East Colorado Street, Pasadena, California

I love this 1949 Curt Teich Art-Colortone vintage postcard. Pictured is East Colorado Street (now called East Colorado Boulevard), which was and still is part of the parade route for the famous annual Tournament of Roses parade.

Transcription on back of postcard:

Colorado Street, Pasadena

The main business thoroughfare of this beautiful city. Lined with many fine shops, this avenue is famous as the scene of the annual Tournament of Roses parade, a floral pageant viewed by millions.

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© 2013 Copyright by Jana Last

Water Tower At Night, Jones Beach State Park – Long Island, New York

Here we have a vintage postcard made by the Tomlin Art Company of Northport, Long Island. It shows an evening view of the Water Tower at Jones Beach State Park.

Transcription from back of postcard:

Jones Beach State Park, one of the State Parks under the jurisdiction of the Long Island State Park Commission, is located near Wantagh, on the South Shore of Long Island, thirty-three miles from New York City and is easily reached by automobile, train or bus. The Long Island State Parkways, Sunrise Highway and Merrick Road connect with the causeways leading directly into Jones Beach. Major attractions are surf, bay and heated pool bathing, boardwalk, restaurants and cafeterias, night features at the Marine Theatre, children's playgrounds, shuffleboards, archery, pitch-putt golf and other outdoor games.

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© 2013 Copyright by Jana Last

"Wawona" Mariposa Grove of Big Trees – Yosemite National Park

Happy summer to my awesome readers! Summertime and road trips go hand in hand. So it's the perfect time of year to share this 1939 Curt Teich Art-Colortone vintage postcard. It shows a car full of people driving through the famous "Wawona" tunnel tree in Yosemite National Park.

Transcription from back of postcard:

The famous "Wawona" tunnel tree is in the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees, a pleasant drive of 36 miles from the hotels or camps in Yosemite Valley. In this grove more than six hundred giant sequoias have been growing here for centuries…the earth's largest and oldest trees.

According to the National Park Service website, a tunnel was cut through the famous Wawona  tree in 1881. Unfortunately, the tree fell during the winter of 1968-69.

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© 2013 Copyright by Jana Last

Houses On Colorful Rainbow Avenue–Fort Benning, Georgia

This E. C. Kropp Co. vintage postcard is part of my grandparents' postcard collection. I don't know when they purchased it, but the postcard must be dated before 1956, because that is the year the E. C. Kropp Co. was sold to the L. L. Cook Co. in 1956.

Description on Back of Postcard -

All married officers and soldiers of Fort Benning rent their homes through a billeting office that was established with the cooperation of the Chamber of Commere (sic) and the Columbus real estate board. Columbus receives a large share of the ever increasing population of the Fort.

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© 2013 Copyright by Jana Last

John Howard Payne Home – Historical Long Island

Description on Back -

HISTORICAL LONG ISLAND:  "HOME SWEET HOME," East Hampton, N. Y.  John Howard Payne, the famous author, was born here June 9th, 1791.  The House was built in 1660 and the windmill in 1771.  Thousands of people visit "Home Sweet Home" each year because of its valuable collection of antiques and relics.  It is open to the public and owned by the village.

This Dextone vintage postcard shows the birthplace of John Howard Payne, who wrote the lyrics to the song "Home, Sweet Home." In case you can't quite recall which song this is, I'm sure you'll say, "Oh ya!" when you read the opening lines -

Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,
Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home;

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© 2013 Copyright by Jana Last