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Arches: A Series, Part VI – New York
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This is the last stop of the tour. Nate Dancer joined Postcard History in mid-December for a tour of the world’s most beautiful arches in six very wide-spread cities. It seems like Dr. Dancer has reserved the best for last – New York City.
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Battleships: A World War Summary
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Young men, by the tens-of-thousands, came of age in the early 20th century dreaming that one day they would join the Navy to “See the World.” Service on American naval vessels is certainly an achievement to be proud of. Today Postcard History dedicates this article to our veterans who have served as officers and crew…
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The Jim and Tammy Bakker Story
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Jim and Tammy Bakker were people who created a stage that paved a pathway to believe in something. To others that belief bordered on the outlandish. We pass no judgements here, but sometimes, Postcard History is not all rose petals and gum-drops.
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How About Those Quiz Kids?
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The Quiz Kids were part of American culture for many years. In a time when children were to be seen and not heard, the entire country listened to them, secretly proud to now and then know a quiz answer themselves. Today’s gifted children owe their acceptance to these Kids. Learn about their later accomplishments.
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The Healing Hands of Mahlon Locke
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Dr. Mahlon Locke built a reputation for treating rheumatism in the 1920s and 1930s. Denounced as a “faith healer” but admired as a “foot twister” and “hoof doctor,” he treated thousands of sufferers at his clinic in Williamsburg, Ontario.
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Frank Furness, Philadelphian
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Walking into a building for the first time seldom prompts the question, who was the architect? Names like Wright, van der Rohe, Gropius, Pei and Fuller come to mind, but Furness? – not so much. Frank Furness isn’t well known beyond his home town of Philadelphia, but his forty year career brought over six-hundred homes,…
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Easter Sunday 2021 – Postcard History Brings you an Easter Sunday Quartet of Postcards and Stories
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I send this chicken, so spick and span, To wish you right happy and gay; I feel sure he’ll do all that he can To convey my message to-day.
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Historically Black Colleges and Universities in North Carolina
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Once again postcards document a topical history from the founding of our nation to the present. This time a glimpse of education in North Carolina is presented with eleven rare cards showing historically black colleges and universities.
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Frescos in Florence
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The Church of Santa Maria Novella, founded in 1221, and its namesake public square in Florence, Italy, is one of the most visited Renaissance sites in Europe. Millions visit each year to see the art treasures and to pray in the 800-year old Dominican church. But there is more to learn.
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Omaha’s Blackstone Hotel-A History and Mystery
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Hotel histories mirror much of America’s business, industry, and society. The Blackstone Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska, is a perfect example of how wealth and opportunity lace the pages of history together. It is a happy circumstance that those pages are illustrated with vintage postcards.
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The Sad Story of Sugar Loaf Rock
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There is an adage: “… the more things change the more they stay the same.” It may be true in some cases, but when it comes to men with big ideas and lots of money, the only thing that changes is the price tag. Such was the case of Sugar Loaf Rock, a recognized landmark…
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The Great White Fleet
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What a thrill it must have been to be at the Chamberlin Hotel in December 1907. You had a front-row seat at one of America’s proudest moments – the launch of the Great White Fleet. Twenty-one of the US Navy’s finest vessels set sail in a formation that was seven miles long.
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Madeira – Isles of the Blessed
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Madeira in Portuguese is the word for wood or timber. Madeira is also a travel destination where fun, food, and fellowship is measured in memories that will last a lifetime. When you visit Madeira your visit will include the ancient and the modern. Fly in on a jetliner and then ride a wicker sled that…
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That Old Time Religion
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Hallelujah, Amen! From the mountains of Maine to the beaches of California, in the early twentieth century “that ole time religion” was good-enough-for-me!” These are words that were sung to “wish-away” the erosion of Protestantism. In the hopes of re-awakening and revitalizing the Protestant religion in America, the country turned to the evangelist, one after…
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Bayard Wootten – Photographer and Postcard Producer
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Young successful women, in a man’s world at the turn of the 20th century was quite uncommon. But in a case of talent winning over those with bias, a young photographer, Mary Bayard Morgan, convinced the General at the National Guard base in Morehead City, N. C., that photos of his soldiers were good for…
