The Train 'Silver Meteor'

Seaboard Railway's Silver Meteor

Fastest and Finest
... and only  streamlined, stainless-steel coach service between Eastern cities and both coasts of Florida is provided by Seaboard Railway's Silver Meteor.  The train offers the utmost in coach luxury at lowest fares.

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The Silver Meteor is a 1389-mile (2235 km) passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the Silver Service brand, running from New York City, New York south to Miami, Florida, Florida.

During fiscal year 2010, it carried a total of 352,286 passengers, a 6.5% increase over 2009's total of 330,734 passengers.

The name "Silver Meteor" was the winning entry of a young African American named James Harvey Talley from La Crosse, Virginia.

Leticia, Mike Tsalickis and a Giant Anaconda Snake in the Amazon

Leticia, Amazonas Colombia

Standing hip deep in the Yaguacaca, an Amazon River tributary, Amazonas Colombia, Mike Tsalickis masters a giant anaconda, one of the jungles most feared inhabitants.

Con el agua hasta la cintura, Mike Tsalickis, logra dominar una Anaconda gigante, en los lagos Yaguacaca, tributario del rio Amazonas, Colombia.  Este reptil es uno de los mas temidos en esta region.

This is an unused reproduction postcard that was printed in 1997.

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Leticia is a city in the Republic of Colombia, capital of the department of Amazonas, Colombia's southernmost town and the only major port on the Amazon river. It has an average temperature of 27 °C (80.6 °F). Leticia has long been Colombia's shipping point for tropical fishes for the aquarium trade.

It has a population of approximately 33,000 people on the left bank of the Amazon river, and is located at the point where Colombia, Brazil and Peru come together in an area called Tres Fronteras.

Rustic South Dakota Home for Trade - Shack

Will Trade...

I.R.A. Shyster Realty Co. South Dakota.

Rustic South Dakota home available for trade.  Prefer beachfront property in California or Florida , yacht in Caribbean or a Rolls Royce.

This postcard was postmarked in 2008 with a 27 cent 'Star Fruit' stamp.

Tlachiquero (Pulque Gatherer) in Mexico

Tlachiquero Mexico, S. J.

Real Photo postcard postmarked in 1946 from within the US with a 1 cent stamp

the sender writes: The WMU meeting in Mexico was wonderful - such zeal and devotion.  I hope we can help them more in the future.  Writing in Mexico, I will mail this in the U.S.A.  I feel as if I had been away for ages, time is so old in Mexico.  See you in Miami, Julitto 

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A Tlachiquero is a Pulque Gatherer. Pulque is a milk-colored, liquid that produces a light foam. It is made by fermenting the sap of certain types of maguey (agave) plants. 

This plant typically lives only 10 to 30 years.  When it flowers, the bloom may reach up to 8 m (26 ft) in height. It will only flower once at the end of its long life. The plant dies after flowering, but produces suckers or adventitious shoots from the base, which continue its growth. 

It takes a maguey plant twelve years before it is mature enough to produce the sap for pulque. 

Vedado, Havana, Cuba

Vedado.  Linea Street - Linea

This is postmarked in 1909 within the USA with a 1 cent Franklin stamp.

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Vedado is the downtown and a vibrant neighbourhood in the city of Havana, Cuba. Bordered on the east by Central Havana, and on the west by the Miramar/Playa district. The northern edge of the district is the waterfront breakwater known as the Malecón, a famous and popular place for social gatherings in the city.

Eckero, Aland

Halsningar fran Eckero, Aland

(Greetings from Eckero)

Postmarked in 2011 with two Aland stamps

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Eckerö is a municipality of Åland. It has a population of 952 (31 January 2011)  and covers an area of 752.63 square kilometres (290.59 sq mi) of which 644.94 km2 (249.01 sq mi) is water. The population density is 8.84 inhabitants per square kilometre (22.9 /sq mi).

Eckerö's most famous building is the Post and Customs house. It is the largest and most impressive building that has been erected to aid the postal services between Stockholm and St. Petersburg. The building was built during the Russian times in 1828.

Florida Tin-Canners

US TIn-Canners, Florida

"Where the Iceman, cuts no ice -
Or the Gas, or the Coal, or the Rent-man, either"

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Tin-Canners are groups of tourists that would get as many as 2 or 3 families together in a car and travel to Florida for vacation.  They got their name from carrying heavy metal cans for extra gas and water.

James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause

James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause, 1955.
Photograph by Floyd McCarty (he did a great job - I love this photo!)

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James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931 – September 30, 1955) was an American film actor.  He is a cultural icon, best embodied in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were as loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955), and as the surly farmer, Jett Rink, in Giant (1956). Dean's enduring fame and popularity rests on his performances in only these three films, all leading roles. His premature death in a car crash cemented his legendary status.

In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Dean the 18th best male movie star on their AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list.

