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Showing posts with label tourist sites. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 14, 2011

More for my private collection.

This is the last of the postcards I've received for my private collection.



Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Sent to me by another wonderful penfriend, Laura.



NL-540177: Stetson Hats.



Chippewa Girl. Laura also sent this one to me.



US-908624: The site of the Acoma Pueblo, the oldest continuously inhabited city in the US, was chosen for its defensive position. Only about 50 Acoma livein the Pueblo but the rest of the close to 3,000 villagers reside close by, returning to observe feast days. The site is very carefully protected and strict regulations exist for visiting.



US-928086: Picture of a group of Texas Rangers in 1845.



US-934519: This woman, photographed in Carpenter's makeshift studio at the Saint Louis Fair, was identified as Mrs. Henry Boatman, from the Maricopa Tribe of Arizona.

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Received postcards 242 to 249

I got a lot of wonderful postcards over the last two days. My mailbox was overflowing with them!

KR-9848 received from user Lovely_Genie2. It took 9 days and traveled 8,411 km (5,226 miles.)



DE-630658 received from user katzeeladia. It took 12 days and traveled 8,357 km (5,193 miles.)



US-543373 received from user Tsadida. It took 250 days (the first card never made it to me) and traveled 4,056 km (2,520 miles.)



AE-2363 received from user ultimate_beauty. It took 14 days and traveled 11,924 km (7,409 miles.)



ES-72805 received from user remite. It took 93 days and traveled 8,739 km (5,430 miles.)



FI-842005 received from user Kobaje. It took 11 days and traveled 7,630 km (4,741 miles.)



US-743709 received from user Cbear214. It took 9 days and traveled 1,947 km (1,210 miles.)



NL-379930 received from user Mirsky. It took 5 days and traveled 7,883 km (4,898 miles.)