Visitors Should Never Feed or Harass Wildlife

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#49943 White-tailed deer browse a lush meadow in Cades Cover. An 11-mile loop road around this scenic valley offers opportunities to view bear, Wild Turkey, and a variety of historic buildings. Visitors should never feed or harass wildlife.

Photographer -- Bill Lea

© Impact, Designed & Distributed in the U.S.A. Printed in Korea.


Dear Scott & Joan,

It looked pretty much like this during our summer visit, except the deer tended to scatter.

Dees

Frog + Lighthouse

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Big Sable Point Lighthouse is located north of the swimming beach at Ludington State Park, Ludington, Michigan. Completed in 1867, the tower stands at 112 feet, making it one of the few Michigan Lights reaching 100 feet. The buildings are now open to the public.

Photos by John Penrod


Dear Wendy & Ted,

It's frog sticker week -- this is the last one.

[frog sticker]

Dees

Frog + Metropolitan Hotel

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Edgewater Beach Hotel
Chicago 40, Ill.

World-famous as the "Metropolitan Hotel with the Country Club Atmosphere." On Chicago's Lakefront. 1,000 outside rooms. Unique, colorful Cocktail Lounges with five exciting Public Dining Rooms. Dancing nightly. Glamorous outdoor Swimming Pool and Cabanas. Tennis and Suffleboard Courts. 200-car garage in Hotel. Frequent, regular private motor coach service, 15 minutes to "Loop."


Dear Bonnie,

It's frog sticker week. Hope all is well with you. Thought you might like this familiar hotel image.

[frog sticker]

Dees

Frog + Buffalo

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Buffalo Trace Distillery

800-654-8471 www.buffalotrace.com

Along with being the most award-winning distillery in the world, Buffalo Trace proudly holds the title of the oldest continually operating distillery in America, remaining operational even during Prohibition -- for "medicinal" purposes. A trip to Buffalo Trace offers visitors a taste of history, heritage and of course, fine Kentucky Bourbon.


Dear Jim,

I found some frog stickers -- here's one.

[frog sticker]

Dees

Frog + Panna Cotta

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Trader Joe's®
Peach & Blueberry
PANNA COTTA
A Silky Smooth Italian Dessert

Contains 2 Individual Servings

Net Wt. 10.5 oz (300g)


Dear Geof & Nancy,

It's frog sticker week

[frog sticker]

here at ODOP -- here's yours.

Dees

Constantine

CARD IMAGE:

ROMA

Arco di Costantino
Arc de Costantin
Arc of Costantine [sic]
Der Costantinsbogen

Plurigraf Terni
da fotocolor Kodak Ektachrome


Dear Jay & Deb,

"If it's good enough for Constantine, it's good enough for me."

Dees

Does Whatever a Spider Can

CARD IMAGE:

[Spiderman]


Dear Geof & Nancy,

Spiderman's true identity --

[1969 Inaugural Pennant Sticker: "Our 37th President Richard M. Nixon"]

Revealed for the first time.

Dees

Hen Wallow

CARD IMAGE:

Hen Wallow Falls - Smoky Mountains National Park

Crosby, TN


Dear Jay & Deb,

With "Inspection Station, Blythe, Calif." you win the least picturesque postcard of the year contest, for now -- but I will try to top it anyway. This one is close.

Dees

Swedish Pancakes & The Tenth President

CARD IMAGE:

Trader Joe's®

Swedish Style Pancake & Waffle Mix

Just add water

Net Wt. 14.1 oz (400g)


Dear Layne,

This is hard to write on. Decent pancakes, though.

Dees & President Tyler

[Sticker of John Tyler's head]

The Photographic Greeting Card Co. Ltd.

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St. Paul's Cathedral, London

The Photographic Greeting Card Co. Ltd., London

NATURAL COLOUR SERIES PHOTO GREETINGS U.S.A

Dear Geof & Nancy,

I'm sending this because it has few descriptive words.

Dees

Give 'em Hell

CARD IMAGE:

The Harry S. Truman Library and Museum
U.S. Highway 24, Independence, Missouri 64050

Portrait of a great president -- Harry S. Truman -- Citizen, Statesman, Soldier portrait was presented to the Harry S. Truman Library by the Harry S. Truman Chapter of the Air Force Association. The near-size portrait is by the Missouri-born artist Larry K. Mansker, a native of Independence, Missouri.


Dear Rich & Lisa,

Where's Harry now that we need him?

Dees

Europas größter unterirdischer See Motorbootfahrt

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Seegrotte, Hinterbrühl bei Mödling/NÖ

Europas größter unterirdischer See. Motorbootfahrt
Europe's largest underground lake. Motorboating
Le plus grand lac souterrain d'Europe. Tours en canots automobiles
Il piu vasto lago sotteraneo d'Europa. Battello a motore

GROSSER SEE

[Souvenir Stamp: Seegrotte Wien-Hinterbrühl]


Dear Ed,

For some reason, this appeared in Schaumburg in our time & I got it for a quarter. Souvenir stamp no extra change.

Dees

Leftover Parthenon

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The Parthenon - Nashville, Tennessee

The Parthenon in Nashville was created for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897 and today stands as the centerpiece of Centennial Park. Nashville's Parthenon is a full-scale replica of the original in Athens, as it looked upon completion in 438 B.C. The building reinforces Nashville's nickname, "Athens of the South," and includes a re-creation of the Athena Parthenos statue, which stands 41' 10" tall.


