Continuing to explore Pioneer Village, this card focuses on a old American country tradition, the one room schoolhouse, where children of all ages would gather to study together under the tutelage of the solitary teacher.
The description states:
ONE-ROOM COUNTRY SCHOOL WITH DESKS, BOOKS AND RECORDS INTACT
One of 20 buildings, on 2 city blocks, housing 20,000 items, showing man’s progress since 1830. Located 132 Miles West of Lincoln, Nebr., on U.S. 6.
This card, like the entire series, dates from the 1960s.
Category: Postcards From Another Millennium
Postcards from various decades of the 20th century.
Aerial View, Pioneer Village, Minden Nebraska
Comparing the introduction card to this aerial view, you can see many of the same buildings from a position above and to the left. This picture captures much of the park grounds.
The description on the back is quite lengthy, unusual for a postcard:
THE VILLAGE GREEN – On the Village Green, from left to to right, are the Old Elm Creek Indian Fort and Stockade; People’s Store – its shelves lined with items of a bygone age; the old Land Office, where homesteaders filed their claims; the Fire House, with all types of old fire fighting equipment; U. P. Windmill, moved from Agate, Colo; old Lowell Depot, where homesteaders arrived at the end of the line; Water Tower that supplied water for locomotives; the one-room country school; Sod House; China Shop; and the first church built in Minden in 1884.
This collection of cards dates from the 1960s.
Pioneer Village Promotional, Minden, Nebraska
This postcard is the first of a week of images featuring the Pioneer Village historic collection and site in Minden, Nebraska.
The description on the back states:
20,000 Historic items in 20 buildings. Covers 2 city blocks. On US 6 and US 34 at Minden Nebraska, 130 Miles West of Lincoln.
This postcard, most likely printed in the 1960s, is a little out of date regarding the collection. According to the website, there are now 28 buildings and 50,000 items.
Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri
This collection features various views of the Bagnell Dam and other sights around the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri.
The folio is marked on the front with the publication date of 1946.
Scots Piper, Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
A simple composition of a traditional Scottish bagpipe player standing on the walkway leading up to Edinburgh Castle, in the city of the same name in Scotland.
The description is very short:
3. Edinburgh Castle
The card was used and mailed from Edinburgh. it is dated 22 May 1973.
Olive Tree, Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem, Israel
This is an image of an ancient olive tree in the famous pilgrimage site the Garden of Gethsemane.
The caption states the photo was taken in Jordan, which controlled this area until the 1967 war and subsequent annexation by the state of Israel. The card was used, and has the simple description:
Olive tree in the garden of Gethsemane
The sender noted that the guides claimed these trees were three thousand years old, but recent investigation indicates these are more accurately dated to about one thousand years.
Since the postcard uses Jordanian stamps which were issued in the late 1950’s, it is likely this postcard dates from the early 1960s.
Porch of the Caryatids, Erechtheion, Athens, Greede
On the Acropolis overlooking Athens, across from the Parthenon, is the Erechtheion. The most notable part of the structure is the Porch of the Caryatids, female sculptures designed to act as pillars for the porch.
The description is very short:
ATHENS: Portico of the Caryatides
The original marble statues have been removed and replaced with castings, since the intense pollution and acidic rain of modern Athens was literally melting the marble away. This photo shows them before removal and the beginning of extensive renovation of the structure.
The postcard was used and has the date of June 4, 1977.
Castle and City, Heidelberg, Germany
This photo captures both the Renaissance castle ruins and the city of Heidelberg along the Neckar River below.
The only description on the back reads: Heidelberg – Schloß und Stadt. This translates directly as Heidelberg, Castle and City.
The poem on the front of the card translates as follows:
Old Heidelberg, you fine,
You city rich in honors,
On the Neckar and the Rhine,
No other comes right to you!
This card was used, and mailed from München, which allows it to be dated 22 June 1956.
China Poblana Costume, Mexico
This is an example of the China Poblana, or Chinese Pueblan dress style considered the traditional style of Mexico now. The model is standing in front of the University of Mexico building, intricately detailed in its own right.
The description is quite simple:
CHINA POBLADO
Es la Ciudad Universitaria de Mexico (Typical China Poblana costume)
The postcard was mailed, and the airmail stamp used is from a series printed in the 1950s.
Faceted Wall of the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia
This is a detail image of a wall within the Kremlin itself, not the famous wall that surrounds the medieval fortress where notables are buried. The building itself is called the Palace of Facets.
The caption states simply:
Moscow, Faceted Chamber of the Kremlin, 1487-1491. Architects, Marco and Pietro Antonio Solari.
Thus, the wall itself dates to the last part of the 15th Century. The postcard itself was used, mailed from Moscow, and the stamps themselves are dated 1970 and 1974, confirming the date of the postcard at the 1970s.