tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post1391149541865513376..comments2024-02-19T23:34:30.623-06:00Comments on POSTCARDY: the postcard explorer: Puget Sound Navy YardPostcardyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-53006512607010529482013-10-15T20:22:35.137-05:002013-10-15T20:22:35.137-05:00Impressive!! I can just imagine the large labor fo...Impressive!! I can just imagine the large labor force involved in such an enterprise.<br />The numbers you've indicated speak of a huge effort on their part during WW1. <br />Great post!! <br />:)~ <br />HUGZBruno Lalibertéhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09607511642101907283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-19488298853232916792013-10-15T05:20:12.523-05:002013-10-15T05:20:12.523-05:00What a great collection you have.What a great collection you have.Boobookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01395043246338753023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-72402771494803231892013-10-13T09:36:42.078-05:002013-10-13T09:36:42.078-05:00Well, I meant, the dry docks...are they still bein...Well, I meant, the dry docks...are they still being used?Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-86095650118035747622013-10-13T09:35:57.101-05:002013-10-13T09:35:57.101-05:00Great post, fabulous post cards which certainly ar...Great post, fabulous post cards which certainly are educational. Thanks. I wonder what is there now...Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-1875468007167943742013-10-12T20:14:55.828-05:002013-10-12T20:14:55.828-05:00The Navy Yard near Washington, D.C. had those shoo...The Navy Yard near Washington, D.C. had those shootings not long ago, and NCIS talks about the Navy Yard, but I really never gave a thought to what happened in a Navy Yard, so this post was very interesting. Thanks for sharing the great postcards and the history of the Puget Sound Navy Ship Yard. Very interesting.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12136584654825212359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-60678104913155400362013-10-12T08:50:20.127-05:002013-10-12T08:50:20.127-05:00Without dry docks like these there would be no shi...Without dry docks like these there would be no ships for us to write about I worked at a shipyard in Norway where the dry dock was used. in the 1980s for storage and prefabrication of parts for oil platforms. I have some photos somewhere. Great postcards - to see one empty gives you an idea of the scale.Bob Scotneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00662958579705940009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-73300849676262032012013-10-12T08:19:24.684-05:002013-10-12T08:19:24.684-05:00Such an amazing output when you think about it.......Such an amazing output when you think about it....four years to make all those things. I wonder how many employees worked there.Alex Dawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05083753053051713061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-9243337458397560412013-10-12T07:37:21.729-05:002013-10-12T07:37:21.729-05:00The Navy Yard was a tourist attraction. I have thr...The Navy Yard was a tourist attraction. I have three unused cards and one mailed in 1930 (many years after these cards were originally published) with a message about a boat ride from Seattle to Tacoma and Bremerton and visiting the Navy Yard where they were shown through one of the big warships. Apparently that one was mailed to a relative back home and the others were saved as souvenirs.Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-50181282247633052392013-10-12T07:36:47.588-05:002013-10-12T07:36:47.588-05:00They are such wonderful cards - full of visual inf...They are such wonderful cards - full of visual information. It's like an early twentieth century Google World.Alan Burnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01015127443616786425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-36697798108257023212013-10-12T07:36:40.361-05:002013-10-12T07:36:40.361-05:00The Navy Yard was a tourist attraction. I have thr...The Navy Yard was a tourist attraction. I have three unused cards and one mailed in 1930 (many years after these cards were originally published) with a message about a boat ride from Seattle to Tacoma and Bremerton and visiting the Navy Yard where they were shown through one of the big warships. Apparently that one was mailed to a relative back home and the others were saved as souvenirs.Postcardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399915833682943432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-55709341888829144812013-10-12T01:36:33.221-05:002013-10-12T01:36:33.221-05:00My neck o' the woods.... Looks just like the...My neck o' the woods.... Looks just like the drydock in Belfast where the Titanic was launched.Sean Bentleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02777191262417995366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-66266593062958216882013-10-11T11:08:11.313-05:002013-10-11T11:08:11.313-05:00It is fortunately that Puget Sound has translated ...It is fortunately that Puget Sound has translated its capabilities across the years. Many facilities such as this are closed and sit wasting. I too wonder about the person who red-lighted this series. "here's a great subject for some postcards!" :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-7021756123311496522013-10-11T05:23:46.739-05:002013-10-11T05:23:46.739-05:00These pictures of warehouses and drydocks are so f...These pictures of warehouses and drydocks are so familiar because they look like scenes here in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia where I live. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17863357756727783017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-91636552790319795292013-10-11T01:37:31.913-05:002013-10-11T01:37:31.913-05:00An unusual subject for a postcard - I wonder who w...An unusual subject for a postcard - I wonder who would buy these and who would be the recipients of such exciting cards.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-38727071963483962992013-10-10T23:58:12.000-05:002013-10-10T23:58:12.000-05:00Seriously it's my first time to look closely a...Seriously it's my first time to look closely at a dry dock. Glad it's what you featured.<br />Hazel Hazelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07866700983578714993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-40819021714127859812013-10-10T21:50:31.124-05:002013-10-10T21:50:31.124-05:00I can't imagine why people would want to buy p...I can't imagine why people would want to buy postcards of a dry dock and ship construction area, but I'm glad they did - they are excellent illustrations. Thanks for sharingJackie van Bergenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108390437411946657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-36992874910584713162013-10-09T05:36:09.021-05:002013-10-09T05:36:09.021-05:00Such apt postcards for this week's theme.Such apt postcards for this week's theme. ScotSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01412874349376253984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-67616677195638450312013-10-09T05:29:44.634-05:002013-10-09T05:29:44.634-05:00Marvellous postcards!Marvellous postcards!Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2645573232665842025.post-68827488845124214802013-10-08T23:26:19.117-05:002013-10-08T23:26:19.117-05:00Wonderful postcards and descriptions and you'r...Wonderful postcards and descriptions and you're right on the mark!La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.com