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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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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Date Gardens On The Desert

This is a Curt Teich Art-Colortone vintage postcard from 1943. Unfortunately, I'm not sure where or when my grandparents purchased this postcard. It wasn't included in my grandparents' 1952 scrapbook which documented their trip across the United States that summer.

But it is quite interesting. It actually looks like some kind of date tree farm with all of those neatly planted rows of date palm trees.

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Elsie And Beauregard In Person

This postcard features Elsie and Beauregard.  Who are they you ask?  Elsie has been the symbol for Borden Dairy Products since 1938.  Beauregard is one of her offspring.  Elsie has been an amazingly popular advertising icon for years.  She even has her own Facebook page!  And did you know that Elsie’s husband, Elmer the Bull, is the mascot for Elmer's Glue?



Here’s the transcription from the back of the postcard (it’s really quite clever) ~

“Elsie is in her spool bed and young Beauregard in his corral playpen.  The barn colonial boudoir is complete with barrel chair, butter churn lamp and barnyard clock.  Elsie’s dressing table, made of a tree trunk, has a mirror directly above it made from the radiator of a 1910 Ford.  Her toiletries include Tail Wave Set, Henna Fur Glaze and Meadow Mud Pack.  Beauregard’s rocking horse has a bridle made of rope and a real western saddle.  Elsie’s bookcase contains such volumes as, The Farmer With Cold Hands, Animal Husbandry and Bulliver’s Travels.”

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Iguacu Falls ~ A Wonder of Brazilian Nature

This Varig Airlines advertising postcard shows the amazingly beautiful Iguacu Falls, which is on the border of Brazil and Argentina.  The postcard was printed in Brazil, but I believe my grandparents purchased it in San Francisco because this stamp (below) was printed on another of their Varig Airlines advertising postcards in their collection.



To give you a sense of the beauty and magnificence of Iguacu Falls, I've included a couple photos of these gorgeous falls.

Iguacu Falls and Brazilian Tourist Complex
Wikimedia Commons
Photographer - Martin St-Amant

Iguacu Falls
Wikimedia Commons
Photographer - Reinhard Jahn

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Watermelons For Sale ~ Trinidad, B.W.I.

This vintage postcard from my grandparents' collection is a Tichnor Brothers, Inc. Postcard showing a scene in Trinidad.

My maternal grandparents and their family immigrated to the United States from Brazil in July of 1952.  They traveled on the ocean liner The S.S. Brazil.  Trinidad was one of the ports of call on their ocean voyage.  The photo below was taken during their port of call in Trinidad.

Trinidad
July 1952

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Montauk Point Lighthouse – Long Island, New York

Montauk Point Lighthouse is the fourth oldest active lighthouse in the United States and the first to be built in New York State.  It was commissioned by President George Washington in 1792, and was constructed in 1796.  The lighthouse is located in Montauk Point State Park in Long Island.

Montauk Point Lighthouse - 2008
US Coast Guard Photo
Wikimedia Commons
No Copyright

This photo was taken on August 17, 2008 by the U.S. Coast Guard (photographer not specified).

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