Brownsville Texas 1930s Old Antique Vintage Postcard

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Young people today often hear their parents or grandparents talk fondly about how things "use to be" and "everything was much simpler" but probably do not pursue what we are talking about. If you have some old antique postcards, pull them out show the younger generation exactly what you are talking about. The postcard below should get the attention of anyone who has traveled to another country in the 21st century of just how much things have changed. This is a 1930s E. C. Kropp post card showing the U. S. Custom house and the Gateway bridge between Brownsville Texas and Mexico. This postcard is available in my Texas listings along with 10,000 additional postcards on my website Moody's Postcards.

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Goldthwaite Texas 1907 Old Antique Vinatge Postcards

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Strategy is important when you are buying post cards and many different opportunities will be available to you as a collector. Shown below are three of four circa 1907 postcards of Goldthwaite Texas which I bought together because I was familiar with the town since I grew up near there and had never seen postcards on it before. Located near Brownwood Texas, it is the county seat of Mills County, was established in 1885 after the arrival of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and was named for the man who auctioned off the town lots. It had 1,200 people by 1898, 2,800 people by 1928, declined to 1,324 by 1931 and was 1,802 in 2000. The small size was certainly a factor is limiting the number of postcards. These post cards were ordered and sold by Clements Drug Store which can be seen (second store from the right) in the last view below. I was fortunate that the postcards had been kept together for almost 100 years and when I sold them, they all went to the same customer. Having all of three of them tells a much better story of their origin and increases the value of each one. When you get a chance, buy the group! I have over 10,000 postcards available on my website Moody's Postcards so start or add to your collection today.

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Old Antique Vintage Postcards 1940s Duluth Superior Minnesota Harbor

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My last two articles have covered iron ore mining and grain harvesting in Minnesota so today I am bringing the two together. Both of the post cards shown are 1940s E. C. Kropp linen postcards of the port facilities at the Duluth Superior Minnesota harbor. This is a land locked harbor that had 54 miles of docks and was second only to New York in tonnage at that time. The first postcard shows grain being loaded in a freighter.

The second post card shows the freighter John & Cowle at the giant iron ore loading docks. Both of these post cards are available in my Minnesota listings along with 10,000 additional postcards on my website Moody's Postcards.

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Old Antique Vintage Mining Postcards Hibbing Minnesota

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The last article covered the wheat harvest in Minnesota so today I wanted to touch another engine of the Minnesota economy which is iron ore mining. The first postcard shows a typical surface plant of the underground Godfrey Mine in Hibbing Minnesota. The information on the back of the 1937 Curteich postcard says the mine was four miles east of Hibbing, had two levels, was 270 feet deep and covered 200 acres.

The next view is a circa 1916 E. C. Kropp postcard showing a Great Northern railroad mallet type train engine drawing 120 ore cars near Hibbing Minnesota. Both of these post cards are available in my Minnesota listings along with 10,000 additional postcards on my website Moody's Postcards.

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Old Antique Vintage 1908 Postcard Hallock Minnesota

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We often talk about the good old days but I'm not sure if the circa 1908 Albertype postcard below confirms or disputes that. I guess it all depends if you are the owner sitting in the buggy overseeing the work or if you are one of the hands stacking the thrashed grain. I counted at least 6 horse drawn thrashing machines, there are 15 workers on the ground and you can see cut grain as far as the eye can see. It wasn't fast but they got the job done and created a lot of jobs. This postcard can be found in my Minnesota listings along with 10,000 additional postcards on my website Moody's Postcards.

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Old Antique Vintage 1908 Corpus Christi Postcard

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Postcard sellers have some fairly standard terms they use when describing post cards but everybody is subject to their own peculiar words to describe the unusual traits. I would describe the postcard below as a "multi view" since it has four views on a single postcard. If it had only two views, I would use "dual view". As I started looking at this card, I saw four pictures so assumed it showed four different sights in the city of Corpus Christi Texas. But then I noticed that the top two images were of the same house even though one was titled "On the Bluff" and the other specified "Residence of J. G. Kenedy". The bottom images show the Seaside Hotel and Alta Vista Hotel also in Corpus Christi Texas. I am sure the captions are all correct but it seems odd that when the postcard was laid out that they couldn't find another residence or hotel picture to use. This is a circa 1908 C. E. Wheelock & Company postcard and it can be found in my Texas listings along with 10,000 additional postcards on my website Moody's Postcards.

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Old Antique Vintage 1908 Postcards of Kalamazoo Michigan

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Kalamazoo Michigan was settled by Native Americans thousands of years ago but it wasn't until fur traders came to the area in the late 1700s that Europeans settled there. During the War of 1812, the British had a prison camp in the area and in 1831 the village was laid out and named Bronson after Titus Bronson who built the first house there. He was later run out of town and the town was renamed Kalamazoo in 1836. The town is on the Kalamazoo River and about half way between Detroit and Chicago. The population was 39,437 in the 1908 census and was 81,300 in the 2000 census. The first view is a circa 1908 Hugh C. Leighton Company post card showing the Elks' Temple which is a little unusual looking and has a sign on the front that says "Cafe".

The second view is a circa 1906 Souvenir Postcard Company post card showing the beautiful Public Library with two horse and buggies in front, a bicycle, two ladies and a dog posing on the steps. Prior to March 1907, only the address could be placed on the back of the postcard so manufacturers usually left a white space on the front for a brief message. Both of these postcards are available in my Michigan listings along with 10,000 additional post cards on my website Moody's Postcards.

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