Map: Baja California

BAJA CALIFORNIA, the 29th state of the republic of Mexico, with all its principal cities and tourist attractions.

EL ESTADO 29° de la República de México, con todas sus atracciones turísticas y sus ciudades principales.

Bob Brook's 7-Seas

BOB BROOKS' TRULY TROPICAL 7-SEAS

A landmark in Hollywood . . . Famous for its original "Rain on the Roof" . . . Dancing with movie stars to Hawaiian music by famous bands . . . Delightful food and rum drinks . . . Native floor shows . . . Known the world over.

6904 Hollywood Boulevard

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, U. S. A.

Opposite Grauman's Chinese Theatre

1941 handwritten date on back

 
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PPIE: Niagara Silk Mills Exhibit

Exhibit of Niagara Silk Mills

Pan-Pac. Int. Exposition

San Francisco, 1915

Makers of "Niagara Maid" Silk Gloves, Silk Hosiery and silk Underwear.

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THE 1915 PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
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Map: Greetings from United States of America

AMERICA AMERICA

God shed his grace on thee

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea 

Omar Cocktail Lounge and Bar

Hotel Continental's World Famous

OMAR COCKTAIL LOUNGE and BAR

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Kansas City's Smartest

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Air-conditioned — offers the festive mood, enhanced by smart environment, responds to the gay atmosphere of happy people. This delightful room invites leisurely enjoyment of talented musicians and the widest selection of the world's choicest beverages.

 
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Vintage Home Laundry

This is a 1950s postcard advertising Whirlpool Washers and Dryers. The back of the card advertises an "AMAZING" offer:

FREE TRIAL OFFER!
Now you can actually use the famous Whirlpool Automatic Washer in your own home for 10 days . . . and it won't cost you a cent! Yes, we'll install it absolutely free because we want you to experience the thrill of workless, enjoyable washdays.

This is a postcard that I just had to buy because it matches my memories so well. The washer and dryer appear to be the same ones that my family had. Our washer was bought about 1952 and the dryer in 1954. The woman reminds me a lot of my mother, who had a similar shade of dark red hair. Even the flower arrangement fits. Next to our machines were big laundry tubs that were used when preparing flower arrangements.The only things that don't match are the knotty pine walls and blue tile floor. Our laundry facilities were in an unfinished gray basement.

My mother never hung laundry outside. We had clotheslines permanently set up in the basement. The lines were used for clothes that were too delicate or shrinkable to put in the dryer (there were lots of shrinkable 100% cotton garments back then). There were always some things hanging on our lines. In a way the lines functioned as an extension of the closets with things waiting to be ironed, or old clothes waiting to be given away.

The Whirlpool Corporation has an interesting "History & Heritage" page and a 100 Year History Fact Sheet that include pictures of some old laundry machines and other products.

Here is an interesting 1952 Whirlpool Washing Macchine Video

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PPIE: General Electric Company's Home Electrical

IN MANUFACTURER'S BUILDING

PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION

SAN FRANCISCO, 1915

THE HOME ELECTRICAL

A simple, modern home equipped with every practical electrical convenience. Each room is properly lighted by Mazda lamps. Electricity also heat and cools the house, cooks the food, cleans the rugs, washes the dishes; cleans, scours and polishes; does all the laundry work, pumps the water, makes the ice and freezes the cream, runs the sewing machine, plays the piano, drives the workshop and dairy machinery, charges the electric automobile and performs many other useful tasks. Most of these electrical conveniences are inexpensive and cost no more to operate than an electric iron.

A General Electric Company Exhibit 

CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE 1915 PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
in San Francisco
&
THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1939-40 WORLD'S FAIRS
in New York and San Francisco
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Excursion Boat at Clinton, Iowa

Clinton, Iowa is on the western shore of the Mississippi River and is the easternmost city in Iowa.

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Map: Welcome to Belarus

 The Republic of Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk. Over 40% of its 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested. (source: Wikipedia)

Tulane Room -- Jung Hotel

TULANE ROOM – JUNG HOTEL

1500 BLOCK CANAL ST.

NEW ORLEANS, LA.

"The South's Finest Convention Facilities"

Air-conditioned, seats 1,600, room measures 130 feet by 67 feet with 32 foot ceiling. Oak parquetry floor covered with wool velvet carpet. Acousti-Celotex ceiling. Service kitchen, automobile elevator. Room equipped with service outlets for all type appliances, equipment and machinery. Public address system. Ample adjoining air-conditioned meeting rooms, lounges and cocktail rooms. An Affiliated National Hotel.

 
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PPIE: Carnation Milk

EXHIBIT PALACE

Carnation Milk Dispensary

Panama Pacific International Exposition – San Francisco 1915

CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE 1915 PANAMA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
in San Francisco
&
THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1939-40 WORLD'S FAIRS
in New York and San Francisco
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Union Bus Depot, Marshalltown, Iowa

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Map: Minnesota State Fair Food

 

This is one of the new postcards I found at the Minnesota State Fair this year. There have been a lot of nice Minnesota State Fair postcards issued in the last ten years. This is surprising considering that few people send postcards today, and there are not many postcards available in the places where they once were common. There also were very few Minnesota State Fair postcards made between the end of the postcard craze of the early 20th century and the end of the 20th century.

I think the main reason that there are more State Fair postcards in recent years is that postcards now can be ordered in smaller quantities than in the past. Price is  probably another important reason. Postcards are cheap to manufacture and, even when sold at $1 each, they are much cheaper than most other souvenirs. 

Most of the recent Minnesota State Fair postcards don't show any publisher or printer information on the back. Below is the back used on the 2014/2015 postcards.

The King of the Sea

The King of the Sea

Famous Sea Food House, Inc.

53rd Street at 3rd Avenue, New York

rubberstamped 1944 on back

 
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Minnesota State Fair 1906

THE GREAT MINNESOTA STATE FAIR

MIDWAY BETWEEN MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL

SEPT. 3 TO 8, 1906

$50,000 IN PREMIUMS AND PURSES

The 2015 Minnesota State Fair is August 27 – September 7 

Transportation Center of Cheyenne, Wyoming

THE 16TH STREET AND CAPITOL AVENUE INTERSECTION

IS TRULY THE CROSSROADS OF THE NATION

Here U. S. 30 and U. S. 85 intersect also both the Transcontinental East and West and North and South Bus Lines connect, and the U. P. and C. S. Railroads connect with Transcontinental East and West and North and South Lines. About this district are many of the hotels and restaurants of the city to make this a transportation maelstrom.

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