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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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815 South State Street
Jackson, Miss.
Easton Photo Reproductions
C-16016
Today’s offering is a baker’s dozen of Curt Teich large-letter Greetings From….postcards. Curteich was the largest producer of color and quality linen postcards for more than 5 decades.
Teich postcards are easy to date, as there is a code on all codes that tells you when it was published. There is a handy dating guide available on pdf.
The Curt Teich archives are located at the Newberry in Chicago, Illinois and contains hundreds of thousands of the company postcards, letters and ephemera.
Greetings from Portland, Oregon
Greetings from South Bend, Indiana
Greetings from Lake Tahoe
Greetings from Santa Claus, Indiana
Greetings from Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Greetings from St. Petersburg, Florida
Greetings from Chicago, Illinois
Greetings from Santa Cruz, California
Greetings from Nevada
Greetings from Lincoln, Nebraska
Greetings from Hannibal, Missouri
Greetings from Egypt, Illinois
Greetings from Cincinnati, Ohio
These two undated, unmarked real photo postcards of the border between Arkansas and Missouri. After a little sleuthing, I determined that this is Highway 61, just east of Blytheville, Arkansas.
If I knew enough about cars then I could probably put a date on these postcards.
Entering Missouri
Entering Arkansas
There is nothing left on the Missouri side. The Texaco and over service station are no more.
There is one solitary building on the Arkansas side. It’s hard to see in the postcard as it’s semi-obscured by the turn arrow and 25mph sign (with a Budweiser sign) on top still stand but nearly everything else is long gone.
This is a series of three postcards published in 1910 showing the corner of Fifth and Broadway in Gary, Indiana.
The first card shows the intersection in 1906.
The second card, featuring the intersection in 1908, shows how much Gary boomed in just two years.
The final card, complete with a touched-up portrayal of Halley’s Comet, shows the now thriving town complete with electric lights.
Gary was a thriving steel town for a number of years. Now it is a shell of its former self. You can see a 2016 view of Fifth and Broadway here.
I’m back! After a very prolonged absence to due a dog bite, a kidney stone, travel and working on some other exciting projects I am ready to get back to it!
Located on Route 220 between Altoona and Tyrone, Pennsylvania, the Minuet Manor Motel and Restaurant opened in the mid-late 1950s (cannot find an exact date). Offering 79 comfortable rooms and a nice meal, the Minuet was a popular spot for local civic and sorority gathers. The restaurant was not just an ordinary eating spot – there’s something of a twist.
Tyrone Daily Herald, March 29, 1960
The restaurant featured a large collection of pepper mills. According to the verso of the postcard below, The Minuet Manor featured the:
World’s largest collection of unique pepper mills, ranging in size for 3 inches to 7 feet 6-inches. Just one of the many memorable pleasures in store for you at the Minuet Manor is being served freshly ground pepper from this outstanding collection.
Late 1960s postcard showcasing some of the unusual pepper mills inside the restaurant
The restaurant
Another postcard view of the pepper mills
The restaurant and motel were a hit throughout the 1960s. Struggling to stay afloat after the gas crisis and a dramatic shift in traveling and dining culture, the Minuet Manor was sold to Arthur and Mary Beth Mittelmark in 1977.
Tyrone Daily Herald – November 2, 1977
With the 1980s and 1990s came hard times for the venerable motel and restaurant. The best I can figure is the restaurant closed sometime in 1980s or 1990s. I may be wrong and if I am please correct me!
In July 1999 six people were arrested at the motel in the largest heroin bust in Blair County (PA) history.
Tyrone Daily Herald – July 7, 1999
The motel underwent new ownership around 2000. The new group cleaned the place up and, according to an ad in the classified section of the Altoona Mirror, offered TOTALY REVOVATED ROOMS! That would not instill me with much confidence.
Altoona Mirror – April 15, 2001
The revovation did not save the motel. The Minuet Manor became a Knight’s Inn before it ultimately closed.
Information on this place is spotty – so if I got something wrong please let me know so I can get it right. If anyone has information on the whereabouts of those pepper mills drop me a line!
This beautiful postcard was produced in conjunction with the Fair.
Topping America’s Space Age World’s Fair, Century 21 Exposition, is the 55-foot Space Needle, where visitors to Seattle from April 21 through October 21, 1962, can dine in a 220-seat revolving restaurant affording a panoramic view of the world’s fair, city and mountain around this seaport. Tying the fair to downtown Seattle is the world’s first high speed mass transit Monorail, shown here at the base of the Needle.
Welcome to Day 3 of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair image bonanza.
Today’s item is a postcard produced during the Fair that shows the Fairgrounds with the Space Needle front and center.
Today marks the 55th anniversary of the opening of the Seattle World’s Fair. The Fair has been written, studied and broken apart by people much smarter than me, so I feel I can’t add much in the way of long form essays or deep research. Instead, I will share newspaper clippings, postcards, photos, ephemera videos off and on until October 21st, when the fair closed.
President John F. Kennedy signaled the opening of the Fair via radip signal from a gold telegraph key in Palm Beach, Florida.
Article about the opening of the Fair – The Tennesseean – April 21, 1962
The 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, as it will look on opening day, April 21, 1962, in Seattle, Washington. Shown from the left are the Concert Hall and Arts Center, the Coliseum with 11-story roof, the U.S. Science Pavilion (arching towers) and the 550-foot Space Needle topped by a revolving restaurant. First high speed mass-transit Monorail connects the world’s fair ground with downtown Seattle.
Another early postcard with an artist’s conception of how the Fair would look. Note the complete different top of the Space Needle
Postcard showing how the Fair really looked at the opening
I will share more about the buildings, the Space Needle, the Monorail and the rides as the days go on. Sit back, relax and enjoy the Fair.
1018 E. Orangethorpe Ave.Anaheim, Calif. 92801
Your home away from home, located in Orange Country near Disneyland and Knott’s Berry Farm. One block north of Riverside Freeway, near Santa Ana and Garden Grove Freeways…Large Rooms, Queen size beds, Direct Dial Phones, heated pool, Morning coffee in your room.
Los Angeles Times – October 8, 1961
The motel is still standing and is still named the Akua but the fabulous sign is gone.
Photo Courtesy: Roadway Architecture.
Thins don’t seem too rosy at the motel right now. Last November a man was shot at 11:15a.m. in the lobby of the motel and, according to the OC Register:
Police have been called to the Akua Motor Inn several times in the past for reports of thefts, narcotics violations and domestic disturbances, Wyatt said. In June, 33-year-old Daniel Richardson of Irvine was shot to death at the motel.
