria-Hungary - now Mariánské Lázně (now Czech Republic)
"The name Marienbad first appeared in 1786, since 1865 it has been a town. In 1872 the town got a railway connection with the town of Eger (Cheb) and thus with the whole Austro-Hungarian Empire and the rest of Europe.
The town soon became one of the top European spas and it was very popular with celebrities and rulers who often returned there, among them were such names as Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Frédéric Chopin, Thomas Edison, Richard Wagner or Prince Friedrich of Saxony, English king Edward VII, the Russian Czar Nicholas II, and Emperor Franz Joseph I and many others. At those times, about 20,000 visitors came every year, mostly Jewish guests.
Marienbad remained a popular destination between WWI and WWII. After WWII, the ethnic German population of the town was forcibly expelled according to the Potsdam agreement, thereby emptying the town of the majority of its population. After the communist coup-d'état in 1948; it got sealed off from most of its foreign visitors. "
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I don't often see chickens, but this little honey was running around a local barn. I popped on five textures. Four from skeletal mess and I can remember where I got that post card texture. I downloaded it years ago...
The tuna auction at the tsukiji market is generally off limits for the public, when no one was watching, I stole a few shots (and was of course thrown out later), but it was so worth it, including the getting up at 4 am business... and for those of you who know me, that's a VERY BIG deal!
I used to live down the street from here. And part of it was chasing 5 Fulton (bus that goes downtown) to go to work. Hmmm, I wonder why the memory of chasing the bus sticks out. I could think of better and happier memories but I love the Bus chasing memory best. LOL
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Yes, this is another spot in San Francisco that has been photographed a million times.
Post card texture by Borealnz and available here: www.flickr.com/photos/borealnz/3504857799/in/photostream/
This old post card depicts a scene I have never seen. Apart from the strangeness of the antique bathing costumes, there's the sheer number of people in water. More on that later. What's completely new to me is the rope line that extends from the shore to the breakers. It seems to have been intended to help bathers make their way to and from the beach and stay upright at the same time. Whether it did any good or whether it was even necessary, I cannot say.
I've seen enough late 19th and early 20th century photos and illustrations of the beach here to conclude that the shore today is depopulated in comparison with the beach in its heyday.
These days, even at the height of summer people just don't spend much time on the sands or in the water.
Signs warning of dangerous currents and widespread coverage of drownings might be responsible for keeping people out of the waves. On the other hand, some people, especially young males, seem to love living dangerously. Even they aren't present here.
What accounts for the change? Until the 1920s, when cars became widely adopted and roads were built to connect Portland to the Oregon coast, the only beaches that were readily accessible to most Portlanders were on this peninsula. The crowds who disembarked from the paddlewheeler included wives and their children who would remain here for the summer while their husbands returned to the city.
In a time before motion pictures, if people wanted to see the living ocean they had to come to it. Then, as now, the ocean had a mesmerizing effect on the public. The well-dressed Victorian men and women who were captured on film or in art strolling along the water's edge must have found the people-watching as interesting as the endless motion of the waves.
Frank and I are part of a handful of people who wade in the waves. The conditions have to be just right. First, the tide must be coming in. Secondly, the ocean must be fairly calm, with no waves breaking where we plan to wade. Next, it must be sunny. Last, but certainly not least, the water temperature must be bearable.
It's this final criterion that's the most variable of the lot. August and September are the only months when we'd even consider taking a dip. However, even then water temperatures can change from one day to the next. If the first step into the water is painful, there's no point in going in any deeper.
One should never attempt to swim in these waters or wade any deeper than one's hips.
Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, Ilwaco, Washington.
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Grand Hotels of the North Beach Peninsula April – July 2022
April 9 @ 10:00 am - July 9 @ 4:00 pm PDT
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New York State Thruway
The Mainline of the Empire State
A double ribbon of concrete widening gracefully through the mountains, making it possible to drive from New York City to Buffalo without any traffic lights.
Tues. 11 am
Mailed to Mr.& Mrs. D. McIntyre
448 Merlin Street
London, Ontario
Dear Gloria & Dick
The next time you have a honeymoon, you'll have to take this trip. It is most beautiful country. We are on the last lap to Boston and Cape Cod. We hope to come back through the Adirondacks and see Lake Placid. We were going to go to New York, but the people around Albany where we stayed last night said the traffic is terrific and you couldn't possibly see it all in one week. So we are taking it slower and enjoying it rather than trying to see New York, this time.
Love Dot, Dan and Mike
Since the photo could be anywhere on the NY Thruway, here's a picture of where the postcard was sent to:
www.google.com/maps/@43.0054022,-81.1802552,3a,53.5y,60.8...