Dear Dees,

Good luck in San Marcos & send your cousins cards if you have time.

yr. uncle Dees

Loverboy?

CARD IMAGE:

Village of Schaumburg

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Schaumburg, Illinois

The Village of Schaumburg's Septemberfest celebration takes place over Labor Day weekend and features a 250+ exhibitor arts and crafts fair, live music, a parade, a carnival, and 'Taste of Schaumburg,' featuring over 20 of the village's top restaurants.


Dear Martha,

Septemberfest also features third-string, has-been music acts -- the year Loverboy, I think. We ate food & the kids rode rides, but we missed the music. The fireworks were good, too.

Dees

S-burg Schoolhouse

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Village of Schaumburg

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Schaumburg, Illinois

Schaumburg Centre School, built in 1872, is the original schoolhouse for the Village of Schaumburg. Located on the grounds of Saint Peter Lutheran Church and School at 208 East Schaumburg Road, the building has been restored and is now a museum and is open for tours by appointment. For more information: www.stpeterlcms.org


Dear Robert,

Ann wanted to send a pic -- (of her at the beach)

[Drawing of Ann at the beach]

Ann

はまち

CARD IMAGE:

はまち

[ha ma chi]

Yellowtail Nigiri

Yellowtail is very dense but tender. It has a mild, sweet aftertaste.


Dear Bill,

Why didn't we eat sushi in college? Were we callow lads, or hadn't it been imported yet?

Dees

とびこ

CARD IMAGE:

とびこ

[to bi ko]

Flying Fish Roe

Tobiko are small, crunchy orange beads of roe. Mild in flavor, tobiko look very similar in size and color to masago, a roe from the shishamo fish.


Dear Jay & Deb,

Thanks for the NYC cards -- I will use a few soon.

Dees

Some Season's Greetings, Just Not the Cold One

CARD IMAGE:

Season's Greetings


Dear Geof & Nancy,

You are correct, if it isn't signed by someone you know, it's fair game for re-use. Greetings for August -- the hot season.

Dees

PS Oops, forgot to mail this a month ago.

Gateway

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Village of Schaumburg

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Schaumburg, Illinois

Veterans Gateway Park at Town Square, located around the clock tower, is a memorial garden space that also functions as a gateway to Town Square. The park is a multi-functional space which can be ultilized for everything from quiet reflection to moving ceremonies.


Dear Peter,

It's a nice square, but "quiet reflection" is hard, considering that it's at the intersection of two very busy streets, Schaumburg & Roselle roads.

Dees

The Barn

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Village of Schaumburg

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Schaumburg, Illinois

Built in the mid-1920s, 'The Barn' served as both village hall and police department until the 1970s. The barn is currently home to many senior and teen activities and is located at 217 S. Civic Drive.


Dear Sam & Emily,

I hope you are feeling better after your surgery, Sam. Take care.

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, Lord & Taylor, Sears and JC Penney. Woodfield has nearly 300 stores, restaurants and specialty shops all under one roof.

www.shopwoodfield.com


Dear Ed,

Sure, you can go to Tahiti. but I can go to the Woodfield Mall pretty much whenever the mood strikes.

Dees

Streets

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Village of Schaumburg

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Schaumburg, Illinois

The Streets of Woodfield is a specialty shopping center with a unique mix of urban street-front shops, restaurants, and a 20-screen theater.

The Streets of Woodfield is located across the street from Woodfield Mall at Woodfield Road and Route 53.


Dear Tom,

Vintage 1990s shopping center. Location: North America. I got a leather jacket there a few winters ago.

Dees

Giza

CARD IMAGE:

Post Card
Egypt

Giza. The Great Sphinx and the pyramids of Kephren and Mikerinos.


Dear Jay & Deb,

Thanks for the most recent package of cards. I've seen some of the places (Italy, Japan) but not others (Egypt, Greece). I'll use them all anyway.

Dees

Ektachrome Roma

CARD IMAGE:

ROMA

Arco di Constantino
Arc of Constantine
Arc de Constantin
Der Constantinobogen

126 DA Fotocolor - Kodak Ektachrome


Dear Ed,

Have a fine time in the South Pacific. It's a hard job you have, but someone has to do it.

cheers

Dees

Gateway

CARD IMAGE:

Village of Schaumburg

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Schaumburg, Illinois

Schaumburg's gateway sign, located at the intersection of Higgins Road and the entrance to the Northwest Tollway, welcomes thousands of visitors and workers who drive into Schaumburg every day.


Dear Jim,

I acquired these Schaumburg cards not long ago. We drive by this sign fairly often.

Dees

Xmas Schaumburg

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Village of Schaumburg

Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Schaumburg, Illinois

The Village of Schaumburg celebrates Christkindlesmarkt each holiday season at Town Square. The outdoor festival ethnic and domestic crafts, holiday gift items, food, and live entertainment.


Dear Geof & Huth,

Wrapping up Huth Week with Xmas Schaumburg, one of a clutch of cards I bought recently. S-burg is the Retail Capital of the Universe.

Dees

Gather the Bones

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San Fernando Cathedral
Original Parish Church of San Antonio

"The old cathedral" has watched over the city through 200 years if struggle and progress. During the siege of the Alamo it was held by Santa Anna, and his flag flew from its towers. From these same towers had flown Texas flags of Victory a short time before. Tradition says that soon after the fall of the Alamo, an influential Mexican whose sympathies were with the Texans, gathered together what bones of the heroes he could find, and buried them secretly under the altar of San Fernando. The church has been kept in perfect repair and is in daily constant use.

