Penny Postcards - See Your Old Hometown!!!!! [Archive]

rgcraig

07-09-2007, 05:25 PM

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/special/ppcs/ppcs.html

What did your town look like according to Penny Postcards?

Check out your old stomping grounds during the times of the penny postcard.

Click on the state and then on the county to see old penny postcards from that area.....pretty neat.
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f108/rgcraig/jomnst.jpg

The hospital where I was born.

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f108/rgcraig/sbhosp.jpg

Ronzo

07-09-2007, 05:38 PM

Orange County, NY (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ny/orange/postcards/ppcs-orange.html)

I grew up in Maybrook and I'm surprised it's not in the list of places, as at one time, it was a major Railway hub of the Northeast.

Newburgh and Middletown are two of the largest cities in Orange County. My High School was in Montgomery (one post card for it) and I used to go to a church in Walden (one post card for it). West Point is probably the most famous place in Orange County. The grounds there are gorgeous, and the views from the college are spectacular.

LaVonne

07-09-2007, 07:42 PM

How fun Renda! STS's husband would love this...Thank you!

Esther

07-09-2007, 08:01 PM

Very interesting.

Should see the cars in Guntersville, Al boat races. :)

deseret

07-09-2007, 08:04 PM

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ut/saltlake/postcards/sbeds.jpg

Pressing-On

07-09-2007, 08:08 PM

San Antonio!!

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tx/bexar/postcards/sacost.jpg

BoredOutOfMyMind

07-09-2007, 08:37 PM

Note the subjective Woman dressed in LONG sleeves and LONG skirt with NO SPLIT!

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/me/images/postcards/huntng.jpg

rgcraig

07-09-2007, 08:38 PM

Note the subjective Woman dressed in LONG sleeves and LONG skirt with NO SPLIT!

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/me/images/postcards/huntng.jpg

That must be Grandma Lady Rev!

IAintMovin

07-09-2007, 08:41 PM

IAintMovin

07-09-2007, 08:42 PM

Note the subjective Woman dressed in LONG sleeves and LONG skirt with NO SPLIT!

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/me/images/postcards/huntng.jpg

Carrying a shotgun and looking mad at that man for killing that pet deer..................

rgcraig

07-09-2007, 08:43 PM

Were these from when you were in High School................

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>IAM>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>running to hide

Remember dear, you are only a few years behind me!!!!

IAintMovin

07-09-2007, 08:50 PM

Remember dear, you are only a few years behind me!!!!Really........I thought we were almost the same...........but I got a response anyway..........am I in trouble again............hope you didnt report it..........hope certain people dont see it they might take it the wrong way...........:choir:choir:choir:roseglasses :roseglasses :slaphappy:slaphappy

Pressing-On

07-09-2007, 09:08 PM

Carrying a shotgun and looking mad at that man for killing that pet deer..................

No, she made him get up and do something - infidel! :killinme

chseeads

07-09-2007, 10:03 PM

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/in/monroe/postcards/ch.jpg

Courthouse...still looks the same....only there's trees on the lawn and stuff...lol

jwharv

07-09-2007, 11:16 PM

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/mobile/postcards/bathse.jpg
Well I was born in Mobile AL. This is one of my favorite old buildings in Mobile. It set closed for over 40 years though. They just did a multi million dollar remodel of it and restored the old hotel back to what it once was. I wish I could afford to go and stay there sometime.........

jwharv

07-09-2007, 11:18 PM

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/al/mobile/postcards/loaks.jpg

Trouvere

07-10-2007, 04:34 AM

Carrying a shotgun and looking mad at that man for killing that pet deer..................

Wrong...Wrong..Wrong...That man is a servant made to carry in the deer that this sister shot.He is ashamed because he has nothing to show for himself.:drama

MrsMcD

07-10-2007, 06:31 AM

These are so neat! Thanks Renda

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ga/bibb/postcards/demhot.jpg

QueenEsther

07-10-2007, 09:22 AM

Thanks Renda!! This is really cool! My mom will love it!!

There were a ton under my town but these three definitely still look the same for the most part!!

Our Courthouse
292

Our Local High School
293

The local Theatre
294

ForeverBlessed

07-10-2007, 10:16 AM

This is my town, 1901 ... the year after my house was built. This picture is looking east...go down to the end one block and turn left and my house was a brand spankin new house on the left. :)

Thanks Renda, that is cool.

