I began collecting postcards in mid-August of 2013, after looking through my aunt's collection and thinking it seemed like a fun hobby. Along the way, something obviously went very wrong.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Species: Black Swan
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Location: N/A
Country of Origin: United states
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A
Printing Company: N/A
Species: Blue Wildebeest
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Card Text Back: White-Bearded Gnu - Dallas Zoo - 621 East Clarendon Drive - Dallas, Texas
Location: Dallas Zoo
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: Pierre A. Fontaine
Printing Company: Mission Card Co.
Monday, December 30, 2013
Species: Bird - Gray Jay
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Card Text Back: The Gray Jay appears in Book of North American Birds published by the Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Location: N/A
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A
Printing Company: Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Species: Horse
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Card Text Back: Panorama from th south rim - Big Bend National Park, Texas - The grandeur of Big Bend National Park is dramatically revealed from the 7,500 foot South Rim. The Rio Grtande Valley and Old Mexico are visible for many miles to the north, east and west.
Location: Big Bend National Park
Country of Origin: United states
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: W. Ray Scott
Printing Company: National Park Concessions, Inc.
Species: Domestic Turkey
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Card Text Back: Cuero, Texas, is the Turkey center of Texas. The Turkey Trot is almost an annual festival when thousands of turkeys from nearby turkey ranches are marched down the main street of Cuero.
Location: Cuero, Texas
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A
Printing Company: Don R. Bartels
Species: Caribou
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Card Text Back: Bull Caribou feed on grass and tundra vegetation. Their antlers, which grow up to an inch a day, are protected by a layer of skin called velvet, which is shed in the fall.
Card Text Back: Camden-Rockport, Maine - Two of the famous Belted Galloways are pictured here. They were first inmported from Scotland in 1948. They claim to produce better beef than other breeds.
Location: Camden-Rockport, Maine
Country of Origin: Ireland
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: John Alderson
Printing Company: Coastal Colour Products
Species: Elk
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Card Text Back: Great Elk herd on winter feeding grounds in wild life refuge just outside Jackson, in the Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The panorama of these thousands of elk is one of the most unusual sights in all America.
Location: Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A
Printing Company: Sanborn Souvenir Co.
Species: Mule
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Card Text Back: Twenty Mule Team. The first mules used on the wagons built by J. S. W. Perry were owned by Charles Bennett. Ash and Hickory used was aged in the desert or the wagons would soon have fallen apart. Rear wheels were seven feet high, front wheels five feet, with steel tires eight inches wide and one inch thick. The complete wagon weighed three tons and carried ten tons. They cost around $900 each to build...M.P.
Location: N/A
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: Merle Porter
Printing Company: Royal Pictures
Species: "Jackalope"
Card Text Front: Jackalope
Card Text Back: Wild Jackalope - Also often called the Anterabbit, thi, the most amazing of all desert animals, is reported to be a cross between a Jack Rabbit and an Antelope. Rumor has it that the Jackalope sings at night in a voice that sounds almost human.
Location: N/A
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: Bob Petley
Printing Company: Petley Studios
Species: Cheetah
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Card Text Back: Cheetahs, the rare hunting leopards at Africa - U.S.A, Boca Raton, Florida. Where visitors are taken directly into the 300-acre wild animals jungle to meet the animals face to face.
Location: Africa U.S.A
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: Larry Witt
Printing Company: F.E.C. News Company
Saturday, December 28, 2013
Species: Dog - Miniature Poodle
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Card Text Back: Silberpudel - Silver poodle - Caniche argente
Location: N/A
Country of Origin: Germany
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: H. Alder
Printing Company: Karsch Verlag
Species: Dg - Great Dane
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Card Text Back: Dogge - Great Dane - Dogue allemand
Location: N/A
Country of Origin: Germany
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: K. Knaur
Printing Company: Korsch verlag
Species: Sloth Bear
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Location: N/A
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A
Printing Company: N/A
Species: Bird - Great Egret
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Location: N/A
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A
Printing Company: N/A
Species: Bird - Ostrich
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Location: N/A
Country of Origin: United States
Postage Date: Uncirculated
Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A
Printing Company: N/A
Species: Cow - Longhorn
Card Text Front: It is great sport necking this "baby"
Card Text Back: Taken from an original oil painting by the noted cowboy artist and poet, L.H. "Dude" Larsen.