The Last Card

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Bartholomew Peter Thomas Phillip
James the Younger John Jesus James the Elder Matthew Thaddeus
Andrew Judas Simon

MASTERPIECE GARDENS
Mosaic of Leonardo da Vinci's Great Masterpiece -- Lake Wales, Florida

THE GREAT MASTERPIECE, a mosaic of Leonardo da Vinci's LAST SUPPER. Made of more than 300,000 pieces of mosaic, 10,000 gradations of color. Made by August Wagner Co. in Berlin, Germany, involving two years of planning and 27,000 man-hours of assembly time.

Orange Belt Distributors Inc., 130 Concord Drive, Casselberry, Fla. 32707

Curtichcolor® 3-D Natural Color Reproduction (Reg. U.S.A. Pat. Off.)


Dear Geof & Nancy,

Here it is, 366 of 366.

Dees

Colour by R.S. Lenfest

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MARINE MEMORIAL
Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
"Breathe Soft Ye Winds •• Ye Waves in Silence Rest"

N-15
82138-C Colour by R.S. Lenfest

Pub. by NEW ENGLAND COLOUR, Box 423, Derry, N.H. 03038

[To Jay & Deb]

"Boy in Tent" by Ann

[Drawing by Ann]

Château de BLOIS

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Château de BLOIS (L.-et-Ch.)
Façade extérieure de l'aile Louis XII
Statue équestre du roi (refaite au XIXe s.)

3.10.79.0265

Combier Imprimeur Mâcon Repro. Interd. 49-000


Dear Bill,

Regards for the New Year.

Dees

The Height is 19 Feet.

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The statue of Thomas Jefferson depicts him addressing the Continental Congress. The statue is by Rudolph Evans and stands in the center of the Memorial Room upon a pedestal of black Minnesota granite. The height is 19 feet.
74252-C

Distributed by L.B. Prince Co., Fairfax, Virginia


Dear Mike and family,

Ann says Happy New Year.

[Drawing by Ann]

By Turner

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National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C.

[681] Venice: Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore

By Turner (1775-1851)
Widener Collection


Dear George & Ellen,

Regards for the New Year.

Dees

BREGENZ am BODENSEE

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BREGENZ am BODENSEE
Seeanlagen

BR 16.946
Österreich-Sommerfrische Europas

80 Jahre Foto Risch-Lau. Bregenez, Österreich


Dear Bonnie,

Regards for the New Year. I doubt that I'l be going to Austria in '09.

Dees

Pilot Pete's Looks Out Over the Tarmac

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Village of Schaumburg

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Schaumburg, Illinois

The Schaumburg Regional Airport, built in 1997, handles over 80,000 operations per year and is home to Pilot Pete's, a full-service restaurant that looks out over the tarmac.


Dear Geof & Nancy,

Huth Week is over, but it was fun. This is one of the Schaumburg cards I picked up recently.

Dees

PS Written last summer, but not sent until Christmas. Ho Ho Ho.

Poinsette's Flower

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Poinsettia Display

Missouri Botanical (Shaw) Garden
Saint Louis, Missouri

The annual Poinsettia Show at Shaw's Garden with the traditional red Poinsettia which is the national flower of Mexico. The plant is named for Joel R. Poinsette of South Carolina, the first ambassador to Mexico.

Photo by: Saul E. Harrison


Dear Jim,

Ann is receiving some purple pens for Xmas.

Dees

A Beautiful South Rim Sunset

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#3846-B
G-4441

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
A Beautiful South Rim Sunset
グランダキャニオン。。。

Photographer-Ron Thomas/FPG

©1990 Impact, Mesa, AZ 85204
Designed and distributed in the U.S.A. Printed in Japan


Dear Geof & Nancy

I might have sent this card to you in 1997, if I'd been a Japanese tourist at the G.C.

Dees

Nice Pic, Chuck

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Freeport, Grand Bahama
International Bazaar
Spanish Street

Staff Photo Chuck Sussman

Calypso Distribution Ltd., P.O. Box 6220 M.S., Nassau, Bahamas


Dear Ed,

Last card of the year -- why Freeport? Maybe it's a place neither of us have been.

Dees

Stenpiren!

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Götegorg. Stenpiren


Dear Dave & Elizabeth,

Nothing says Happy New Year like a pic of a Swedish port city.

Dees

Hamnen med Sjömanstornet!

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Götegorg. Hamnen med Sjömanstornet


Dear Lee,

Nothing says Happy New Year like a pic of a Swedish port city.

Dees

Cloisters

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Cloisters, Canterbury Cathedral

POST CARD

Printed in Great Britain

For INLAND Postage only this space may be used for communication.

The Address only to be written here.


Dear Stuart,

Good luck with the transition to Atlanta & send your new address when the time comes.

Dees

AB Grafisk Konst

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Göteborg. Stenpiren

AB Grafisk Konst


Dear Jay & Deb & nephews at home for the season,

Litttle says Christmas like quayside in Sweden. There's an entire long entry on Wiki devoted to "List of Bands from Gothenburg."