Pub. by School-Mart, 1812 S. Presa, San Antonio, Texas 78210
SA-279-C
DT-81208-C
© 1971 Dexter Press

dp Made by Dexter Press
West Nyack, New York


Dear Geof & Nancy,

Today's accidental neologism -- hospitalpotal.

Dees

The Naked i

CARD IMAGE:

Edvard Munch (1863-1944). The Dance of Life, 1899-1900. From Munch, Six Munch Cards, © 2000 Dover Publications Inc.


Dear Geof & Nancy,

More Munch. Is that an "i" or a "j" without descender, or merely a Munch sunset?

Dees

Wendall?

CARD IMAGE:

[Cinnamon Toast Crunch Box]

Cr...

Real Cinnamo...

Good Source of Ca... Vit...

Enlarged to Show Detail


Dear Geof & Nancy,

Know-it-all Wiki says that Cinnamon Toast Crunch's mascot is "Wendall." Other names for the cereal supposedly include: Curiously Cinnamon, Croc-en-cannelle & Daddy Kind (?)

Dees

Smoking Munch

CARD IMAGE:

Edvard Munch (1863-1944). Self-Portrait, 1895. From Munch, Six Munch Cards, 2000 Dover Publications Inc.


Dear Geof & Nancy,

I've heard that the EU wants to remove that cigarette from this painting -- sets a bad example, it does.

Dees

Adam & Eve

CARD IMAGE:

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). Adam and Eve, 1507; oil on board. From Six Dürer Cards, © 2001 Dover Publications Inc.


Dear Geof & Nancy,

This is the second card during "Huth Week" -- it seems appropriate. Five more will follow.

Dees

Huth Week Card #1

CARD IMAGE:

Mrs. Cubbison's®

SEASONED
Restaurant Style Croutons

Prepared from freshly baked bread that is lightly toasted and perfectly seasoned. The goodness of our original restaurant size croutons will enhance the flavor and appearance of any soup or salad.


Dear Geof & Nancy,

This is the first Huth Week Card. Six more will follow.

Hope you had a fine time in Calif.

Dees

Mint

CARD IMAGE:

U.S. Mint - Denver, Colorado

Distributed by G.R. Dickson Co. - 932 Inca St., Denver, Colo.

Plastichrome®
by Colourficture
Boston, Mass. 02130


Dear Jim,

I don't know if I sent a card from the mint in 1980. If not, here's one now, which I found for a quarter. It probably still looks like this, except for the cars.

Dees

Farm Raised

CARD IMAGE:

Trader Joes'®

Panko breaded
Tilapia Fillets
Farm Raised


Dear Layne,

Not bad, but I perfer city-raised Tilapia.

Dees

Cheez

CARD IMAGE:

Sunshine®

CHEEZ-IT
Baked Snack Crackers

[To Grandma]:

[Drawing by Ann]

Self-portrait by Ann, just before starting Kindergarten.

Dees

Rem Again

CARD IMAGE:

architecture postcards/cartes postale
oma Rem Koolhaas series

3 Educatorium
Utrecht, Netherlands, 1997
photography: Hans Werlemann


Dear Lynn,

No more destinations for a while, sorry to say. Other kinds of cards will have to do, such as Rem.

Tempus fugit note: Lilly starts fifth grade soon & Ann's about to start Kindergarten.

Dees

Glamorous Cabanas

CARD IMAGE:

Edgewater Beach Hotel
Chicago 40, Illinois

World-famous as the "Metropolitan Hotel with the Country Club Atmosphere." On Chicago's Lakefront. 1,000 outside rooms. Unique, colorful Cocktail Lounges with five exciting Public Dining Rooms. Dancing nightly. Glamorous outdoor Swimming Pool and Cabanas. Tennis and Suffleboard Courts. 200-car garage in Hotel. Frequent, regular private motor coach service, 15 minutes to "Loop."


Dear Jay, Deb, Dees

I'll see if I can get more cards at the resale shop. They are reasonably priced.

Dees

Only the Fool in His Heart Says There Are No Snack Cakes

CARD IMAGE:

Little Debbie Has A Snack For You®


Dear Tom,

And if Little Debbie doesn't have a snack cake for you, who does?

Dees

Tyger Tyger, Burning Bright

CARD IMAGE:

The Tyger

Tyger Tyger, burning bright,
In the forests of the night;
What immortal hand or eye,
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies.
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand, dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder, & what art,
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand? & what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp,
Dare its deadly terrors clasp!

When the stars threw down their spears
And water'd heaven with their tears:
Did he smile his work to see?
Did he who made the Lamb make thee?

Tyger Tyger burning bright,
In the forests of the night:
What immortal hand or eye,
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

William Blake (1757-1827). Illustration from Songs of Experience (1794). From Six William Blake Cards, © 2002 Dover Publications Inc.


Dear Lee,

Nice to see you at the Facebook Lunch. For now, I'm sticking to Blogger -- see dees3.blogspot.com and the Aug 10 posting.

Dees

Munch

CARD IMAGE:

Edvard Munch (1863-1944). The Scream, 1893. From Munch, Six Munch Cards, © 2000 Dover Publications Inc.


Dear Ed,

This is also known as "Deadline."

