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San Francisco, CA

August 1950

San Francisco from Top of the Mark

This view as seen from atop Nob Hill shows San Francisco’s financial and business district, the San Franciso-Oakland Bay Bridge, Yerba Buena Island, and the hills of Metropolitan Oakland in the distant background.

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Chicago, Illinois

September 1975

We got in late so am hurrying. Jenny today learned that she got in to nursing school and we are all elated. Tom also has got an internship in library and journalism which he wants much. So we are happy for them.

Love to you, Dede

Concourse and News-stand, O’Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois. View shows the entrance to one of the numerous concourses leading to the planes. Approximately 34 million passengers pass through O’Hare annually making it the world’s busiest airport.

2022 – Apparently Atlanta has now jumped into first place as the world’s busiest airport. It is followed by Dubai and Delhi.

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Finger Lakes, New York

Hector Falls is one of the may picturesque falls in the Finger Lakes Country of Western New York. It is just north of Watkins Glen on the Sullivan Trail. Its waters once furnished power for pioneer flouring and grist mills.

Whispering Galls, Watkins Glen N.Y.

Central Cascade. This is the half-way point between the entrance of the Glen and the railroad bridge. Here on the south bank is one of the highest cliffs in the Glen. Each year, the Glen Gorge is visited by thousands of persons. Watkins Glen is one of the oldest Public Parks in America.

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Quebec, Canada

These postcards are vintage. Not sure what year.

“Belongs to the Canadian Pacific Railway. The wing overlooking the river was built in 1893. The north wing and central tower were built in 1924-25. Perfect imitation of old French Renaissance Chateau.”