Samoa - The Treasured Island of the South Pacific

Samoa - The treasured islands of The South Pacific

Scenes of Samoa, including Apia, the country's capital ..

Photography by David Kirkland

unused, from 2010

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Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in Polynesia Savai'i. The capital city Apia and Faleolo International Airport are situated on the island of Upolu.

Dog Chased a Boy up a Tree - Wood Postcard

I wil be here a week or so,
write me at (Ma Clemens is carved in)

Looks like the dog big off a piece of his pants!

This wood postcard is postmarked in 1905 with a one cent stamp

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

 Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California

The Golden Gate Bridge, main San Francisco approach from the Presidio, was designed by Joseph B. Strauss and completed in May 1937 at a cost of $35,500,000.  The huge web-like span, is illuminated by night with strings of yellow sodium vapor lights and links northern California to the peninsula of San Francisco.

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here is a newer postcard of the same bridge ....

 San Francisco, California - Aerial View from the south tower of the Golden Gate Bridge
Photographer - Philip Coblentz

postmarked in 1991 with 19 cent balloon stamp
                                              

Arch de Triomphe in Paris, France

Paris - Heir et aujourd'hui - (? Paris, Yesterday and Today)
Arc de Triomphe (Arch of Triumph)

postmarked in 2007

Arc de Triomphe

postmarked in 2010 with a France stamp

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The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle. The triumphal arch honours those who fought for France, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. On the inside and the top of the arc are the names of generals and wars fought. Underneath is the tomb of the unknown soldier from World War I.

Philadelphia Phillies Stadium, Error Postcard

***Make sure to read till the end of the description!

Phillies, Philadelphia

Citizen Bank Park,  home of the Philadelphia Phillies opened to delighted fans in April of 2004.  Not your average ballpark, this exciting new stadium packs an unrivalled entertainment punch.  It boasts real grass, state-of the art technology, angled seating, rooftop bleachers and Philadelphia culinary delicacies galore.  moose can run 35 miles per hour and can easily swim 10 miles.

Photo: David Schofield
2010.

And yes, the last line of the postcard is written on the card, just like I wrote it here!!  Most 'error' cards are pretty small, this one is fantastic!  In 2011 I was able to purchase another one of these postcards, this time with no error.  

Dallas Television Series

Dallas

Photo courtesy Robert H Cain

unused, bought in 2011

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Dallas is an American prime time soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978 to May 3, 1991.  The show revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing. The show also starred veteran actress Barbara Bel Geddes as Ewing matriarch Miss Ellie, and veteran actor Jim Davis in his last role as family patriarch Jock Ewing before his death in 1981.

The show debuted in April 1978 as a five-part miniseries on the CBS network, and then was broadcast for thirteen seasons from 1978 through 1991. Dallas was included in Time magazine's 2007 list of "100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME."  It was also famous for its cliffhangers, including the "Who shot J.R.?" mystery, and the "Dream Season", in which everything that transpired during season eight was later revealed to have been all a dream.

Stars shown:
Patrick Duffy
Larry Hagman
Barbara Bel Geddes
Victoria Principal
Linda Gray
Jim Davis
Charlene Tilton

From what I can find on the web, they are getting ready to make another series about Dallas on TNT - They story continues.  It is in production now.

Clover Pattern Wallpaper Sample from before 1917

William Morris: Arts and Crafts Designs
Clover pattern

London, England before 1917
Wallpaper sample book
Brooklyn Museum

postmarked in 2011 with a USA Kansas stamp

This makes it official - you can find just about ANYTHING on postcards!!

Moomin by Tove Jannsson

 Tove Jansson: kuvitusta kirjaan Taikatalvi
Tove Jansson's book Moominland Midwinter

Photo: Aimo Hyvarinen

postmarked in 2011 with a similar Moomin stamp from 1992

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The Moomins  are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-Finn illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish in Finland. They are a family of trolls who are white and roundish, with large snouts that make them resemble hippopotamuses. The carefree and adventurous family live in their house in Moominvalley, in the forests of Finland, though in the past their temporary residences have included a lighthouse and a theatre. They have many adventures along with their various friends.

In all, nine books were released in the series, with five picture books and a comic strip being released between 1945 and 1993.  They have since been the basis for numerous television series, films and even a theme park called Moomin World in Naantali, Finland.

U.S. Dirigible (Zeppelin) during World War 1

U.S. Dirigible in Flight 

Series No. 12 222679

Passed by Censor, Washington, D.C. (Card is sent during World War I)

Photo by Underwood & Underwood

postmarked in 1918 with a 2 cents George Washington stamp

the sender writes:

Lincoln old boy, I am going to leave for across the pond on the 30th.  Will bid you goodby and goodluck to you and Newman.  Hoping this finds you will.

I remain your friend,

TJ Barrett (U.S.Navy) Florida

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During WWI Dirigibles were used in for air patrol operations to search for enemy submarines and also to escort convoys of ships. 

