BORING POSTCARDS

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Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 20, 2021 at 5:41pm

BRADFORD -- I BET YOU CAN IDENTIFY THE AMERICAN 'WOODY' IN THE FOREGROUND, BUT WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS TIK-TOK(?) , INFRONT OF THE 500 ROOM DE-LUX NARAI HOTEL IN BANGKOK?

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 20, 2021 at 3:12pm

Hotel Cracovia - before opening in 1965.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 20, 2021 at 10:09am

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

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 20, 2021 at 9:37am

Thanks for the history, Raphael.

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 20, 2021 at 8:13am

So, the hotel is located in Krakow (Cracow) and not in Warsaw. In the caption someone could have suggested the name of FSO cars, which stand in front of the hotel, because they are called Warszawa (Warsaw).

Comment by Raphael Nadolny on September 20, 2021 at 8:08am

It is very simple, the Hotel Cracovia was located in Krakow (Krakau) and its construction was completed around 1965. The fight led by social organisations to preserve the Cracovia Hotel, designed by Witold Cęckiewicz, lasted five years. Influenced by the decision of the conservator and public pressure, the investor commissioned the DDJM studio to develop successive versions of the building that was to replace it. Eventually, the Ministry of Culture bought the building from the developer for the National Museum in Krakow.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 20, 2021 at 4:30am

Thanks Bradford -- you really are a welth of automobile knowledge.Maybe raphael can add domething? May be I have tofind you a harder Boring Automobile Postcard challenge!

Comment by Bradford on September 19, 2021 at 8:30pm

The cars are mostly 1950s products either of Russian or Polish manufacture.  The GAZ M-20 Pobeda model is predominant in this photo.

They were produced after WWII until 1958.  The reason I can't tell the difference is because the M-20 model design was licensed to a Polish factory, FSO Warszawa, so the result was virtually identically-looking units.

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 19, 2021 at 5:17pm

THIS ONE IS FOR BRADFORD (and Heather) AND RAPHAEL-- can you work out what the cars are?

Hotel "Cracovia" Warsaw

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on September 19, 2021 at 5:09pm

SPANISH HOLIDAY CAMPS -- THE POSTCARDS ARE VERY SIMILIAR, PERHAPS THERE IS A STANDARD FORMAT FOR THESE SORT OF POSTCARDS

1. Camping 'La Noria', Torredeembarra

2. Camping 'Las Palmeras', Tarragona

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