Paddling Through Postcards Past

Exploring the #history of the #UnitedStates through vintage #postcards.

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Cheese Haven, #Ohio's Largest Cheese Shop, #PortClinton. And, yes, this place still exists.

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#Lighthouse on St. Simon's Island, #Georgia.

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The Old Arsenal Building, birthplace of General Douglas MacArthur, in #LittleRock #Arkansas. The building is now home to the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History.

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#London Bridge, #LakeHavasuCity, Arizona, purchased by Robert P. McCulloch and moved to the U.S.

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#LewisAndClark Bridges over the #Mississippi River at #Alton, #Illinois. https://t.co/3MGCqrdTKO

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Mount #LeConte & #Gatlinburg, #Tennessee, as seen from the Sky Lift to Crockett Mountain, in 1956.

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The westernmost point of the #LewisAndClark Expedition, #FortClatsop, #Oregon. https://t.co/3MGCqrdlVg

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Castle at the entrance to #RubyFalls on #LookoutMountain, #Tennessee, c1950s.

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Presidents Home at #Auburn University, Auburn, #Alabama, built in 1938. #WarEagle

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University of Southern California, #LosAngeles, #California. #FightOn #USC #Trojans

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A dog sled team at #Denali, #Alaska, teaches tourist proper sledding technique.

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Quapaw Baths, at #HotSprings #NationalPark, #Arkansas. "The House With The Big Dome" still exists today, and is home to Quapaw Baths & Spa.

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#Hearst #Castle, #SanSimeon, #California. Formally known as as "La Cuesta Encantada", the castle was built at the instruction of William Randolph Hearst, the publishing tycoon.

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Coffee Pot Rock, #Sedona, #Arizona.

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Jansen's Restaurant, #Gatlinburg, #Tennessee; famous for home cooking. c 1960.

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The #GrandCanyon in #Arizona in 1900.

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#Denali, (literal translation "the tall one" or "big mountain"), North America's highest peak, in Denali National Park and Preserve, #Alaska.

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The Fairyland Room of #RickwoodCaverns, #Warrior, #Alabama. Some of the stalagmites pictured are estimated to be between 7 and 10 million years old.

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#CapeLookout #Lighthouse, located on the southern end of the #NorthCarolina's #OuterBanks on an uninhabited island. Built in 1859, the lighthouse stands 160 feet high. #OBX

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The #lighthouse and fog horn at the entrance to the Genesee River, #Charlotte, #NewYork, c1900s.