[GeoStL] Re: Old postcards from around the country.
- From: "bromley" <bromley@xxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:48:22 -0500
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My Mom collected postcards for her whole life (76 years).
When she died, she had (we estimate) 100,000 or so cards.
She had two full size file cabinets (the ones that used to
hold computer cards) full and estimating (using my old card
ruler) 4000 per drawer * 20 drawers (packed full) along with
multiple shoeboxes. We tried to get them appraised and no
one would give us more than a couple of thousand dollars for
the whole colletion. We figured (my siblings and I) that
we'd rather have them in the attic than to give them away.
They were aged anywhere from late 1800's through her death
in 2002. She had collected them from all her relatives, any
flea market, and had "pen pals" all over the world that sent
her cards. Many were never circulated.
That link brings back memories. Thanks.
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From: "Laura Million" <lmillio@xxxxxxxx>
To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Old postcards from around the
country.
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:15:59 -0500
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>I have 2 shoebox size boxes of postcards from my mothers
>stuff when we cleaned out dad's house. I my take a second
>look at them and send some to this site. Some postcards
>came from Italy where she had family. Kind of cool old
>postcards.
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>Laura Million
>2_cats
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>From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>tnands Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:44 PM
>To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [GeoStL] Re: Old postcards from around the
>country.
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>Those are fun. In my previous life, "BK" (before kyd) and
>the internet I used to collect postcards and exchange with
>strangers. Much like this list but slower and with nicer
>pictures. Now they are all stashed away in shoes boxes
>somewhere. The postcard, not the strangers... That would
>be a different issue totally.
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>However, from the link you sent I discovered this place:
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>http://www.mountainlakehotel.com/specialoffers.htm
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>It's where Dirty Dancing was filmed.
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>Think anyone will send postcards from MOGA? (I threw that
>in to keep it geocaching related because some people like
>it that way.)
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>Nancy
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>From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>Stoeppelman, Kurt Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 11:06 AM
>To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [GeoStL] Old postcards from around the country.
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>Check out the old penny postcards from all over the
>country. Penny Postcards
><http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/ppcs/ppcs.html>
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>Kurt
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