This image shows a typical structure for campers and retreat-goers at the Lake Louise Methodist Campground and Retreat near Boyne Falls, Michigan.
There is no caption on the back of this card. The text on the front reads:
Lake Louise Methodist Camp Boyne Falls, Michigan
This card likely dates from the 1940s. It is extremely unlikely this structure exists today.
This image shows a view of Lake Louise, a water feature part of the Methodist retreat and campground. As shown on the card face, this campground is near Boyne Falls, Michigan.
There is no caption on the back of this card. As shown in the link above, the campground still exists today and is still run by the United Methodist Church.
This card likely dates from the 1940s.
This image shows the stained glass window with a reproduction of the world-famous “Last Supper” by Leonardo DaVinci, on display at Forest Lawn in Glendale, California.
The caption on the back is damaged and words are missing, but the essential information is:
“The Last Supper” window, one of Forest Lawn’s…contributions to the world of art, recreated Leonardo DaVinci’s original, now faded almost beyond recognition. At Forest Lawn, it’s eternal…survives for all time in the vibrant beauty of …stained glass.
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale, California
–This card likely dates from the 1950s.
This image shows a view of the Point Lobos State Park with a Monterey Cypress tree in the foreground.
The caption states:
157 — POINT LOBOS STATE PARK, CALIFORNIA
Fascinating and surf-beaten Point Lobos is noted for its jagged rocks, deep gorges and wind-twisted cypress trees. One of the most spectacular points along the California coast, it is reached by the scenic coast highway three miles south of Carmel.
–The Carmel referenced in the text is officially known as Carmel-by-the-Sea, itself a very picturesque and popular tourist attraction. Point Lobos is known as the “Pearl of the California Park System.”
This image likely dates from the 1950s.
This image shows a long, downhill view of California Street in San Francisco, California. Of particular note is the cable car line which runs most of the length of California Street.
The caption states:
CALIFORNIA STREET CABLE CARS
A cable-car ride along this broad thoroughfare is replete with magnificent views in all directions. It cuts through Chinatown, part of which is pictured here.
Color Photo by Lionel Bridge
–Compare this view to the previous posting and you will see the Cathay House again, now viewed from California Street instead of Grant. The church in the background is the Old St. Mary’s Cathedral and Chinese Mission. This view is towards Market and downtown.
The cars in the photo indicate that this picture is from the 1950s.
This image shows the intersection of Grant and California, looking down Grant, towards the iconic Cathay House.
The caption states:
CHINATOWN AT NIGHT
San Francisco’s Chinatown is the largest outside of the Orient. Oriental customs rub elbows with the thoroughly American and quaint Chinese patter is heard everywhere you go. Shops and bazaars bring all the glamor of the Orient with their gorgeous silks, lacquers, teak, porcelain and rare and exotic foods and perfumes.
–The cars shown in the image date this photograph to the 1950s.
This image shows the silhouette of a Monterey Cypress tree against the final rays of the sun as it sets into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of the Monterey Peninsula, California.
The caption states:
SUNSET ON THE PLACID PACIFIC
MONTEREY PENINSULA, CALIFORNIA
SUNSET OVER THE WATERS
–The absence of a ZIP code in this card address indicates that this card dates from the 1950s.
This image, taken from an aircraft, shows the large marina complex and nearby high-rise buildings of Waikiki, and in the distant background, the dormant Diamond Head volcano, both icons of the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
The caption states:
Many new apartments and hotels line the scenic byways through Waikiki as shown in the aerial photograph covering and area all the way from Honolulu Yacht Harbor to the blue Pacific ocean beyond Diamond Head.
–This image likely dates from the 1960s.
This image is of the famous road along the shore in Monterey where many of the sardine canneries were housed, and which came to be called Cannery Row.
The caption states:
CANNERY ROW
Monterey, California
Famous Cannery Row with its many Gift and Souvenir Shops, fine Restaurants and the Steinbeck Theatre, is located on the Bay side just to the north of Fisherman’s Wharf.
–The capitalization is in the original. There are no canneries any more on the Row, and even most of the cannery buildings have long since been demolished and replaced. There are still several historic buildings on the Row, including parts of a former cannery complex.
The cars in the photo indicate this image is from the 1970s.
This is an image of a tree which has self-seeded within the folds of a rock and succeeded in growing to early maturity in the normally inhospitable ground. The tree is near the town of Buford, Wyoming
The caption on the back states:
No. 5402 – Tree growing out of solid rock along the Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) on Sherman Hill between Cheyenne and Laramie, Wyoming.
The tree, identified as a Limber Pine, was apparently first approached in 1867 when the railroad was built to bypass it, and since then Highway 30 and now Interstate 80 pass by the site, which has been preserved and can be visited from Interstate 80 at a small rest stop.
This image likely dates from the 1950s.