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Holiday Inn
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If your family traveled by car after 1952, it may be that you slept in a Holiday Inn. Those motels were new, clean, and dependable. Most important to the kids in the family was that each motel had a swimming pool. What more could you ask for?
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Lumbering the Giant Trees of America’s Northwest
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A look back at early logging in the American northwest begs the question, how much has changed – the answer is everything but the wood. Cross-cut handsaws have been replaced by gasoline powered chainsaws. Helicopters drag the logs from the forest, and a Global Positioning System is employed to find the trees deep in hardwood…
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The Freedom Train
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Often it has been said, “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” What follows is a reminder of the 1947 Freedom Train that traveled over 30 thousand miles to remind Americans of how and why they enjoy liberty.
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Bayard Veiller’s “Within the Law”
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The 1912 play “Within the Law” – performed 541 times on Broadway – changed things: society, the justice system, and how Americans valued themselves as citizens, neighbors, and law-abiding people. Postcards prove it!
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Postcard History is a free online magazine dedicated to vintage and historic picture postcards and the many stories associated with them. We feature richly illustrated articles designed to both inform and entertain postcard collectors and history buffs. We also provide the most comprehensive listing of forthcoming shows around. And there’s a rich trove of links to institutional and personal online postcard collections. There’s also a comprehensive, verified listing of active postcard clubs in the U. S. and Canada, which we’re working on expanding worldwide.