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.

Showing posts with label Mule. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mule. Show all posts

Monday, December 30, 2013

Species: Mule

Card Text Front: N/A

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


Sunday, September 22, 2013

Species: Mule

Card Text Front: N/A

Card Text Back: Barge Ride On the Delaware Canal - Near New Hope - Bucks County - Pennsylvania - One of the highlights of a visit to New Hope from April through October is a leisurely ride on a mule-drawn barge along the historic Delaware Canal.

Location: New Hope, Pennsylvania

Country of Origin: United States

Postage Date: Uncirculated

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A

Printing Company: The Scheller Co.


Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Species: Mule

Card Text Front: N/A

Card Text Back: For a hundred years gold prospectors have taken their grubstakes into the hills in search of a fortune in gold.

Location: N/A

Country of Origin: United States

Postage Date: Uncirculated

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A

Printing Company: Scenic Art


Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Species: Mule

Card Text Front: N/A

Card Text Back: Church Rock as seen from Navajo Trail Hwy. 64 in Northern Arizona. The buttes of Monument Valley appear on the horizon. This view of the four corners country can be seen just north of Kayenta, Arizona.

Location: North of Kayenta, Highway 64, Arizona

Country of Origin: United States

Postage Date: Uncirculated

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: Bob Bradshaw

Printing Company: Bradshaw's Color Studios, Inc.


Thursday, September 5, 2013

Species: Mule

Card Text Front: N/A

Card Text Back: Brown County Sorghum Mill - This scene was taken at the Brown County Sorghum Mill located east of Nashville, Indiana on Indiana Highway 46 at Gnaw Bone.

Location: Gnaw Bone, Indiana

Country of Origin: United States

Postage Date: Uncirculated

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A

Printing Company: Johnson Wholesale Co.


Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Species: Mule

Card Text Front: New Grub Stake ` now for Uranium

Card Text Back: For a hundred years gold prospectors have taken their grubstakes into the hills in search of a fortune in gold.

Location: N/A

Country of Origin: United States

Postage Date: Uncirculated

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A

Printing Company: Scenic Art