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 Bodie Lighthouse, The Outer Banks, North Carolina.  

Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville, Texas.  Should a zoo have an elephant head mounted over the entrance?

The airport at Windsor, Ontario, Canada.  

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Phoenix VI, Orange Beach, Alabama.  This was from an Aunt Judy vacation. 

 

The Grand Coulee Dam, Washington. 

St. Luke United Methodist Church, Columbus, Georgia.  The writer also went to Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee on the trip.    

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Waikiki and Diamond Head, Honolulu, Hawaii.  Aunt Judy and Uncle Don took a trip there.  They thought it was beautiful and also went to Pearl Harbor.  

 

Various locations on the Oregon Coast.  This was from another trip with Aunt Judy.  She was really impressed with Victoria, BC, Canada, where she sent the card from (note the stamp).      

Historic Savannah, Georgia.  This is from another Aunt Judy trip.  She really gets around.  They enjoyed being at the beach.

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A reproduction of a vintage Christmas postcard.

 

Penn Center Inn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee.  Aunt Judy and family went there.  They saw a black bear asleep in a tree.

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The Santa Claus Express.  This is a new reproduction of a vintage postcard.   

Another reproduction of a classic Christmas postcard.

Garden of the Gods, Pike's Peak, Colorado.  This is a postcard from Aunt Judy to her parents.  They also went to ***Santa's Workshop at the North Pole*** and ***the Mesa Cliff dwellings.***  They were also going out to a ranch for a chuck wagon supper.

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Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri.  According to the back, this building "has the largest and highest unsupported ceiling in the World."  It's postmarked 1958, so that may no longer be the case, but I'm sure it's still impressive.  The stamp marked the International Geophysical Year 1957-58, a new beginning of of international cooperation in scientific research.

  

"A Busy Saturday in Rogers, Arkansas."  This is not a vintage card, but has a cool old picture on it.  The postcard is from the Rogers Historical Museum.

Alpine Inn, Eureka Springs, Arkansas.  Not exactly luxury accommodations.  

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A Maple Sugaring building in Vermont. 

Awesome postcard.  The Wright Flyer, 10:35am, December 17,1903, Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.  The back is a mystery.  It's addressed to my parents with the text, "Hi Mother.  We are here," and is postmarked from North Carolina.  That's not my handwriting, I've never been to North Carolina, and I don't have any siblings.  

    

Moving on (and trying not to think about the implications from the last card).  Here's a foldout postcard from the Sheraton Old Town Inn, Albuquerque, New Mexico.  I sort of remember this trip.  It was a business function that the families were invited to.  Mom had plenty to say about the trip there.