Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Doctor Who, Comic-Con Advertising Postcard

Doctor Who
BBC America

Comic-Con 2008
Thursday July 24

Doctor Who Panel, Ballroom 20
Executive Producer and lead writer Steven Moffat and Executive Producer Julie Gardner discuss their creative process and experience on working on the BBC's Doctor Who - Britain's most successful sci-fi franchise - with exclusive clips and Q & A session.

Shown on the card is the 10th Doctor played by David Tennant and Donna Noble played by Catherine Tate.

This advertising postcard is unused.  Below is a scan of the back of the card.

Friday, July 20, 2018

Edwin Aldrin At Work on the Moon

At Work on the Moon

Edwin Aldrin inspects the footpad of the Lunar Module "Eagle" after it landed gently on the Moon's Sea of Tranquility on July 20, 1969, at 4:17 p.m EDT.  The footpad sank into the soil only about two inches.  In the weak lunar gravity, the astronauts weighed only one-sixth of their weight on Earth.

Official NASA Photograph

This vintage postcard is unused. 

Thursday, July 12, 2018

The Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Marley-Davidson
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
The Harley-Davidson Museum opened in July 2008 and displays a large collection of Motorcycles along with history about Harley-Davidson.  The Iron Horse Hotel, a boutique hotel catering to motorcycle enthusiasts, is located one block south of the museum.

Photos by William H. Jacobs

This unused postcard is from 2016.

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The Harley-Davidson Museum opened on July 12, 2008 and is a celebration of the more than 110-year history of Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The 130,000-square-foot (12,000 m2) three building complex on 20 acres (81,000 m2) contains more than 450 Harley-Davidson motorcycles and hundreds of thousands of artifacts from the Company's history.
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Here is one more similar postcard from Milwaukee . . .
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Harley Davidson Motorcycle
With the corporate headquarters of Harley Davidson Motorcycles in Milwaukee, 
it is not surprising to see a number of these cycles cruising the streets.

Photo by Steve Gibson

This unused postcard is from 2016. 

Tuesday, July 10, 2018

The Flag of The Bahamas

Bahamas
Greetings from the Bahamas!
Photo: Werner J. Bertsch

(The white stripe and flower are not part of the flag design.)

This postcard is postmarked in 2017.

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The colors of the flag carry cultural, political, and regional meanings. The gold alludes to the golden sand and the shining sun– as well as other key land-based natural resources – while the aquamarine stands for the Caribbean sea surrounding the country. The black symbolizes the "strength, vigor, and force" of the Bahamian people, while the directed triangle evokes their "enterprising and determined" nature to cultivate the abundant natural resources on the land and in the sea.

This flag was adopted on July 10, 1973.
USA stamp 2016
Pickup Trucks
1938 International Harvester D-2
Forever a first class stamp

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

The Maryhill Stonehenge, Washington

The Columbia River Series

Stonehenge
The millionaire road builder, Sam Hill, built a complete town here and no one came to live in it.  He tore the town down and built the Stonehenge in its place as a memorial to soldiers who gave their lives in W.W.I. "What in Sam Hill did you do that for?"

This is an unused postcard.

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The Maryhill Stonehenge is a replica of Stonehenge located in Maryhill, Washington. It was commissioned in the early 20th century by businessman Samuel Hill and dedicated on July 4, 1918 as a memorial to those that died in World War I. The memorial was completed in 1929. It is constructed of concrete.  It was the first monument in the United States to honor the dead of World War I (specifically, soldiers from Klickitat County, Washington who had died in the still on-going war).