PFF - Majestic Prince & the Kentucky Derby

May 1, 2010 is the 136th Kentucky Derby.

This postcard shows Majestic Prince in the winner's circle at the 1969 Kentucky Derby. The jockey was Bill Hartack. Majestic Prince also won the Preakness in 1969. He raced in the Belmont despite a leg problem, but failed to win the third race of the Triple Crown. That was his last race.

VTT - Parties

First I have a Tupperware Party invitation postcard--both front and back of the same postcard are shown. This is from sometime in the 1960s. There is a page of Tupperware postcards at Tupper Diva, and a used postcard like this has a 1964 date. I really liked the old styles of Tupperware shown on the card much better than the newer types.

Next is a Betty Crocker's Party Book from 1960. The book includes parties for May Day and Mother's Day.

The May Day party has a basket theme. There are instructions for making two kinds of May baskets and also cupcake baskets.

The Mother's Day section has a menu that "Dad and the youngsters" can prepare and a Mother-and-Daughter tea party with recipes and a pink table setting.

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SS - Gold Buffet

The Gold Buffet began with a buffet in Winterset, Iowa in 1958 and expanded to Kansas City in 1961. The North Kansas City Gold Buffet served customers from 1961 to 1994. For part of this time entertainment, including Las Vegas celebrities, was offered in a showroom that was added in 1975.

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PFF - Honoring & Respecting the Earth

© 1986 by Penny Jackim, Ahimsa Graphics

April 22, 2010 is the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. Earth Day was founded April 22, 1970 in the United States. Earth Day began as an environmental protest because environmental problems were not being addressed.

This postcard has a quote from the "Menton Statement," a message that was composed in May, 1970 by scientists meeting in Menton, France. The scientists identified global problems threatening human survival and urged international efforts to find solutions to the problems of pollution, hunger, overpopulation, and war.

VTT - Fairy Tale Postcards & Puzzles

The Story of the Three Little Pigs appeared on a series of 12 postcards made by Dexter Press, © 1959. Each of the twelve postcards in the series has an illustration and text for part of the story.

My two fairy tale children's puzzles were bought at a garage sale. The first one is marked Japan and illustrates the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The back of this puzzle is a "Crayon Board."

The second puzzle illustrates the Gingerbread Man story. This one is Made in U.S.A. by the Sifo Co., ©1962.

Last, but not least, is a charming vintage video featuring three real trained bears.

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SS - Hubbell House, Mantorville, Minnesota

This postcard celebrates the 1954 centennial of the Hubbell House in Mantorville, Minnesota. The original Hubbell House was constructed five years before Minnesota became a state in 1859. The three-story structure, which still exists, was built in 1856.

The Hubbell House entertained some famous guests in its early years. Among them were those whose signatures are shown on this card: Horace Greeley, Brother Bishop Whipple, Senator Ramsey, Henry Clay, Ole Bull, and W. W. Mayo.

Paul Pappas purchased the Hubbell House in 1946. Paul passed away in 1996, but the Pappas family is still involved with the Hubbell House.

The Hubbell House website has photos of the restaurant interior and current menus.

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Pennsylvania Oil Country

This postcard is rather unusual. It is the only one I have seen with a map and a comic superimposed on a view. From the back of the card:

Scene showing Bird's-Eye View of Penzoil refinery and Oil Creek looking towards Rouseville near Oil City, Pa., a three hundred seventy-five mile tour through and from Pittsburgh, through the historic section where oil was first discovered, passing over one of the most scenic highways in the state--Pennfield Highway, or Route 153.

In the last half of the 19th century, western Pennsylvania was dominant in oil production. The area had already been known for oil seeping out of the ground and being found accidentally when drilling water wells. The first commercial oil well was drilled in 1859 in Titusville, north of Pittsburgh . Nearly half of the world's oil production came from Pennsylvania until the 1901 oil boom in Texas.

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