This image shows the process of collecting salt from the salt beds of the Great Salt Lake and delivering it to rail cars for transport. The main effort appears closest to the car on the right, where the small trestle has been built. There is a deep cut in the salt bed next to a much higher ridge indicating ongoing excavation.
The description states:
This Great Dead Sea, the largest in the world, is located 18 miles west of Salt Lake City; area, approximately 2140 square miles; length, 75 miles; width, 50 miles, average depth 13 feet; water 27% salt; thousands of tone of salt shipped annually. Here each season thousands enjoy bathing and floating, sinking being impossible in the heavy salt water. Like the Dead Sea in Palestine, it is fed by the Jordan River, has no outlet, and no marine life, except the Salt Shrimp.
–The description of the location of the Dead Sea as being in Palestine indicates this card pre-dates the 1948 establishment of the state of Israel in the British Mandate.
Month: February 2016
Saltair Resort, Great Salt Lake, Utah
This image shows the tourist resort called the Saltair along the shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
The description states:
SALTAIR
GREAT SALT LAKE, UTAH
Located on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, one of the world’s wonders, Saltair is 15 miles west of Salt Lake City. Built on thousands of piles and extending out into the lake, it offers a fine amusement park and picnicking facilities, lunch and refreshments stands, one of the largest unobstructed dance floors in the world and bathing in the briny waters of the Great Salk Lake where you “float like a cork.”
–The building has been destroyed and reconstructed a few times since the first version was built in 1893, and today it is little used, as it is more remote than other desirable venues. Concerts are still held, but the resort is no longer on the lake shore.
This card likely dates from the 1950s.
Old Man of the Falls, Cumberland Falls State Park, Kentucky
This image is another of the images typically found in parks and mountains where, at a certain angle of view, the rocky formations can be interpreted as a human profile. This one is in the Cumberland Falls State Park in Kentucky.
There is no description on the back of this card. Some searching did not turn up any additional images or references to this formation.
This card was used and is dated 9 August 1951.
Juicing Sorghum Grass, Georgia
This image shows a now antique form of sugar extraction, where a horse is harnessed to a post, then led in circles to turn the grinder while a person feeds the sorghum grass stalks into the grinder to extract the juice.
The description states:
SQUEEZING JUICE FROM SORGHUM GRASS
This juice is boiled in an evaporator until it becomes Heavy SORGUM SYRUP.
–This sorghum syrup is distinct from molasses, which is made from cane or beet sugar. More recently, sorghum is being used for the production of ethanol biofuel.
This card likely dates from the 1950s.
Farmworkers Picking Cotton, Georgia
This image shows a group of African-Americans in a large cotton field during the harvest.
The description states simply:
COTTON PICKIN’ TIME IN THE DEEP SOUTH
–The Cotton Belt stretched across the southeastern United States, and thus cotton one of the dominant crops of the early nation. For a time it was the main cash crop for nearly every state south of the Mason-Dixon line, with production declining only in the 20th Century.
This card likely dates from the 1950s.
Native American Dancers, Cherokee, North Carolina
This image shows a troupe of Native American dancers dressed and posed in dance posture. The dance is called the Eagle Dance. Cherokee, North Carolina is the headquarters of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation.
The description states:
“UNTO THESE HILLS”
Cherokee, North Carolina
The centuries-old colorful Cherokee Indian Eagle Dance is recreated on the outdoor drama. “Unto These Hills” will be presented nightly except Mondays, from late June through early September, at Mountainside Theatre, Cherokee, North Carolina.
–The performance of “Unto These Hills” continues to the present day and describes their history up to the deportation and Trail of Tears in 1838. The current version was first performed in 1950.
This card was used and is dated 30 June 1961.
James K. Polk Motel, Columbia, Tennessee
This image is of the exterior of another motel, this time the James K. Polk, named after the U.S. President from the first half of the 19th Century.
The description states:
JAMES K. POLK MOTEL
COLUMBIA, TENN.
HIGHWAY NO 31
For Reservations Phone EV- 8-4913
50 Units — Tile and Bath Showers
Simmons Furniture — Electric Heat
Air Conditioned — Beautyrest Mattress
Restaurant — T.V. and Telephones
Swimming Pool — Putt Putt Golf Course
–This establishment had the unusual amenity of a miniature golf course as noted in the description. It was still in business in 2011, but has since closed.
The cars in the image indicate this card is from the 1950s.
Parkview Motel, Nashville, Tennessee
This image is a view inside a typical room of the Parkview Motel just a few miles north of Nashville, Tennessee. Of particular note is the TV in the background which is on wheels, and is apparently turned on. The lamp on top of it would have to be off to watch programming, though.
The description states:
PARKVIEW MOTEL and RESTAURANT
“South’s Finest” Phone CO-2-9196
On U. S. Hiways 41 and 31W – 3 Miles North of Nashville, Tenn. Make One Stop. Fine Southern Cooking, Living Room, 21-inch TV in every Room Free. Air Conditioned, Wall to Wall Carpet, Electric Heat and Two Full Sized Beds in every Unit. Most Reasonable Prices. This Deluxe Family unit for $8.00. 2 – 3 or 4 Persons.
–The odd capitalization is present in the original text. It appears the motel is no longer in business.
This card was used and is dated 17 June 1961.
Lake Scene, Paris Tennessee
This image shows a pair of men canoeing across a lake near the city of Paris, Tennessee. The names of European cities are often reused in states throughout the United States.
The description states:
Across the lake’s surface with a smooth flight.
With luck there’ll be fish in the fry pan tonight.
–This lake may be Kentucky Lake, a dammed portion of the Tennessee River to the east of Paris, Tennessee.
This card was used and is dated 8 April 1963.