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- Club House, Waukesha Golf Club on Moor Bath Links, Waukesha, Wis. -
- 1930-1956
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Club House, Waukesha Golf Club on Moor Bath Links, Waukesha, Wis.
- "Sight Seeing Trailer Train, St. Augustine, Florida," circa 1950 - St. Augustine, Florida, dating back to Spanish occupation in the 1500s, became a popular winter resort for wealthy northerners in the 1880s when the railroad came to town. By the 1950s, most tourists arrived by automobile -- though they could still tour the historic city by "train" in rubber-tired trailer vehicles like this.
- circa 1950
- Collections - Artifact
"Sight Seeing Trailer Train, St. Augustine, Florida," circa 1950
St. Augustine, Florida, dating back to Spanish occupation in the 1500s, became a popular winter resort for wealthy northerners in the 1880s when the railroad came to town. By the 1950s, most tourists arrived by automobile -- though they could still tour the historic city by "train" in rubber-tired trailer vehicles like this.
- "Royal Palm Avenue, James Estate, Cocoanut Grove, Florida," Sent to Andrew Purnell, Postmarked May 10, 1926 -
- Collections - Artifact
"Royal Palm Avenue, James Estate, Cocoanut Grove, Florida," Sent to Andrew Purnell, Postmarked May 10, 1926
- Blue Water International Bridge Depicted on QSL Card from W8DPU to W6DQZ (Hamid Durmisevich), March 9, 1948 - It was customary for ham radio operators (hams) to exchange these "QSL cards" with one another through the mail after their first conversation. Long-time hams amassed collections of thousands of cards, some from far-flung places. There is a story embedded in each example: the ham's call sign dominates the design, with additional details about location, reception reports, and weather conditions.
- March 09, 1948
- Collections - Artifact
Blue Water International Bridge Depicted on QSL Card from W8DPU to W6DQZ (Hamid Durmisevich), March 9, 1948
It was customary for ham radio operators (hams) to exchange these "QSL cards" with one another through the mail after their first conversation. Long-time hams amassed collections of thousands of cards, some from far-flung places. There is a story embedded in each example: the ham's call sign dominates the design, with additional details about location, reception reports, and weather conditions.
- "Slave Huts at the Hermitage, Savannah, Ga." - Hundreds of enslaved people worked on the Hermitage Plantation near Savannah, Georgia, before the Civil War. They cultivated rice, raised livestock, made bricks, and operated a sawmill and foundry. After the war, depictions of the "old slave huts" and the now-freed people who lived in them appealed to tourists seeking the last vestiges of the "Old South" and intent on romanticizing times of enslavement.
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"Slave Huts at the Hermitage, Savannah, Ga."
Hundreds of enslaved people worked on the Hermitage Plantation near Savannah, Georgia, before the Civil War. They cultivated rice, raised livestock, made bricks, and operated a sawmill and foundry. After the war, depictions of the "old slave huts" and the now-freed people who lived in them appealed to tourists seeking the last vestiges of the "Old South" and intent on romanticizing times of enslavement.
- "Bear Pits, Overton Park, Memphis, Tenn.," Sent to Andrew Purnell, Postmarked September 21, 1937 -
- Collections - Artifact
"Bear Pits, Overton Park, Memphis, Tenn.," Sent to Andrew Purnell, Postmarked September 21, 1937
- Interior View of Gerth's Savings Bank Store, Marshfield, Wisconsin, 1910 -
- 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Interior View of Gerth's Savings Bank Store, Marshfield, Wisconsin, 1910
- Postcard, "Texas Street Looking East, El Paso, Texas," circa 1950 - El Paso, Texas, is part of an international metropolitan area along the Rio Grande, which divides Mexico and the United States. The senders of this colorful postcard from around 1950 also planned to visit Ciudad Juarez, just across the river in Mexico.
- December 21, 1951
- Collections - Artifact
Postcard, "Texas Street Looking East, El Paso, Texas," circa 1950
El Paso, Texas, is part of an international metropolitan area along the Rio Grande, which divides Mexico and the United States. The senders of this colorful postcard from around 1950 also planned to visit Ciudad Juarez, just across the river in Mexico.
- Henrici's, 67-71 W. Randolph Street, "Chicago's Most Famous Restaurant," circa 1920 -
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Henrici's, 67-71 W. Randolph Street, "Chicago's Most Famous Restaurant," circa 1920
- Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln inside Memorial Building near Hodgenville, Kentucky, circa 1940 Postcard - By the early 20th century, the real Abraham Lincoln had long since faded from people's memory. A new generation of Americans had come of age who only knew the stories, the myths, the legends. This generation transformed Lincoln the man into Lincoln the hero. This first memorial to Lincoln, enshrining his birthplace in Hodgenville, Kentucky, was dedicated in 1911.
- circa 1940
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Birthplace of Abraham Lincoln inside Memorial Building near Hodgenville, Kentucky, circa 1940 Postcard
By the early 20th century, the real Abraham Lincoln had long since faded from people's memory. A new generation of Americans had come of age who only knew the stories, the myths, the legends. This generation transformed Lincoln the man into Lincoln the hero. This first memorial to Lincoln, enshrining his birthplace in Hodgenville, Kentucky, was dedicated in 1911.