This week's theme at Postcards for the Weekend is "happiness". The first card we found in our collection may make you laugh, if not happy. The Northern Pacific Railroad promoted Great Big Baked Potatoes in its dining car back in the early 1900s. Here's a card they published in about 1915 that starts by suggesting to make Every Day a Happy Day. Have you tried Baked Potatoes?
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| Great Big Baked Potato Northern Pacific Railway |
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| Postmarked 1916, Seattle, Washington 1 cent postage. |
As the card says,
"Those who in this
month see the morn
When skies are drear
and earth forlorn
The joys of love
have never missed
If they have worn
the Amethyst"
How about it, were you born in February? If so, is it true? :-)
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| February Birthstone Amethyst Early 1900s |
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| Back of the unused card. |
Linking up with Postcards for the Weekend and thanks to Maria for hosting!
One more -- Bears on an Iceberg
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| How's this for happiness? Roosevelt Bears on Iceberg Early 1900s |
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| Back of the unused card. |
Skies
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| Uncommon view of Seattle from the Magnolia neighborhood. Jan 4th 4:04 PM Clear, blue sky! |
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| Many trees already have buds. Spring is not too far away! Jan 20th 12:50 PM |
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| Can you believe this contrail? Right into the Sun! Feb 1st 4:53 PM |
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| A contrail so big it created its own shadow! Feb 1st 4:54 PM |
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| Evening Sky Feb 1st 5:12 PM |
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| Sunlight streaming over Bainbridge Island, Washington Jan 30th 4:47 PM |
Ship Spotting
For first time visitors: Our view from home looks out over the entrance to the Port of Seattle, Puget Sound, Washington. We enjoy keeping an eye on ships arriving and departing.
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| Hamburg Container Vessel Cap Jackson Feb 1st 2:43 PM |
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| Unusually tall crane docked at Pier 91 Feb 1st 8:06 AM |
Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home.
Sigmund Freud
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