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 Bottlenose Dolphin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bottlenose Dolphin. Show all posts

Friday, November 15, 2013

Species: Bottlenose Dolphin

Card Text Front: "Flipper"

Card Text Back: "Flipper", star of Ivan Tors - MGM - TV program on NBC, 7:30 Sat. nites performs his tail walking act while the series is being filmed at Miami's Fabulous Seaquarium.

Location: Seaquarium

Country of Origin: United States

Postage Date: February 10, 1975 to Burnham, Maine

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: Steve Wever

Printing Company: Florida Natural Color


Sunday, November 10, 2013

Species: Bottlenose Dolphin

Card Text Front: Marineland of the Pacific

Card Text Back: Porpoise "Lay-Over" - Marineland of the Pacific - Upon its trainer's command, this Atlantic Bottlenose Porpoise jumps high into the air, levels off, takes a tasty morsel of fish and dives head-first back into the water with hardly a splash!

Location: Marineland of the Pacific

Country of Origin: United States

Postage Date: Uncirculated

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: Geo. E. Watson

Printing Company: Golden West


Saturday, November 9, 2013

Species: Bottlenoise Dolphin

Card Text Front: "Aloha Leap" Sea Life Park

Card Text Back: Porpoise "Aloha Leap" - Opposite Makapuu is found Sea Life Park, the home of porpoises and whales more widely trained than any others in captivity.

Location: Oahu, Hawaii

Country of Origin: United States

Postage Date: June 15, 1973 to Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: United Airlines

Printing Company: WW Distributors Ltd.


Species: Multiple Animals - Bottlenose Dolphin, Garibaldi

Card Text Front: N/A

Card Text Back: Marineland of the Pacific - Zippy and Smiley, trained Bottle-nosed porpoises, relaz by gliding smoothly around the Oceanarium home. Their tiny golden companion is a Garibaldi.

Location: Marineland of the Pacific

Country of Origin: United States

Postage Date: Uncirculated

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A

Printing Company: Oceanarium, Inc.


Thursday, September 19, 2013

Species: Bottlenose Dolphin

Card Text Front: Florida

Card Text Back:Picture yourself in sunny Floridat. Dolphins are talented entertainers. They are highly intelligent, and can learn to perform tricks.

Location: N/A

Country of Origin: United States

Postage Date: May 28, 1987 to Melrose, Massachusetts

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: F. S. N. B.

Printing Company: International


Thursday, September 12, 2013

Species: Multiple Animals - Orca, Blue-and-Yellow Macaw, Bottlenose Dolphin, American Flamingo, Magellanic Penguin, Walrus

Card Text Front: Sea World

Card Text Back: Whales, macaws, penguins, walruses, flamingos and dolphins are just a few of the thousands of fascinating mammals, fish and birds at Sea World, America's finest marine life park.

Location: Sea World Orlando

Country of Origin: United States

Postage Date: January 4, 1988 to Gulfport, Mississippi

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: N/A

Printing Company: Sea World, Inc.


Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Species: Bottlenose Dolphin

Card Text Front: N/A

Card Text Back: A High-Jumping Porpoise - Marineland of the Pacific - Porpoises leap out of their tank fifteen feet or more into the air, as a finale to the Porpoise Games - held several times daily in the Porpoise Stadium at the Oceanarium, in Palos Verdes Drive South between Redondo and San Pedro.

Location: Marineland of the Pacific, California

Country of Origin: United States

Postage Date: Uncirculated

Photographer/Artist/Colourization: Go. E. Watson

Printing Company: H. S. Crocker & Co.