Santa Catalina Island Country Club & Avalon

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The Catalina Island wildfires have been in the news recently and I thought it would be a good time to feature a couple of postcards from this island paradise. The fire burned 4,750 acres, mostly in the island's interior, and was 100% contained as of today. According to their website, the year round population is around 3,500 and in the summer and on weekends, the population can approach 10,000. The island is located 22 miles off the coast of Southern California from Los Angeles. The island even has a buffalo herd, left over from one of the many movies filmed there, that has been there since 1924. The first postcard is a circa 1915 aerial view of the Catalina Country Club showing the golf course and tennis courts. This postcard is available in the California section of my website.

The second postcard is a 1903 bird's eye view of Avalon and the harbor with the Hotel Metropole in the center of postcard. This postcard is also available on Moody's Postcards.

Big Four Railroad Depot in Terre Haute Indiana

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The postcard of the day is a circa 1912 view of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis (The Big Four) beautiful and unusual railroad depot. The depot is a combination of stone and brick with a massive turret and that white spot in the window at the base of the turret appears to be a ticket seller talking to a customer. A bonus with this track side view is an engine taking on water and a man with a white flag at the edge of the railroad crossing to direct traffic. This postcard is available in theIndiana Postcards section of Moody's Postcard website.

1909 Studebaker Vehicle Works South Bend IN

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The postcard of the day is a circa 1909 bird's eye view of the Studebaker Vehicle Works in South Bend Indiana which boasts production of 125,000 vehicles every year and included wagons, carriages and automobiles. In the bottom left corner is the corporate office and to the right is the Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company where the wagons and carriages were made. In front of that building is the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad depot. The last red brick building on the top left is the Studebaker Automobile Company behind that is one of the three lumber yards shown along the top of the postcard. A larger image is available in the Indiana Postcards section of the Moody's Postcards website.