Dees

Lower Card

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[Amaryllis Minerva]


message, you need to
board together. One is
is marked (2). The trouble
putting the cards together

Upper Card

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[Amaryllis Minerva]

Dear Geof & Nancy,

To receive the entire
put both parts of the box
marked (1) and the other
is, the entire message regards
to reveal the entire message.

グランドキャニン。。。

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#14967-B G-4368

Early Moring Along the Colorado River
グランドキャニン。。。
Photographer-Tom Hill

© 1990 Impact, Mesa AZ 85204
S\Designed & Distributed in the U.S.A. Printed in Japan


Dear Dees,

Regards for Christmas. Hope the visit to Dallas went well.

Dees

Nuts

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Kentucky Thoroughbred

Photo: Peter O'Toole

278
Printed in the USA

©Jim Haddix Distributing Company, Winchester, KY 40391 (859) 744-4145


Dear Sue,

Thanks for the mixed nuts. They make fine snacking.

Dees

Wow-Wow Wowona

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Wowona Tunnel Entrance Winter

Yosemite National Park, California

This spectacular view of Yosemite Valley through the Wowona Tunnel is impressive throghout the year. Visitors arriving from the south via Fresno and Wawona have their first glimpse of the Valley from this point.

CC-63

Color photography by Dana Morgenson

Produced by 5 Associates, Redwood City, California 94062

Mirro-Krome ® Card by H.S. Crocker Co. Inc., San Bruno, Calif. 94066


Dear Layne,

This is actually the view from my back door after days & days of snow.

Dees

The Kit & Kaboodle

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Amaryllis Minerva

Kit contains: One amaryllis bulb, pot and growing medium.

Size: 22-24 cm


Dear Jim,

Lilly plans to plant these outside in the spring.

Dees

Fausner's Greetings

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Fausner Lawn & Garden


Dear Geof & Nancy,

Fausner says Merry Christmas

Dees

Amaryllis Minerva

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Amaryllis Minerva


Dear Jay & Deb,

A future planting bulb, from a box.

Dees

Red Bow on Black

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[Black background, red bow]


Geof & Nancy,

Happy Boxing Day

Dees

Black & Red With Drawing

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[Black background, red stripe]


Dear Geof & Nancy,

[Drawing by Ann]

"A girl" by Ann Dec 08

Red & Black

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[Black background, red stripe]


Dear Geof & Nancy,

Here's a square card, more or less, to follow the round one.

Dees

Black & Red

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[Black background, red stripe]


Dear Geof & Nancy,

I agree. "Evil Twin" wasn't the most impressive of the lot.

Dees

Illinois' #1 Tourist Destination?

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Village of Schaumburg

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Schaumburg, Illinois

Woodfield Mall center court

Woodfield Mall is Illinois' #1 Tourist Destination, anchored by Nordstrom, Marshall Field's, Lord & Taylor, Sears, and JC Penney. Woodfield has nearly 300 stoes, restaurants, and specialty shops all under one roof.

www.shopwoodfield.com


Dear Ed,

So many tourists come here, but how many send cards of it? Damned few, I bet.

Dees

Bearon Speaks!

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Village of Schaumburg

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Schaumburg, Illinois

Alexian Field is home to the Schaumburg Flyers minor league baseball team. Located immediately south of the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway's Irving Park Road exit, Alexian Field boasts a total capacity of 7,048. Bearon, the Flyer's mascot, invites you to catch a game or a special event at Alexian Field.


Dear Bill,

Here it is December -- and who doesn't look forward to minor league ball come spring? Saw the Flyers lose in the last inning, practically the last pitch, last June.

Dees

Winter Eve at Lake Pacid

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Winter Eve at Lake Pacid

Alpenglow tints the mountains as evening falls on this year-round vacationland. Lighted trees along Main St. and the Lake Pacid Club across Mirror Lake are seen in this view near Olympic Arena.

Color by R.K. Dean

Pub. by Dean Color, Glens Falls, N.Y. 12801

142097


Dear Wendall & Stephanie,

My neighborhood is like this, except for the mountains. And the pine forests. And the tourists.

Dees

Crater Lake

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Crater Lake National Park in Winter

Distributed by Smith Western Inc., 1133 N.W. Glisan St., Portland, Oregon 97209

© Plastichrome Boston


Dear Ed,

It looks like this outside my windon, except for the mountains, lake & really large trees.

Dees

ОТКРЫТОЕ ПИСБМО

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MOROT (Aimé). -- Charge de Cuirassiers a Reischoffen.

Musée de Versailles

Angriff von Kürassieren in Reischoffen.
Charge of Cuirassiers at Reischoffen.

UNION POSTALE UNIVERSELLE

Post Card -- Carte Postale -- Postkarte -- Briefkaart -- Cartolina Postale -- Tarjeta Postal -- ОТКРЫТОЕ ПИСБМО


Dear Jay & Deb,

Just the card to kick off December & the holiday season.

Dees