They proved to be inaccurate when used for weapons. Navigation, target selection and bomb-aiming proved to be difficult under the best of conditions. The darkness, high altitudes and clouds that were frequently encountered by Zeppelin missions reduced accuracy even further. The physical damage done by the Zeppelins over the course of World War 1 was trivial, and the deaths that they caused (though visible) amounted to a few hundred at most. 

The Beer Can House, Texas - La Quinta

Greetings From Route LQ (Hotel chain La Quinta)

This is what happens when ....
You Let A man Decorate

The Beer Can House
When John Milkovisch retired from his job as an upholsterer for Southern Pacific Railroad in 1968, he didn't just drink a few beers and lie around the house all day.  He drank 39,000 beers and used the empty cans to decorate his house.

222 Malone Street
Houston, Texas

Nearest la Quinta: 2 miles

With over 780 Locations, La Quinta Inns & Suites is everywhere you travel.

unused, from 2010

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Houstonian John Milkovisch worked through the late 1960s to transform his Houston home at 222 Malone Street into the Beer Can House.  It is a folk art monument to eccentricity and recycling. The Beer Can House is now one of Houston's most recognizable folk art icons.

Milkovisch started his project in 1968 inlaying thousands of marbles, rocks, brass figures and metal pieces in concrete blocks and redwood, all of which were used to make patios, fences, flower boxes, and an array of other items. The result was a yard with no grass, as the entire front and back yards were covered with cement. When asked why he did it, John simply answered, “I got sick of mowing the grass.”

Today, the Beer Can House is owned and operated by The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art, a non-profit organization founded in 1980 to preserve and present works of extraordinary imagination and provide people the opportunity to express personal artistic vision.

Lieutenant at Dinglewood Pharmacy in Columbus, Georgia

Lieutenant at Dinglewood Pharmacy

Lieutenant is an icon at Dinglewood lunch counter located at 1939 Wynnton Road.  He has been serving his world famous scrambled dog dish for more that 58 years.  

Roseanne Marie, Artist.  

the sender writes:

Lieutenant is pretty famous here! (Columbus, Georgia) There's a story that an army couple loved his scrambled dogs so much that they ordered a crate to be delivered to their wedding reception after they were transferred to a German base!  He was also featured in Southern Living once.  He's a pretty great guy to boot.

postmarked in 2011 with a 28 cent stamp

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I found out what a scrambled dog was:

A hot dog that is sliced up and buried in chili then covered with cheese, onions, pickles and oyster crackers. Then you add some ketchup and mustard over the top if you wish.

Final Battle of the Creek Indian War, Horseshoe Bend

Horseshoe Bend National Military Park
Final Battle of the Creek Indian War

March 27, 1814
12 miles north of Dadeville, Alabama, Hwy 49

Storming the Barricade the soldiers of the U.S. 39th Infantry followed by Tennessee militiamen pour over the log wall to attack the Creek Indians. The barricade was five to eight feet high. In the foreground, the man with an arrow in his leg is Sam Houston, later of Texas fame.

postmarked in 2010 with a 32 cent 'Remember the Maine' stamp

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Creek Indian War:

The Upper Creeks, siding with the English, sacked Fort Mims (Baldwin County, Alabama, north of Mobile) in the summer of 1813, massacring more than 500 men, women, and children. These same Indians, grown to a force of about 900 warriors, were decisively beaten at Horseshoe Bend (Tallapoosa County, Alabama) late in March 1814 by Andrew Jackson and his force of about 2,000 Regulars, militia, and volunteers, plus several hundred friendly Indians.


USA Stamp 1997
32 cents
Remember the Maine

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The USS Maine was the United States Navy's second commissioned pre-dreadnought battleship, although she was originally classified as an armored cruiser. She is best known for her catastrophic loss in Havana harbor. Maine had been sent to Havana, Cuba to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban revolt against Spain. On the evening of 15 February 1898, she suddenly exploded, and swiftly sank, killing nearly three quarters of her crew. Though then, as now, the cause and responsibility for her sinking were unclear; popular opinion in the U.S. blamed Spain, and the sinking (popularized in the phrase Remember the Maine) was one of the precipitating events of the Spanish–American War. Her sinking remains the subject of speculation, with various authors proposing that she sank due to the results of an undetected fire in one of her coal bunkers, that she was the victim of a naval mine, or that she was deliberately sunk for the purposes of driving the U.S. into a war with Spain. The cause of the explosion that sank the ship still remains a mystery.

Veitshochheim in Bavaria, Germany

Schones Veitshochheim (Beautiful Veitschochheim)

Deutschland ist schon - wir zeigen es! (Germany is beautiful - we show it!)

postmarked in 2011 with a Germany stamp

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Veitshöchheim is a municipality in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany.

 In the town is Schloss Veitshöchheim; (photo in the center of the postcard) this summer palace of the Prince-Bishops of Würzburg was built in 1680-82, and was enlarged to its present appearance in 1753 by Balthasar Neumann. The gardens were redesigned for Prince-Bishop Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim (1755–1779), with lakes and waterworks, and filled with hundreds of sandstone sculptures.