Dees

Go Cubs

CATD IMAGE:

Chicago

Wrigley Field is home to the Chicago Cubs baseball team.
Photo: Don & Pat Valenti

© PUBLISHED and DISTRIBUTED exclusively by THE POSTCARD FACTORY®
Tel: (847) 933-1061 Website: www.postcardfactory.com
Printed in Canada

Ref: PC46-CH502


Dear Jim,

I visited the city today, though not Wrigley Field. Still, I have been there a few times. Today was a fine day for walking around downtown.

Dees

The Bean is Back

CARD IMAGE

CARD IMAGE:

Chicago

The John Hancock Center is 1127 feet tall and offers a beautiful view of the Chicago skyline.

© Designed and printed by The Postcard Factory®, 2801 John Street, Markham, Ontario L3R 2Y8 (905) 477-9901

Printed in Canada/Imprimé au Canada

Photo: J. Blank
Ref: CH563


Dear Geof & Nancy,

I visited The Bean not long ago, in its summer glory. The scaffolding is gone.

Dees

Tower No Mo'

CARD IMAGE:

National Tower
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Photo by S. Fredman

Design Pat. #227,488 Other Pat. Pend.

L.E. Smith Wholesale Distributors, Gettysburg, Pa.

Plastichrome®
Colourpicture
Boston, Mass. 02130


Dear Peter,

Bought this at a resale shop. Visited the battlefield in '91. I've heard that the tower was taken down a few years ago.

Dees

Exquisite Sunset

CARD IMAGE:

Chicago

An exquisite sunset over the Chicago skyline.

© PUBLISHED and DISTRIBUTED exclusively by THE POSTCARD FACTORY®
Tel: (905) 477-9901 Website: www.postcardfactory.com
Printed in Canada/Imprimé au Canada

Photo: C. Johnson
Ref: PC46-CH564


Dear Wendall & Steph,

This is about as far away as I'm going for awhile. You ought to visit yourself sometime when it isn't cold & see The Bean.

Dees

Welsh National Costume

CARD IMAGE:

NORTH WALES

V.8375

Llyn Gwynant

Snowdon Mountain Railway

Harlech Castle

Published by D. Constance Limited
Littlehampton, Sussex


Dear Geof & Nancy,

I bought this -- text included -- at a resale shop recently.

Dees


[Handwritten text on card:

Welsh National Costume. Only worn now on ceremonial ocassions [sic]]

Millermore

CARD IMAGE:

Old City Park
1717 Gano Street
Dallas, Texas 75215

Millermore, 1855-1862. Constructed by William Brown Miller from 1855 to 1862, its design was a log adaptation of Greek Revival architecture popular at the time. The threatened destruction of Millermore marked the beginning of the Dallas County Heritage Society in 1966.


Dear Jay, Deb, Dees & Robert,

I was amazed to find this in the resale shop's postcard bin. Looks the same as it did last year, except the Stars and Bars are missing.

Dees

Chi Town

CARD IMAGE:

Chicago

The John Hancock Center is 1127 feet tall and offers a beautiful view of the Chicago skyline.

© Designed and printed by The Postcard Factory®, 2801 John Street, Markham, Ontario L3R 2Y8 (905) 477-9901

Printed in Canada/Imprimé au Canada

Photo: J. Blank
Ref: CH563


Dear Rich & Lisa,

No more destinations this summer, except for really close ones. Saw The Bean just the other day - a fine sight in summer.

Dees

In the Same League With Tony, Sam & Cap'n Crunch

CARD IMAGE:

...arms®

...GLASS Marshmallow Charm

[Lucky]


Dear Geof & Nancy,

For August, some poorly cut cards featuring iconic cereal characters.

Dees

PS Actually, this might be the only one this month.

Sam I Am

CARD IMAGE:

Toucan SAM®


Dear Tom,

Why a toucan? Why not a cock-of-the-rock? Never mind, a toucan will do. The sad part is, he'll outlast us both.

Dees

Frau mit Sonnenschirm

CARD IMAGE:

Claude Monet:Woman with a Parasol - Madame Monet and her Son, 1875
Der Spaziergang. Frau mit Sonnenschirm • La Promenade. La Femme a l'ombrelle
Washington (DC), National Gallery of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon Collection

Also reproduced in Claude Monet, Benedikt Taschen Verlag


Dear Martha,

No more destinations for a while, so impressionism will have to do.

It was nice of you to comment at ODOP - almost no one else does (there are two or three readers, I think).

Dees

Am Ufer der Seine bei Bennecourt

CARD IMAGE:

Claude Monet: On the Seine at Bennecourt, 1868
Am Ufer der Seine bei Bennecourt • Au Bord de l'eau, Bennecourt
Chicago (IL), The Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Palmer Collection, 1922.427

Also reproduced in Claude Monet, Benedikt Taschen Verlag


Dear Steve & Jack,

Hope it's actually summer in SF, as it is here. Steve - 49 states?!? Now you're two ahead of me. That'll never do. I need to drive to both SC & Ore. to catch up.

Dees

Turm zu Babel

CARD IMAGE:

M.C. Escher: Tower of Babel, 1928
Turm zu Babel • Tour de Babel
Woodcut, 62 x 38.5 cm
© 1995 M.C. Escher/Cordon Art-Baarn-Holland. All rights reserved. M.C. Escher is a registered Trademark © of Cordon Art B.V.

Also reproduced in M.C. Escher, Benedikt Taschen Verlag.


Dear Jay, Deb, Dees & Robert,

A clutch of four cards arrived recently. Ann really liked the teapot, but mocked the end table.

