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.
Tag: 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.
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.
Chimney Tops, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
This image shows, in the background, the mountain known as the Chimney Tops, one of the most recognizable features of the Great Smoky Mountains Range.
The description states:
GS-18
THE CHIMNEY TOPS AND U. S. 441, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. U. S. 441 is the Transmountain Highway through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This highway follows the Little Pigeon River on the Tennessee side and the Chimney Tops are the rugged peaks that dominate the view for several miles.
–This card was used and is dated 12 August 1955.
Florada Club and Motel, Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
This image shows the restaurant and bar sections of the Florada Club and Motel, located in the town of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin.
The description states:
FLORADA CLUB AND MOTEL: Located on Lake Michigan and has a beautiful swimming beach, boating, public dock and launching ramp. Golf and riding nearby — Dining room featuring open-pit barbecue — Coffee shop — Entertainment nightly — Newly built ultra modern motel with electric heat and carpeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Florian Kwaterski
Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
–On the left side of the top picture is an entrance to another room, labelled The Lamp Lighter Room. This may be the name of the club room shown at the bottom of the card.
It appears that this establishment no longer exists. This card likely dates from the 1950s.
Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin
This is an aerial view of the small town of Baileys Harbor, with a population slightly over 1000.
The description states:
BAILEY’S HARBOR, WISCONSIN – Aerial View
Door County
–The dock shown in the previous post does not appear in this picture, unless it is the remnant just above the larger, straighter dock in the center of the photo.
This postcard likely dates from the 1950s.
Bailey’s Harbor Dock, Wisconsin
This image shows the commercial fishing pier and boat dock for Bailey’s Harbor, in Door County, Wisconsin. It was named for the builder, a Mr. Wenniger.
The description states:
C. G. Wenniger
Fishing and Boat Dock
Bailey’s Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin
–The commercial nature of the dock is indicated by the existence of the rail tracks built to facilitate the movement of fish from the dock to the greater security of land. Without this rail, it would be required to move the catch in wagons by human power or to drive vehicles onto the dock, which likely was not strong enough for them. The dock appears to be in deteriorating condition, and does not appear to exist any more.
The postcard is dated 1958.
Boynton Chapel, Door County, Wisconsin
This image is of an old Stavkirke or stave church, known as Boynton Chapel, located in Björklunden in Door County, Wisconsin. A stave church is one made from post and lintel construction with timber framing. Most exist in Norway.
The description states:
BOYNTON CHAPEL
Bailey’s Harbor, Door County, Wisconsin
Replica of a 15th Century Stavkirke.
It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan just south of Bailey’s Harbor.
–In fact, the chapel echoes an earlier, 12th century building style, and was erected between 1939 and 1947 by the Boynton family.
This postcard is dated 1958.