Visual Entertainment from Near and Far
May 1963
I got your good letter today. thank you for writing such an interesting letter. In this picture the things that the boy and girl are looking at are called Piñata’s and are filled with candy and gifts. They are used for birthdays and the cover is made of Paper Mache.
Write again. Love, Bill
Postcards from original paintings by U Ba Kyi, at the Strand Hotel, Rangoon, Burma
U Ba Kyi (17 July 1912 – 15 April 2000) studied for a year at the Beaux Arts de Paris and he also studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He managed to weave together the western style with the traditional Burmese style. He painted murals and watercolors and his work is exhibited around the world. These paintings he did for the Strand Hotel show the lighter side of Burmese character.
Most likely these were done before 1950.
The theme of the 1968 World’s Fair HemisFair is “the Confluence of Civilization in the Americas” – a flowing together of the combined civilization of six continents. This is an over-all view of the fair in downtown San Antonio.
The General Electric Pavilion. In a futuristic building, General Electric presents the story of electrical living in the Southwest from the time the first lights blazed in the San Antonio Opera House to the present.
Eastman KodakPavilion. Visitors to the Eastman Kodak Pavilion are introduced to the complexities and delights of film and filmcraft in all its many forms.
2001
Now in Yosemite – beautiful but hot, and too many people and bears.
Love, Tim
The Firefall was produced when cedar bark embers were pushed from the rim of Yosemite Valley. The display was discontinued in 1969 because it attracted hundreds of visitors into Valley meadows nightly, damaging vegetation and causing traffic jams.
These postcards are from the turn of the century (1900). It was apparently all the rage to make your photographs into postcards and send them to people.
This one is also to my great aunt in Waterloo, Iowa.
November 1914
The beginning of the postcard is not legible.
…. They told me you have my old room and some of my left overs no doubt. Well, be good to them. How is your mother? There have been some Sunday afternoons I have thought I must run in.
Love to all, Clara
I’m pretty sure, Clara was her first cousin.
These postcards are from the turn of the century (1900). It was apparently all the rage to make your photographs into postcards and send them to people.
My great aunt was living and working in Waterloo as a teacher. There is no date and the postcard was never sent.
These postcards are from the turn of the century (1900). It was apparently all the rage to make your photographs into postcards and send them to people.
This postcard is addressed to my great aunt in Waterloo, Iowa. I can’t read the year, probably around 1910.
Nov. 12
Dear friend
Your card was received glad to hear from you and that you are well. I was away when your card came. Wel we seriously had a good time when you was here. Would be so glad to see you next summer if we all live. Glad you like your school. We have had such nice and lovely weather this fall but this morning it was raining and has rained all day but looks like clearing up this evening. I was to see your sister yesterday. They like their new place real well. It doesn’t seem right to…. the rest is not legible.
These postcards are from the turn of the century (1900). It was apparently all the rage to make your photographs into postcards and send them to people.
My great aunt is in the middle back. Don’t know who the others are. It is addressed to my great aunt in Mt Ayr, Iowa. The date is 6/17/09 and it says:
Don’t forget that letter and be careful.
Ben
These postcards are from the turn of the century (1900). It was apparently all the rage to make your photographs into postcards and send them to people.
My grandfather and his cousin goofing around.
These postcards are from the turn of the century (1900). It was apparently all the rage to make your photographs into postcards and send them to people.
This one doesn’t have a date but probably around 1910. My grandparents and my great aunt are in the back seat. My grandfather’s first cousin and his new wife are in the front.
Postcard Buzz 