[abstract drawing by Ann]

Dees

Accepted, By Gum

CARD IMAGE:

Wrigley's ORBIT

Just brushed clean feeling™

Accepted by the American Dental Association

Artificially flavored Sugarfree Gum

Citrusmint

14 pieces

Wrigley's ORBIT

Just brushed clean feeling™

Accepted by the American Dental Association

Artificially flavored Sugarfree Gum

Raspberry mint

14 pieces

Wrigley's ORBIT

Just brushed clean feeling™

Accepted by the American Dental Association

Artificially flavored Sugarfree Gum

Maui melon mint

14 pieces


Dear Geof & Nancy

Note - "accepted" by the ADA. Is it a full-throated acceptance or a grudging one?

Dees

Poppin 12

CARD IMAGE:

Pillsbury

QUICK BREAD
Quick Bread & Coffee Cake Mix

Pecan Swirl
Artificially flavored

MADE WITH REAL PECANS!

[Poppin Fresh Doughboy]


Dear Jay, Deb, Dees & Robert,

Not bad for cake mix. It also made me think of Poppin 12, mythical leader of all Poppins, whom I haven't thought of in 35 years or more.

Dees

The Raisins That Climbed Mt. Everest!

CARD IMAGE:

BOGHOSIAN

California Sun Dried Raisins

The Raisins That Climbed Mt. Everest!

A Fat Free
Cholesterol Free Food

Net Wt. 15 oz (425g)


Dear Wendall & Stephanie,

Rec'd your recent card from Santa Fe. Here's one from my kitchen.

Dees

Cha!

CARD IMAGE:

175mg Protective Antioxidants
Naturally per Serving
See Side for Details

Naturally Protective
AOX™
Antioxidants

LIPTON®
100% Natural Tea


Dear Geof & Nancy,

This may be the yellowest card you receive all year.

Dees

Candy & Tours

CARD IMAGE:

Rebecca Ruth Candy & Tours
112 East Second St., Frankfort, KY 40601
Tours: Mon - Sat 9 am - 4:30 pm
www.rebeccaruth.com 502-223-7475

Models by:

Images Model & Talent Agency
Lexington, KY www.imagesmodelagency.com 859-273-2301

Dear Geof & Nancy,

An example of the art of Photoshop. But what are those balloons doing next to the Kentucky state capitol?

Dees

One More Time, Athena

CARD IMAGE:

Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee

The Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee, is the world's only full-scale replica of the ancient Greek Parthenon. A gold and ivory statue of Athena Parthenon, goddess of war and wisdom and patron goddess of the city Athens, stood within the original Parthenon for about 500 years after the original building's completion in the 5th century BC. Artist Alan LeQuire's 41'10" re-creation of the Athena Parthenos statue in the Nashville Parthenon was completed in 1990. In 2002 the Nashville statue was gilded and painted to more fully replicate the gold and ivory of the original.

Gary Layda, Photographer

Dear Martha,

You might have not been back to N-ville recently enough to see this. I hadn't, until last month.

Dees

Edith, We Hardly Knew Ya

CARD IMAGE:

Edith Bowen Teacher Education Laboratory School

Utah State University

Located in the northeast section of the campus. It is here that students majoring in elementary education at Utah State University receive most of their professional training. Children in kindergarten through sixth grade are enrolled in the laboratory school. Classroom situations are provided in which University students are able to study child development and the learning processes as they are exhibited.

Color by Tracy Maero


Dear Tom,

Somehow this card ended up in my possession. Now it's yours. Enjoy.

Dees

Refer to July 10

CARD IMAGE:

Mammoth Cave National Park

#17099 Frozen Niagara

A magnificent wall of flowstone is the centerpiece of the cave's travertine 75 feet high and 50 feet wide.

Photographer - Chip Clark

Mammoth Cave Hotel
www.MammothCaveHotel.com
A Forever Resort - Play•Preserve•Protect™


Dear Geof & Nancy,

Compare w/the July 10 card.

Dees

Buffalo Trace

CARD IMAGE:

Buffalo Trace Distillery

800-654-8471 www.buffalotrace.com

Along with being the most award-winning distillery in the world, Buffalo Trace proudly holds the title of the oldest continually operating distillery in America, remaining operational even during Prohibition -- for "medicinal" purposes. A trip to Buffalo Trace offers visitors a taste of history, heritage and of course, fine Kentucky Bourbon.


Dear Dave & Liz,

The best part of the distillery is the smell from hundreds of barrels of aging bourbon.

Dees

Marble Shaft W/Eagle on Top

CARD IMAGE:

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

Grave of President Andrew Johnson

The marble shaft which markets the grave of Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), 17th President of the United States, was erected by the Johnson family in 1878. Located in Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Greeneville, Tennessee, the monument symbolizes Johnson's devotion to constitutional principles.

AJ-3

© Eastern National


Dear Layne,

Here's one for your dead president postcard collection. Lately we were in E. Tenn. Wish we'd had time enough to go to Georgia too.

Dees

The Billiard Room, Gents

CARD IMAGE:

BILTMORE™

The Billiard Room at Biltmore House

Located in the Bachelor's Wing of George W. Vanderbilt's country chateau, the Billiard Room was a place where the men would retire after dinner to smoke and play billiards. True to Victorian fashion, women rarely, if ever, entered this male domain.


Dear Dan,

Clearly, we were born too late and too middle class. A perfect room to relax & speculate about what that old bastard the Kaiser might be up to next.

