Rio De Janeiro, A Good Neighbor City

This is a beautiful linen vintage postcard that was designed and produced by Harry H. Baumann. It shows Copacabana Beach at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.

The postcard was sent to my maternal grandfather, Debs Warren Webster. My grandfather and his family emigrated from Brazil to the United States in 1952. If you'd like to read about their immigration story, click HERE.

This postcard was dated January 1953. It was from Oscar and Flavia. Unfortunately, I'm not really sure who Oscar and Flavia were. They could have been friends of my grandparents or perhaps relatives of my Grandma Willis Quillin Webster, who was my Grandpa Debs' second wife.

I asked my mom, who was born in Brazil and speaks Portuguese, if she could translate the message on the postcard. Essentially, this is what the message says:

Campinas, January 1953

Dear Websters,

We received your delightsome card. We send you wishes that you enjoyed a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We arrived home and already miss this country. [My mom thinks they were referring to the United States after visiting here.] We hope to receive news from you quickly and then we will answer quickly. Hugs and longing.

Much happiness and with our love,

Oscar and Flavia

It sounds like Oscar and Flavia visited my grandparents here in America and sent them this postcard after they returned to Brazil. This postcard was sent from Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Postcard Description:

COPACABANA BEACH…Travelers aboard the Moore-McCormack Good Neighbor Fleet have ample opportunity to swim and play on this loveliest of all beaches.

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The Flamingo Hotel – Las Vegas, Nevada

This is another vintage postcard from my grandparents' collection. It shows the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The manufacturer of this postcard is Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts.

Transcription from back of postcard:

THE ENCHANTING POOL

AT THE FABULOUS FLAMINGO

A wonderful place to "rest up" for the upcoming evening of fun.

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Almond Blossoms In California

This vintage postcard from my grandparents' collection was manufactured by the Longshaw Card Company of Los Angeles, California. Unfortunately, I don't know the date this beautiful postcard was published.

Transcription from back of postcard:

In the romantic beauty of acres of blossoming orchards 17,000 tons of almonds are produced yearly in California.

I did a little research to see how many almonds are produced in California today. I found some interesting statistics. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times dated January 12, 2014, 82% of the world's almonds are produced in California. Also, the article stated that according to the Almond Board of California, 1.88 billion pounds of almonds were harvested in California in 2013. That's a lot of almonds!

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Indian Priest, Trinidad, B.W.I.

This vintage postcard from my grandparents' collection is a Tichnor Brothers, Inc. Postcard. It was published by De Lima & Co., Ltd., Port of Spain, Trinidad, B.W.I.

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.



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Montauk Lighthouse – Historical Long Island, New York

This is a Dextone vintage postcard showing the Montauk Lighthouse on Long Island, New York.

Transcription from back of postcard:

HISTORICAL LONG ISLAND, MONTAUK LIGHTHOUSE:

George Washington signed the bill authorizing construction in 1795. Copy of this bill is filed in the Town Clerk's Office in East Hampton. Surveys for the lighthouse site were begun in 1792. The tower was built in 1796. The original oil beacon for the Lighthouse was donated by the French Government.

Kodachrome by Louis Dormand

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Salt Lake City and Wasatch Mountains from Airplane, Looking East

This is a 1939 Genuine Curt Teich "C.T. Art-Colortone" vintage postcard from my maternal grandparents' collection. It was published by the Deseret Book Company of Salt Lake City, Utah. It shows Salt Lake City and the Wasatch Mountains looking east from inside an airplane. Hal Rumel is named as the photographer on the postcard.

Transcription from back of postcard:

Salt Lake City, the Capital of Utah, was founded in 1847 by Brigham Young and a company of "Mormon" pioneers. From a barren waste, this city has become one of the most beautiful in America.

Located in the heart of the intermountain region, it is referred to as the "Cross Roads of the West," the "Center of Scenic America."

If you look closely, you can see the Salt Lake Temple in the postcard. It's on the left side. Do you see it? For those unfamiliar with the Salt Lake Temple, here's a photo of this beautiful temple. It may help you to locate it in the postcard.


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Main Street at Night, Salt Lake City, Utah

This is a 1940 Curt Teich "C.T. Art-Colortone" vintage postcard from my grandparents' collection. It was published by the Deseret Book Company in Salt Lake City, Utah. This postcard shows Main Street in Salt Lake City, Utah. It's interesting to see how it looked back in 1940.

Transcription from back of postcard:

East Temple Street (Salt Lake City's Main Street) like all of Salt Lake's standard streets is 132 ft. wide. These wide, straight streets are the admiration of all who see them. They afford ample room for parking on both sides leaving plenty of room for traffic without fear of congestion.

Main Street at night is almost as light as day.

My grandparents, Debs and Willis Webster, collected quite a few postcards while they were in Utah, which I will be sharing in future posts. Their family joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Brazil. When they immigrated to the United States in 1952, they traveled by car across the country after arriving in New York. Their final destination was Southern California. The family stopped in Utah to see the sights there.

One of the places they visited while they were in Utah was Salt Lake City. Salt Lake City is the headquarters for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a worldwide church consisting of approximately 15,000,000 members. As recent converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, my grandparents' visit to Salt Lake City was very special to them.

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