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d83/foreverblessedx3/gfmnst.jpg

philjones

07-10-2007, 10:53 AM

I was born in Wynnewood, OK, a suburb of thriving Paul's Valley, OK.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/garvin/postcards/plaza.jpg

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/garvin/postcards/pvchst.jpg

I was raised in Lawton, OK (Comanche County) and Duncan, OK (Stephens County)

The only postcard for either of these counties is one of Marlow where my Maternal grandmother lived until her death.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ok/stephens/postcards/macrdp.jpg

This was really great!

Monkeyman

07-10-2007, 10:59 AM

*Sniffling*
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/JonTheMonkeyman/Hoods.jpg

philjones

07-10-2007, 11:04 AM

I now live in Lake Charles (Moss Bluff) LA and this is an interesting post card. All of the water you see in the picture (Lake Charles) was later filled in and Lakeshore Drive was built along with a large park and civic center.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/calcasieu/postcards/bevlkc.jpg

rgcraig

07-10-2007, 11:05 AM

I now live in Lake Charles (Moss Bluff) LA and this is an interesting post card. All of the water you see in the picture (Lake Charles) was later filled in and Lakeshore Drive was built along with a large park and civic center.

So can they still really call it Lake Charles? :slaphappy

philjones

07-10-2007, 11:09 AM

So can they still really call it Lake Charles? :slaphappy

LOL!

Read it again... I said the water that you SEE.... not the entire lake was filled in to build this road, park and Civic Center. It really is an engineering marvel that they were able to recover that land from the lake. :)

rgcraig

07-13-2007, 08:01 PM

*Sniffling*
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j114/JonTheMonkeyman/Hoods.jpg

Not sure how I missed this but, :slaphappy:slaphappy:slaphappy

RandyWayne

07-13-2007, 08:05 PM

Where my youngest sister had her wedding reception. Called the Wausau Club.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/marathon/postcards/waclub.jpg

Right now it is COMPLETELY different and modern, but also home to Scott Street Pub. Some of the best burgers in Wausau!
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/marathon/postcards/scottst.jpg

Where I almost fell off of more than once.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/marathon/postcards/ribmt.jpg

rgcraig

07-13-2007, 08:08 PM

What an awesome place for a wedding reception!

It's always been a dream of mine to have a place like this and do wedding receptions/parties!!!!!

I love that place!
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/marathon/postcards/waclub.jpg

deseret

07-13-2007, 08:10 PM

Members only :)

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ut/saltlake/postcards/tswin.jpg

deseret

07-13-2007, 08:11 PM

Still looks like this

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ut/weber/postcards/wash2.jpg

TalkLady

07-13-2007, 08:11 PM

I am very disappointed. My county did not have one. I have researched much of the history of my home town and what an amazing history it is!

deseret

07-13-2007, 08:12 PM

This place is beautiful when the snow comes.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ut/weber/postcards/ogcan.jpg

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ut/weber/postcards/supply.jpg

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ut/weber/postcards/narrow.jpg

RandyWayne

07-13-2007, 08:14 PM

What an awesome place for a wedding reception!

It's always been a dream of mine to have a place like this and do wedding receptions/parties!!!!!

I've DJ'ed several weddings there already and love it as well. It has been updated quite a bit but still very elegant with a sense of history. (And of course, it is also very very haunted! Time to bring in Jason and Grant.....)
The food was excellent and the prices were only a couple of bucks more per plate than the more traditional places that good church folk go for their weddings.

RandyWayne

07-13-2007, 08:17 PM

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ut/weber/postcards/narrow.jpg

This looks like some places along Superstition Mountain in AZ where we'll be living soon!

deseret

07-13-2007, 08:26 PM

http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ut/weber/postcards/narrow.jpg

This looks like some places along Superstition Mountain in AZ where we'll be living soon!

The Ogden Canyon is beautiful. I don't recommend driving that route if you have claustrophobia.

RandyWayne

07-13-2007, 08:28 PM

This my friend, is why we are moving to the Mesa/Superstition, AZ area. Nothing compares to these type of landscapes.
It helps keep me grounded in my faith, overwhelmed yet not debilitatingly so, and shows me who is in charge. It is also just beautiful to look at!

deseret

07-13-2007, 08:30 PM