Onions with Faces and Matching Stamp

 Green Onions with faces on them.
The back reads:
Play with your Food
Scallion Haircuts

Design by Saxton Freymann

postmarked in 2011 with a Finland stamp of Onions with faces!!!  LOVE IT

Tebala Shriners Motorcycle Corps

M. Carrodius -
Squadron Formation King
Tebala Motorcycle Corps
Tabala Temple Aaonms
Rockford, Illinois
This unit participates in Shrine and Civic Parades.
Performs in Precision Maneuvers.

Reproduction postcard printed in 2003

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From their website:

The Tebala Shrine organization in Rockford, IL is affiliated with the Shriners of North America, an international fraternity of approximately half a million members which is best known for supporting the Shriners Hospitals for Children, a network of 22 hospitals that provide the highest quality care at NO COST.

In addition to member programs, the Tebala Shrine in Rockford organizes a number of community activities each year. These include the Shrine Circus in early summer, the Blackhawk Farms Vintage Classic in June, Jimmy Buffet Party, and the Karnival of Karnage haunted house in October.

As part of its mission, the Tebala Shrine in Rockford also provides financial underwriting and other support to children from the community who qualify for treatment at Shriners Hospitals.

Simeiz (Simeis) in the Ukraine

 Simeis

Postmarked in 2011 with a Ukraine 6.00, 15 pokiB stamp

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Simeiz or Simeïs is a resort town in Crimea, Ukraine. It is located by the southern slopes of the main range of Crimean Mountains at the base of Mount Koshka.

There are prehistoric dolmens and fortifications nearby; in the Middle Ages the area was under the control of the Byzantine Empire, which built a fortified monastery in the vicinity (and may have given the town its name). As the Byzantine power weakened, the area fell under the control of Genoa, which in its turn gave way to the Ottoman Empire; under the Ottomans the village was ruled from Mangup. By 1778, with the departure of the Christian population, the village was depopulated.

In 1828 Simeiz came into the ownership of Ivan Akimovich Maltsov, who planted grapevines and fruit orchards; at the start of the 20th century his descendants created a resort, Novy Simoiz, which quickly became one of the most prestigious resorts in the Crimea. This period saw the construction of a park and a number of villas which remain to this day. In 1912 Nicholas II visited with his family. After the October Revolution, Simeiz was nationalized and public sanatoriums were created, mainly specializing in tuberculosis.

Tombstone, Arizona

Tombstone, Arizona

"The Town Too Tough to Die"

The former Cochise County Court House, completed in 1882, was in the early days the most imposing structure in Southern Arizona.  Its large courtroom was the scene of many dramatic trials - the jail led from the courtroom to the basement, and the courtyard to the northwest was the location of several hangings.

Ansco color by Hughard

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 Tombstone, Arizona

"The Town Too Tough To Die"
The Famous Crystal Palace
The oldest continuously operated bar in Arizona.  Operated 24 hours a day from 1881 until prohibition in 1914.  in the 80's and early 90's, it ran as a bar and gambling house with booths in the rear for ladies.  Through its doors have passed all the famous characters of the southwest.  Operated by Walter Lombardi who was born and raised in Tombstone, it still retains the hospitality and friendliness of the old west.

Kodachrome by Hughart
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Welcome to Tombstone and Boothill Graveyard
Approaching from the west the visitor is greeted by this sign.  It names several of the early west's bad men who "died with their boots on," and are buried in Boothill along with other good law abiding citizens.  Boothill Graveyard is visited by thousands of tourists at all seasons of the year.

Kadachrome by Hughart
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Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury, and Billy Clanton, killed in the O.K. Corral shootout, are buried in the town's Boot Hill cemetery. "Boot Hill" refers to the number of men who died with their boots on. Among a number of pioneer Boot Hill cemeteries in the Old West, Boot Hill in Tombstone is among the most well-known. Marshal Fred White, killed by Curly Bill Brocius, is also among the approximately 300 people buried there.

Among the most well-known markers belongs to Lester Moore. He was a Wells, Fargo & Co. station agent in the Mexican border town of Naco, Arizona Territory. One afternoon Hank Dunstan appeared to claim a package due him. When he got it, he found it thoroughly mangled. The two men argued, and then both Moore and Dunstan drew their weapons. Dunstan got off four shots, hitting Moore in the chest with his .44 caliber revolver. Dunstan was mortally wounded with a hole through his ribs by the single shot Moore had squeezed off. Les Moore was buried in Boot Hill, and his famous tombstone epitaph remains an attraction in the cemetery:

HERE LIES LESTER MOORE, FOUR SLUGS FROM A 44, NO LES NO MORE
The cemetery is one of the city's most popular tourist attractions.

Painting a House in Mabhoki, South Africa

I Paint My House

Anna Mahlangu paints her home for a ceremonial occasion.

Mabhoko, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa

Photo: Margaret Courtney-Clarke

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