BORING POSTCARDS

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Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 18, 2021 at 5:21pm

OH DEAR THIS IS WHAT THE NORFOLK BOTANICAL GADENS WAS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE -- and, if you're wondering, it's a Postcard of the Administrative Building that maybe more picturesque than the Gardens

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 18, 2021 at 5:15pm

AND YET ANOTHER one FROM MIM -- ENCORE MERCI!

Norfolk Botanical Gardens

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 18, 2021 at 5:10pm

THREE MORE FROM MIKEL UNTZILLA (who seems to have an endless collection of Boring Postcards which he very kindly sends me from time to time)

1. Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain

2. Hong Kong and Kowloon from the Peak

3. La Seine et Notre Dame, + la Tour de St Jacques, Paris, France

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 17, 2021 at 10:21am

Next postcards form "Berlin-West", produced about 1983/1984.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 16, 2021 at 7:39pm

MORE FROM MIM

1. Pilgrim V. Tour Boat on the St Lawrence River

" Pilgrim V, the largest and newest tourist boat on the St Lawrence River, today, arriving at St James St Dock, next to Public Dock, Alexandra Bay, New York, Thousand Islands."

(Obviouslmy before they had GPS locations)

2.The Natural Stone Steps

"The Stone Steps, some natural and some carved, are located at the foot of High St and afford one easy access to the Catholic Church, Harper House and Jefferson Rock."

Thoughts:

i) if some of these steps are carved, how can they be 'natural'?

ii) in which city canthe steps be found ?

iii) does Jefferson Roll also?

3. Memorial Unit, Grace New Haven Community Hospital, Conn

You don't often see Postcards -- Boring or otherwise -- of Hospitals. I wonder why?

4. Snapper Inn, Long Island, NY

"On the Connetquat River, Oakdale, Long island, NY. One Mile South of Route 27A. Docking Facilities -- Open All Year, established 1929. George remmer, prop. Closed Mondays."

How can it be 'Open All Year' (with Capitals) and be closed on Mondays, George?

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 16, 2021 at 9:08am

Next postcards form "Berlin-West", produced about 1983/1984.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 13, 2021 at 2:03pm

It was a phenomenal experience to look from the metal platform at the Brandenburg Gate, above the Berlin Wall, at the eastern part of Berlin, the Communist part. I, as a person from a country in the Communist bloc, was able to look at the Communist regime from the western side of the wall. Is this not a postmodern experience. And then I returned to the abyss of communist Poland. That's why I brought a postcard with a view of East Berlin.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 13, 2021 at 1:54pm

Well, yes, back to the subject.

When I was a child, in 1983/1984, I had the opportunity to go to West Berlin for a while - there was a political creation during the Cold War between East and West - which was a very intense experience for me.

As a child from behind the "Iron Curtain" I found myself in the world of Station Berlin ZOO. A colourful world, full of intense experiences.

Coming back to the reality of real communism in Poland at that time was for me a transgression between two worlds: the unreal one in West Berlin, and the grey, real and oppressive one in communist Poland.
The colourful postcards remain a memento of that time.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 10, 2021 at 11:18am

FOUR MORE FROM MIM -- merci Mme Mim!

1. Interior of lee Chapel, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

"This Chapel was built by Gen Robert E. Lee in 1867. Behind the platform, and visible from the body of the Chapel, is Valentine's* well known recumbent statue of Lee. Below this is the crypt containing the remains of Robert E. lee and other members of the family."

*?ot this Valentine, I can assure you.

2.Hyatt Regency Acapulco

"'750 Rooms and Suites. And the gentlest and prettiest section of beach in all of Acapulco Bay"

3. Home for the Aged, Salisbury, Maryland

4.  Sheraton Desert Inn, Palm Springs, CA "A Complete Desert Resort Hotel on the Palm Springs Golf Course where you will enjoy a vacation you'll never forget. luxury, Relaxation, Romance...at a Beatuful Desert Oasis."

(With Lots of CAPITAL Letters, Too)

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 10, 2021 at 11:05am

"NOT REALLY BORING -- BUT REALLY OLD! MESSAGE ON FRONT, ADDRESS ON REVERSE", SAYS MIM ABOUT THIS POSTCARD OF THE CITY HALL,BALTIMORE, MD, SENT ON AUGUST 13, 1906

The message on the front reads, I think, "Look out for a Souvenier Streak (?) on the way. Going to Willsmnd (?) next."" It was sent to Mr & mrs Hodgkinson, in Buncy, Mass, where it arrived on 14 August, 1906

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