Dana Hall School For Girls 10

Unlike most of the album pages I post, this one is too large to show the whole page for position.  The top photo takes up the entire width of the page, the next three, left to right, easily fit in a second row beneath the girls on parade photo.

So, one of the tings that I find interesting about a lot of these photos is the students at Dana Hall all look so mature.  These are high schoolers, but they all look much older.  To go back to the beginning of the collection and see more, click on Dana Hall School in labels at the bottom of thr post. 

Aquamaids!

No, I'm not converting The New Found Photography into a postcard blog.  As a matter of fact, I'm going back to photographs soon.

So, Cypress Gardens.  Founded by Dick and Julie Pope in 1936, it was originally a botanic garden.  The Popes were both enthusiastic water skiers, so then came the shows.  Then there was amusement park rides, and before anyone new it, Florida had its first theme park.  Sadly Cypress Gardens couldn't compete with the newly opened Disney World in nearby Orlando.  After a number of ownership changes, Cypress Gardens was purchased by Legoland.  Bye bye water skies, hello plastic blocks.

The caption on the back, "BEAUTY ON PARADE: The Aquamaids of Cypress Gardens ski in four daily water ski shows and really exemplify the youthful spirit of Florida as they skim over the water in formation."

Killing Baby Seals

Yes, I admit it.  This is kind of an unpleasant image.  It's not, however, a celebration of seal hunting.  While it was never mailed, it is addressed to "Right Honorable Pierre Elliot Trudeau Prime Minister of Canada House of Commons Ottawa, Ontario Canada KIA OA2."  And the caption, "A Canadian sealer, with club poised, prepares to bludgeon the 10-day old baby harp seal at his feet.  This brutal episode was repeated more than 180,000 times last year."  Clearly this postcard was meant to protest the annual harp seal hunt. 

Me

Not me, me.  The circled me on the postcard, got me? 

Written on the back, "Hi Harriet, Just came down for weekend.  Had a nice time.  See you soon.  Aug  P.S. look at the other side."  Anyway, I guess "Miss Harriet Sietjer, 37-48th St., Weehawken,  N.J."  was used to less than scintillating communication with Aug, possibly short for August.  Postmarked, "WILDWOOD N.J. JUL 30 6 A.M. 1951." 

I don't think that guy is actually me,  no not me, but not the me that is Aug. 

Green River, Wyoming

I've had this postcard for a very long time.  I can't remember where, when or why I bought it.  It is, however, a reminder that the government once built it's post offices to last.  It's now the Sweetwater County Historical Museum. 

The Singer Building

Perhaps it's my age.  Perhaps it's my mother making clothes for the family on her sewing machine.  For whatever reason, say Singer and I think of the sewing machine company.

The Singer Building in New York City was designed by architect Ernest Flagg.  It was completed in 1908 and for two years at, 47 stories and 612 feet high, was the tallest building in the world.  The Singer Building has another interesting distinction.  In 1967 it became the tallest building to be torn down.  It seems it's extraordinarily difficult to raze really tall building, which might explain why there are so many old, ugly skyscrapers in cities all over the planet.  (Perhaps, they'll be our version of the great pyramids.)  Before the destruction of the  twin towers of The World Trade Center, the Singer Building remained  the tallest building razed and is still the tallest to be razed voluntarily.

Printed on the back, "SINGER BUILDING and part of the financial district, New York City.  Singer Building located on the corner of Broadway and Liberty Streets is 47 stories high rising to a total height of 612 feet.  In it are 5,000 tenants who are carried to their offices by 16 Otis traction elevators.  The foundations consist of 36 caissons sunk to bedrock 92 feet below the surface.  Built by the Singer Mfg. Co."  This card was published by The Manhattan Post Card Company and credits Irving Underhill as the photographer.  Irving Underhill was a prominent commercial photographer in New York City specializing in urban and marine landscapes.  He was born in 1872 and died in 1960.  Underhill provided photographs for postcards and book and magazine illustrations.

An Ordinary Seaman

Written on the back, "Is"  Israel, Isaac, some other name?  Around the World War 1 era would be my guess.