Dees

Books, Books, Books

CARD IMAGE:

BILTMORE™

The Library at Biltmore Estate

Housing over 10,000 of the 23,000 books in the Biltmore House collection, the Library reflects George Vanderbilt's love of learning and the arts. The impressive eighteenth-century canvas on the Library ceiling, painted by Giovanni Pellegrini, was bought to Biltmore House from Pisani Palace in Venice, Italy.


Dear George & Ellen,

Lately we visited the Smokies on the Tenn.-NC border & spent a day at Biltmore as well -- astonishing place in size & decor.

Dees

Back to Biltmore

CARD IMAGE:

BILTMORE™

George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate

Recalling the romance of turn-of-the-century elegance, George W. Vanderbilt's Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina offers a glimpse of a bygone era. The 250-room French Renaissance-style chateau, first opened in 1895, still houses original furnishings and art objects collected by Mr. Vanderbilt during his lifetime.


Dear Victor,

Lately we toured various splendid places between here & North Carolina. Biltmore counts as splendor in many ways.

Dees

Chief Henry is Back

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"Chief Henry" of the Cherokee Indians

"Chief Henry" a Cherokee is one of the most photographed Indians in the world and truly a visitor's delight. About 20,000 Cherokee Indians lived in North Carolina when the White Man settled America.

Photo by Jim Doane


Dear Lee,

Good to run into you & Bill at Wendy's last weekend. I will make a point of sending you many fine tourist postcards from now on.

Dees

Meat & Ice Cream

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The Parthenon - Nashville, Tennessee

The Parthenon in Nashville was created for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897 and today stands as the centerpiece of Centennial Park. Nashville's Parthenon is a full-scale replica of the original in Athens, as it looked upon completion in 438 B.C. The building reinforces Nashville's nickname, "Athens of the South," and includes a re-creation of the Athena Parthenos statue, which stands 41' 10" tall.


Dear Wendy & Ted,

Had a fine time at the cookout, thanks for having us over. Meat & ice cream in the back yard, w/ fireflies: What else do you need?

Dees

Water Vapor and Hydrocarbons

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

#17341 The Great Smoky Mountains are named for the blue haze that often surrounds them. The haze comes from the water vapor and hydrocarbons given off by the trees. To the Cherokees, this was Shaconage, the place of blue smoke.

Photographer - Adam Jones


Dear Wendall & Stephanie,

We returned to our near-Chicago home without any difficulty other than a numbing drive through Indiana.

Dees

Edwin Booth in Mammoth Cave

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Mammoth Cave National Park

#17106 Booth's Amphitheatre in Mammoth Cave

From this lofty stage of limestone, Edwin Booth recited from Hamlet to a group of cave visitors in 1872.

Photographer - Chip Clark

Mammoth Cave Hotel
www.MammothCaveHotel.com
A Forever Resort - Play•Preserve•Protect™


Dear Jay, Deb, Dees & Robert,

The park service is missing an opportunity in not re-creating this show.

Dees

Frozen Niagara

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Mammoth Cave National Park

#17100 Frozen Niagara

Mammoth Cave's outstanding example of nature's subterranean artistry 75 feet high and 50 feet wide.

Photographer - Chip Clark

Mammoth Cave Hotel
www.MammothCaveHotel.com
A Forever Resort - Play•Preserve•Protect™


Dear Geof & Nancy,

Compare & contrast to the card dated July 20, 2008.

Dees

At Least We Saw Bears

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"Unto These Hills"

Cherokee, North Carolina

Dramatic scenes of Indian dancers can be seen nightly except Sunday, mid-June through late August, at Mountainside Theatre.

Photo courtesy Cherokee Historical Association


Dear Bill,

We went to Cherokee recently, ate lunch & visited a bear pit. Unfortunately, we had no time or energy for these dramatic scenes.

Dees

A Big Hole

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Mammoth Cave National Park

#17104 Historic Entrance to Mammoth Cave

This Mammoth Natural Entrance was discovered in 1799 by a bear hunter named Houchins while tacking a wounded bear into the cave. Indians used reed torches for light as they used this deep dark entrance in the early days. This entrance has been a showplace since 1816.

Photographer - Chip Clark

Mammoth Cave Hotel
www.MammothCaveHotel.com
A Forever Resort - Play•Preserve•Protect™


Dear Kirk,

Just back from Kentucky & East Tennessee. Pretty interesting hole in the ground here.

Dees

Even More Biltmore

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BILTMORE™

The Walled Garden at Biltmore Estate

Containing flower beds arranged in patterns similar to an Elizabethan knot garden, Biltmore's Walled Garden offers a progression of color starting with daffodils and tulips in the spring and ending with thousands of chrysanthemums in the fall.


Dear Jim,

The gardens -- very large gardens -- at Biltmore might have interested you more than the house.

Dees

More Biltmore

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The Winter Garden in Biltmore House

The magnificent glass-ceilinged room is a dramatic example of the turn-of-the-century love of plants and flowers. The Winter Garden is much the same as it was in George Vanderbilt's time with tropical greenery and an ever-changing variety of flowering plants.


Dear Steve & Jack,

Just back recently from the Smokies, including a day at Biltmore. My favorite room was the basement bowling alley.

Dees

Biltmore

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BILTMORE™

George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914)

The youngest son of W.H. Vanderbilt, George Vanderbilt did not follow his brothers in the family railroad business, but chose instead a life of learning and travel. He is perhaps best known for his magnificent Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, where he gathered experts in architecture, landscaping, agriculture, and forestry to create his self-sustaining European-style estate.