....little man was not feeling well....but because of the excitment - people around him - he wants to come out and play....
Baby King for now Mikx -
A little girl portrait, as a 3.5 x 5.5 inch postcard in a tattered album cover.
Chamberlain studio -
Photographer Charles Chetwynd Chamberlain -
Detroit Photographer at 4368 Warren ave west - 1920-1938.
After 1927 his place was often called the West Warren Photo Studio and Gift Shop
English Bay is a popular place featuring a summer fireworks competition and a winter polar bear swim. The Vancouver Seawall runs all the way around English Bay from Stanley Park to False Bay. It is a favorite destination for walkers, runners, bicyclers and roller-bladers.
Link to another early view of English Bay, Vancouver postcard - 2.bp.blogspot.com/-FW477dMBQ-c/T_Wqw3TWWSI/AAAAAAAACPs/4X...
Written on the front of this postcard - "Tervehdys Sointula" in Finnish which means "Greetings from Sointula" and then signed by the person who sent the postcard - Looks like "S. Tinen".
"Photographed and published by J. Howard A. Chapman, Victoria, BC."
J. Howard. A. Chapman - one of BC’s finest early photographers and a significant post-card publisher. He was born in England but he settled in Victoria, B.C. in 1890, where he found employment as a commercial traveller. Where and when he acquired his outstanding photographic skills is unknown. His first series of B.C. postcards were published before 1906, and that he produced over 700 different postcards by 1910.
Historic Fort Erie
Aerial view of reconstructed Fort. Built by the British in 1803-05 and occupied until 1823. Occupied by the American troops during the War of 1812, it was the sight of the Siege of Fort Erie.
Fort Erie, Ontario
www.google.com/maps/place/Old+Fort+Erie/@42.8949606,-78.9...
A832 between Braemore Junction and Dundonnell when it was still a single track before being doubled in the early 60s.
This road was known as the Destitution Road because it was built with charitable donations to give local people rendered destitute by the potato famine of the 1840s employment. It's now more often known as the Fain after the empty house and former inn (now demolished) just a few hundred yards round the corner in the distance there.
The mountain in the background is An Teallach.
This point on the road today here.
Photo: Lon Winchester
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Well i reached close then when i was from Here. But still had few hours to reach my final destination The Muktinath Temple.
What are words worth?
What are words worth? - words
Words in papers, words in books
Words on tv, words for crooks
Words of comfort, words of peace
Words to make the fighting cease
Words to tell you what to do
Words are working hard for you
Eat your words but dont go hungry
Words have always nearly hung me
What are words worth?
What are words worth? - words
Words of nuance, words of skill
And words of romance are a thrill
Words are stupid, words are fun
Words can put you on the run
Wordy Rappinghood - Tom Tom Club 1981
Made Explore 02/22/08 #485
TT FAUGHAN says:
Welcome to the picture postcard village of Adare, which is one of Limerick's special places. With thatched roof cottages and Tudor style houses, beautiful gardens and ivy clad medieval churches in beautiful surroundings on both sides of the street beside the river Maigue.
For those who want to linger and learn more visit the Heritage centre and step back in time.
My wife found this post card from Sep.14/1967 sent from Hastings NewZealand fromher good friend Roz Snijders. If you recognize this post card and would like to leave a comment it would be much appreciated. My wife's maiden name was D. Muise. Roz and Dolly worked together at the Canada Permanent Trust Company , Toronto on 2972 Bloor Street West, Toronto Ontario Canada.
Another post card from our family archive. I don't remember why I did not scan the back of this one.
Both of my grandparents went to the U. of I. in Champaign. So my hunch is they took the Illinois Central quite a bit.
I usually rode coach buses back and forth from the Chicago area when I went there. But once I took Amtrak. I was surprised how efficient the run from Champaign to Chicago was: fast and no time spent on sidings. In other words: very un-Amtrak.
On the reverse:
Dear Ett how are you feeling(?)
guess the fair was fine
Wish you had of been
there. I am at Planos &
Will be there for some
time have got me a
good job of work. am
picking cotton. Cotton
is first here you can
write me at Plano
& will write you again soon
as ever Ray
Miss Etta Anassey
Walnut Springs
Texas
Once again, my favorite tree. It was taken on a beautiful sunny day. The sky was blue, and the air was crisp. I thought I'd like to remember my tree on that moment. But my memory, with time, will probably look much like this.
Ok, this looks like the perfect postcard shot. Taken on travel day from Cavtat to Korcula, this is the city of Dubrovnik. We actually didn't go in the city, we will be doing next Wednesday.
You can see the wall/fortification surrounding the city. I'm really looking forward to shooting it up close. No extra saturation added. Just a polarizer.
As usual, much better for the soul in the light box
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