Penny Postcards

[Ross]

This site is kind of cool. See what your area has from years gone by.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/ppcs/ppcs.html

Here is the Hoover Vacuum Factory as it was. Today, it's still pretty much the same.

 

[RandyL]

Of course you know what Florida has:

 

[Mary]

My poor little county in Southern Illinois doesn't have any!
But I did find the main street of the town where I was born.
Randy, if that's a fish, I can't see it!

 

[Mary]

This is fun, Ross!
Here are the only two they have for Cape Girardeau, where I've lived for the past 25 years.

The Mississippi River

The city courthouse

 

[Phyllis]

Thanks for the great site, Ross. Here is the main street in New London- not that different than it is now. Dick's office is at the very top of this street near the courthouse on a street that runs across the top of this street.

 

[Phyllis]

Here's a good view of the Thames River and Long Island Sound. Those rocks are just a 1/4 of a mile down from where we live. The water hasn't changed much- just a little beach erosion.

 

[Mary]

Here's a good view of the Thames River and Long Island Sound. Those rocks are just a 1/4 of a mile down from where we live. The water hasn't changed much- just a little beach erosion.

Sorry Phyllis, but I can't see it very well in this picture . . . I think we will have to check it out for ourselves one of these days! You know me and water!

 

[Phyllis]

Sorry Phyllis, but I can't see it very well in this picture . . . I think we will have to check it out for ourselves one of these days! You know me and water!

You are always welcome- any day!!

 

[geebee]

Interesting - nothing from Cincinnati but I did find one from our little county.

Great site - thanks.

 

[ShezaGirlie]

Neat website...

Neat website...

Here's where I was born... Still in operation today and I'm a member of the Century Club. Uh, no I'm not a 100 years old yet...!

 

[Ross]

I'll have to remember to take the camera in town next trip and get a new shot from the square. It really hasn't changed all that much, but it's been sold to some Japanese company now, so who knows what's in store for it.

 

[PJmomrunner]

I used to play in this house when I was a kid in the 5th to 8th grade. One of my friends lived there. I used to babysit in the house next door. It was also on my paper route. The fence and statues were never there in my lifetime but it was (and I imagine still is) a magnificent home. The original owner was quite the eccentric (ah...statues on the fence posts???) and, among other things, wrote a book called "A Pickle for the Knowing Ones." The book was some sort of financial advice pamphlet with no punctuation in it. At the end he included a page that was full of punctuation marks and told readers to salt and pepper it as they pleased.

It happens my dad is a collector and dealer (on Ebay) of such postcards. I sent him the link. Thanks for posting it, Ross.

 

[hensylee]

this church has looked this way all my life. I saw it in Nov and it looked just like this!