Dear Neal & Michele,

Spent most of a day at Biltmore recently, as part of a Tenn.-NC visit. Wished we'd had time to continue on to Georgia.

Dees

Missed Mary Todd

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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

This portrait show Andrew Johnson as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee. Painted in 1860 by Samuel Shaver, it probably would have been destroyed by the soldiers occupying the Johnson home without the quick thinking of Sarah Cutler, a Johnson neighbor. She wrapped it in newspaper and used it as a firescreen throughout the war.

www.nps.gov/anjo


Dear Ed,

A good domestic trip always includes a dead president site -- or more than one. If we'd had time, we would have seen Mary Todd's house in Lexington as well.

Dees

Chimney Tops

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

#49933 At 4,800 feet, the Chimney Tops provide a commanding view of Mt. LeConte and the valley of the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River. The very popular two-mile-long trail to the Chimneys is one of the steepest in the park.

Photographer - Bill Lea


Dear Aunt Sue,

Except for the touches of red & yellow, the mountains looked like this in early July.

Dees

Snack

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Little Debbie Has a Snack For You®


Dear Geof & Nancy,

And if Little Debbie doesn't have a snack for you, who does?

Dees

An Overlooked Bicentennial

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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

Greenville, Tennessee

The house was occupied by Andrew Johnson and his family from the 1830s to 1851. In 1851, Johnson took this house and lot and $950.00 and traded it for the Andrew Johnson homestead.

Photo by Jerry Hankins

© Eastern National


Dear Tom,

A. Johnson's bicentennial is in December '08. Lincoln's, in February '09, will get all the attention.

Dees

Athens of the South

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The Parthenon - Nashville, Tennessee

The Parthenon in Nashville was created for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897 and today stands as the centerpiece of Centennial Park. Nashville's Parthenon is a full-scale replica of the original in Athens, as it looked upon completion in 438 B.C. The building reinforces Nashville's nickname, "Athens of the South," and includes a re-creation of the Athena Parthenos statue, which stands 41' 10" tall.


Dear Lynn,

Good to hear from you electronically. Our recent trip took us right to this view.

Dees

Dramatic Scenes of Indian Dancers

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"Unto These Hills"

Cherokee, North Carolina

Dramatic scenes of Indian dancers can be seen nightly except Sunday, mid-June through late August, at Mountainside Theatre.

Photo courtesy Cherokee Historical Association


Dear Kevin,

We missed the show, but we did have a look-see at a bear pit & other tourist traps.

Dees

More Mountains

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

#49924 Forests cloak the Great Smoky Mountains from the deepest valleys to the loftiest summits. These diverse woodlands harbor 99 species of native trees, over 200 varieties of birds, 67 mammals, and some 1,500 different wildflowers, shrubs, ferns, and grasses.

Photograph - George Humphries


Dear Scott & Joan,

Crowded roads, but worth the effort & expense to see. Visited Nashville & Frankfort, Ky., as well. Also pleasant, for different reasons.

Dees

Chief Henry

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"Chief Henry" of the Cherokee Indians

"Chief Henry" a Cherokee is one of the most photographed Indians in the world and truly a visitor's delight. About 20,000 Cherokee Indians lived in North Carolina when the White Man settled America.

Photo by Jim Doane


Dear Gail,

Sadly, I've read that "Chief Henry" died last year. But when we visited Cherokee, NC, recently, "Chief Syd" was posing for pics dressed much like this.

Dees

And Now for Something Completely Different

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Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River
May 11-October 15 of Every Year


Dear Geof & Nancy,

No cormorant fishing that I know of in the Smokies, but I did see such goings-on elsewhere in Japan long ago.

Dees

Mountains

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

#49935 At 6,593 feet, Mt. LeConte towers above Gatlinburg and other east Tennessee communities. Temperatures on the mountaintop can be 20 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than in the lowland towns.

Photographer - Bill Lea


Dear Bonnie,

Damn the price of gas, full speed ahead. Though once a resident of Tennessee, I'd barely seen the Smokies until last week.

Dees

Candle Writing

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Mammoth Cave National Park

#17102 "Register Hall" in "Gothic Avenue," is an extreme example of nineteenth-century visitor impact. By the 1880s candle writing was frowned upon, but visitors soon found another way of "leaving their mark." Hundreds of Monuments, like the "Kentucky Monument," pictured, were constructed by both guides and visitors.

Photographer - Chip Clark

Mammoth Cave Hotel
www.MammothCaveHotel.com
A Forever Resort - Play•Preserve•Protect™


Dear Geof & Nancy,

This card cried out, "Send me to Geof!" Here it is.

Dees

17th President of the United States

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Andrew Johnson National Historic Site

This portrait show Andrew Johnson as a U.S. Senator from Tennessee. Painted in 1860 by Samuel Shaver, it probably would have been destroyed by the soldiers occupying the Johnson home without the quick thinking of Sarah Cutler, a Johnson neighbor. She wrapped it in newspaper and used it as a firescreen throughout the war.

www.nps.gov/anjo


Dear Jay, Deb, Dees & Robert,

In case you don't have a portrait of A. Johnson for home or office, here is one.

