Old Postcards

All of these postcards were written to my grandparents. Most of them are from my parents, but there are two from my grandma's brothers.

This postcard is from my grandmother's brother, Billy. He had just moved down to Arizona, and sent this to her after he arrived there.

This postcard was from my parents to my grandparents four years before I was born.
This is another one from my parents to my grandparents. I believe they sent this during their honeymoon.
This is another one from my parents to my grandparents, also sent on their honeymoon!
This postcard was from my parents to my grandparents two years before I was born. I'm not sure if you can read it on there, but the photo is from the Marginal Way in Ogunquit, Maine. My parents used to love to stay there!

This is another one from my parents to my grandparents, from Ogunquit, Maine. This one was sent a year after the first one.

This one was sent to my grandparents from my grandma's brother and his wife. Tivoli is in Denmark, and apparently they did a lot of traveling!

This one is from my family to my grandparents. I threw it into this category because although its from a family trip that I went on, I didn't write it. Plus it didn't fit into any of the other categories I have, haha :) I do remember that I absolutely loved taking the train up Mount Washington. I'd really like to do it again!

This one has no writing on it, and I'm not exactly sure who bought it. But I found it in a box with some photos, so I kept it. On the back it says the photo is from Quail Hollow Farm in Sandwich, Massachusetts. I tried looking it up, but I couldn't find it. I wonder if it's still around.. it looks like it would be fun to visit!

Random Postcards

All of these postcards don't really fit into any of my other categories, so I'm just going to put them together.
This one features a photo of Shirley Temple. I got this in a little shop in New Hampshire a few years ago.
I got this beautiful postcard at a little store in Old Mistick Village this past summer.

This postcard is from Lyman Orchards, in CT. I got this when Eric & I went and did the corn maze two years ago. I wanted to go again last year, but we just didn't have time :(

I also got this one at Olde Mistick Village, at the army navy store. On the back it says "World War II Navy Recruitment of crew loading depth charges by McClelland Barclay".

This is definitely one of my favorite postcards. I got this at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Restaurant when I was on vacation in Florida. It was such a great resturant! They had a really good menu, and a great gift shop! I would love to go back!

New Britain Museum of American Art

The following postcards are from the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut. I visited in 2007 and these were some of the exhibits that were currently on display.
This display was up from January 7th - March 11, 2007. The painting on the postcard is entitled "Bridge" by Peter Waite, using acrylic on panels.


This postcard was marking a celebration including music, tours, food, and family activities that took place on April 1st 2007. The celebration was for the museum's new art lab and art studio. The painting on the front was by Frank DiGioia, entitled "Wedding Feast", using oil on canvas.

The text on the back states: "Featuring 104 works from two extraordinary private collections, this exhibition includes artists such as Thomas Hart Benton, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Maxfield Parrish, John Singer Sargent and Andrew Wyeth". The art on the front of the postcard is "Goodbye on the Mersey" by Jean Jacques-Joseph Tissot. It was painted in 1881 using oil on canvas.

This postcard is marking the exhibition which featured more than 100 of Christopher Hewat's crafted brass miniatures, which was held from March 18th - June 17th 2007. The piece on the front of the postcard is an untitled detail of brass construction.

Maine Postcards

A couple years ago, we stayed on the coast of Maine for a few days. I got a few really pretty postcards there, and here they are!

As you can see, this one has a photo of the Portland Head Light.
Again, the Portland Head Light from a slightly different angle.Last one of the Portland Head Light.

The caption on the back says: "New born seal pups are found frequently along the Maine coast and are sometimes called the 'clowns' of the deep".This one is of Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. Really beautiful!

Unfortunately, my scanner kind of drained the color from this one. It's much more beautiful on the actual postcard! The caption on the back says, "Hazy summer morning on Muscongus Bay, Round Pond, Maine".

First Post!

Well here is my first post. I figured I'll post my current collection in sections, and as I gain new postcards I will add new entries. The first category I have is hotels that my family and I have stayed at over the years.
Here is postcard number one. This is from the Anchorage on the Lake in Tilton, New Hampshire. This is on lake Winnisquam, which is where we go on vacation every year. I wrote this postcard when I was very young, to my grandma. I blurred out the address for obvious reasons.


The two postcards above are both from the same place: The Lodge. This is located in Jackson, New Hampshire. We stayed here one summer, but it looks like it would be beautiful in the winter! While we stayed there we visited Mount Washington and Storyland.

This postcard was from the Ocean Mist in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. We stayed here one winter, when I was in high school. From what I remember, we liked it there. We got a loft room, so I was able to have my own space. In the upstairs area there was a couch, a few chairs, and a TV. I made that my bedroom while we were there, haha!

This postcard is from the Paradise Inn located in Bennington Vermont. My grandparents used to love staying here. I wasn't even sure it was still open, but I found the website! I stayed there a few times when I was really little, but that was about twenty years ago!
The Tradewinds Sandpiper Resort is located on St. Petersburg Beach in Florida. I've stayed there multiple times over the past few years, and we loved it. At this place, there are actually two hotels, with different names. Next time we go back, we'll probably be staying here again!