Thursday, June 06, 2019

Old Postcards

A while back my dad gave me a couple of postcards that he'd had for a long time. I looked at the postmark on them and two were from 1955 and one was from 1949. They were from my grandparents (dad's parents) and my aunt Zona (grandma's sister). 

The postmark on this one was 1949 and it was from my great aunt Zona to her sister and brother in law (my grandparents). I thought it was kinda cool to have something not only this old but from my great aunt and grandparents.

This one was postmarked 1955 and was from my grandparents to my dad.

This one was also postmarked 1955 and was from my grandparents to my uncle Roy and cousin. 

The front of the postcards has a plane from TWA (Trans World Airlines), a picture of the S.S. W.H. Gordon and a picture of the Arc De Triomphe in Paris. 

I just thought that is was so cool that my dad had kept these three postcards for such a long time and was giving them to me to keep and pass down to my daughter at some point. 

36 comments:

  1. Very cool indeed! Old postcards like old photos carry with them a fountain of memories to be cherished and passed on to next generation.

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    1. Thanks, I agree. I thought it was so cool.

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  2. Very, very cool. Precious things to have and to be able to pass on.

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  3. Neat indeed. Having them to pass down through the ages is great.

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    1. I love that I have things like this to pass down.

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  4. Oh, I love those. They should be framed so nothing happens to them.

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    1. Oh that's a great idea! Now I'll have to do that.

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  5. I think that is neat Mary. My husband has old letters from family members and it is fun to share them with the children.

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    1. That's awesome. I'm sure they love that.

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  6. Aww, that is so sweet of him to keep them and pass them down to you. I wonder if people still send postcards? I'll have to remember to do that if I ever go on vacation.

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  7. I love old postcards. I kept all mine from childhood and the ones my parents received. It's fun to look back on them, even though the handwriting is hard to read!

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    1. I do too. It really is hard to read.

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  8. That's wonderful that your dad passed the postcards along to you. A priceless gift indeed.

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  9. wow, that is so cool!

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  10. This is awesome! I'm glad you have these and value them Mary.

    I found some old bits and pieces (pictures, a ration book etc) of my great-grandparents while helping sort through my grandfathers things when he died and it feels so strange (and precious) holding a little piece of family history no matter how simple an item it would have been to them back in the day...

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    1. I felt the same way when I was going through my moms things when she passed away.

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  11. Those are super cool and so filled with memories!

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  12. I have a bunch of old ship postcards (and a few newer ones from ships I’ve sailed). It is interesting how the airlines tried to follow suit with their own post cards.
    Wwww.thepulpitandthepen.com

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    1. That's really cool. I love seeing the old postcards.

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  13. How neat! I remember TWA. So cool to have a little bit of your family to pass down to future generations.

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    1. I remember them too. I have a lot of memories to pass down to my daughter.

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  14. Very cool! So often, we throw stuff like this out because we never think how interesting it might be to future generations.

    Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction

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  15. I don't think I ever got a real one.

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    1. I don't think people send postcards a lot these days.

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  16. Oh that is neat! So fun to see actual written notes isn't it?

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