Dees

Athena Parthenos

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The Parthenon - Nashville, Tennessee

The Parthenon in Nashville was created for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition in 1897 and today stands as the centerpiece of Centennial Park. Nashville's Parthenon is a full-scale replica of the original in Athens, as it looked upon completion in 438 B.C. The building reinforces Nashville's nickname, "Athens of the South," and includes a re-creation of the Athena Parthenos statue, which stands 41' 10" tall.


Dear Peter,

The statue of Athena wasn't finished by the time I left Nashville, so last week was the first time I saw it. Impressive.

Dees

Frankfort

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The Capitol
Frankfort, Kentucky

Photo: by Dr. Gene Burch

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


Dear Ed,

This makes 23 capitols -- 35 if you count seeing the exterior only. I think. Can't remember if I went inside certain of them, e.g., Hawaii & North Carolina.

Dees

One of Most Boring Cards of the Year

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Norris University Center
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

Dear Peter,

We’re planning to defy the cost of gas… You’ll get at least one more picturesque card soon.

Dees

Hunting Wabbits

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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). Hare, 1502; watercolor and gouache. From Six Dürer Cards © 2001 Dover Publications Inc.


Dear Martha,

Besides “Hare,” Dürer also did “Duck” and “Fudd.” The others are lost to art history.

Dees

Green Hens

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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528). The Virgin and Child, 1512; oil. From Six Dürer Cards © 2001 Dover Publications Inc.

Dear Jay, Deb, Dees & Robert,

Today I saw a dozen eggs that were laid by “cage-free vegetarian hens.” I was surprised the carton didn’t also claim the hens voted for the Green Party.

Dees

Quality Tested Non-Stick

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the Sonoran Desert

#2049 SMALL OWLS OFTEN UTILIZE AS THEIR HOMES THE ABANDONED NESTING HOLES OF WOODPECKERS IN THE SAGUARO CACTUS
キツツキガサウオ口ポソ。。。

PHOTOGRAPHER--JAMES TALLON © impact 1990

Order your impact catalogue by calling (916) 933-4700 or sending $5.00 to impact, 4961 Windplay Dr. El Dorado Hills, CA 95630 Printed in Japan


Dear Geof & Nancy,

It's a new monument for Ronald Reagan.

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Quality Tested Non-Stick

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Dees

The Last Windmill Card

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FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE
Geneva, Illinois

The Dutch Windmill in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois. Built in the Dutch settlement at York Center, Illinois between 1850 and 1860. Reconstructed on the Fox River by Col. Goerge Fabyan in 1914. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


Dear Ed,

Welcome back from Mongolia etc. I'm expecting a letter. You will soon receive cards from Tennessee or NC or SC.

Dees

More Plans

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FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE
Geneva, Illinois

The Dutch Windmill in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois. Built in the Dutch settlement at York Center, Illinois between 1850 and 1860. Reconstructed on the Fox River by Col. Goerge Fabyan in 1914. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.


Dear Mike,

We will see you... around lunchtime. Will call before. Looking forward to it greatly.

Dees

Plans

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Prairie State Portraits
for framing

FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE
Geneva, Illinois

The Dutch Windmill in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois. Built in the Dutch settlement at York Center, Illinois in 1851. Reconstructed on the Fox River by Col. Goerge Fabyan in 1914. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

IDC-56
Published by ©Illinois Distributing Co., P.O. Box 1382, Aurora, IL 60507


Dear Stephanie & Wendall,

We'll see you... for a family dinner. Will call before. Looking forward to it greatly.

Dees

A Jim-Dandy Windmill

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Fabyan Forest Preserve
Geneva, Illinois

Lighthouse and Dutch Windmill in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois.


Dear Steve & Deb,

The lighthouse was OK -- and nearly surrounded by the river -- but the real attraction is the jim-dandy Dutch windmill. Fine as anything in Holland.

Dees

Except for the Lantern

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Prairie State Portraits
for framing

FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE
Geneva, Illinois

The Japanese Garden in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois. This recently-restored garden was created by a Japanese landscape architect for Col. George Fabyan prior to 1914. Designed for quiet meditation the garden contains two connecting pools, a large cement lantern, two arched bridges, and a Japanese tea house.

IDC-701
Published by ©Illinois Distributing Co., P.O. Box 1382, Aurora, IL 60507


Dear Rich & Lisa

Not bad, but it still needs work, and to lose that ugly concrete (cement, maybe, still ugly) lantern.

Dees

ATTENDE

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RedEye Studio Gallery Presents

ATTENDE

An exhibiton of new work by

ARLEEN MCCALLUM

April 23 - May 11, 2008

Gallery Hours
Wednesday - Sunday noon - 5pm

55 Mll Street. The Distillery Historic District
Case Goods Warehouse (Building 72), Studio 102
416-366-3393 www.redeyestudiogallery.com


Dear Geof & Nancy,

W/o you, I'd never make it to 366 in one year, unless I started picking names & addresses at random.

Dees

Designed for Quiet Meditation

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Prairie State Portraits
for framing

FABYAN FOREST PRESERVE
Geneva, Illinois

The Japanese Garden in the Fabyan Forest Preserve, on the Fox River between Batavia and Geneva, Illinois. This recently-restored garden was created by a Japanese landscape architect for Col. George Fabyan prior to 1914. Designed for quiet meditation the garden contains two connecting pools, a large cement lantern, two arched bridges, and a Japanese tea house.

IDC-701
Published by ©Illinois Distributing Co., P.O. Box 1382, Aurora, IL 60507


Dear Jim,

We saw this garden on Sunday -- the postcard is actually more picturesque.

Dees