Crowds on the Beach – 1937

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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SM-35.  Crowds on the beach at Santa Monica, California.  IA-H360.  Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif.

A companion post card to yesterday’s posting.   Also an unused post card from the Weaver 1937 West Coast Trip.

 

 

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Los Angeles County Beach – 1937

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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SM-33 – Los Angeles County Beach, Santa Monica , California.  IA-H358.  Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif.

Another unused post card from the 1937 Weaver automobile trip to the West Coast.

 

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Hollywood Blvd. – 1937

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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842. The bright lights of Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood, California.  Illumination by Otto K. Olesen.  1A-H347.   Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif.

Continuing the unused post cards in Grandpa’s collection from the 1937 trip.

 

 

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Happy Halloween – 1919

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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A Jolly Halloween.  S-619.   Made in the U.S.A.

Post marked  Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 31, 1919.  Addressed to Lella [Leila] Marie Weaver, #92 Tireman Ave., Detroit, Mich.  Care of Lee G. Weaver.

“Hope I see all well.  C. W. S. Auntie [Christiana Weaver Rinehart Schwartz, Leila’s grand aunt]”

Leila was born Oct 22, 1919, so this was a “First” card from her father’s aunt.

 

 

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Halloween – 1913

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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Halloween,  Don’t get nervous spooks don’t bite.

No post mark. No address.  Not mailed

Another blank card in the collection of Lee Weaver

 

 

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Pikes Peak Surrounded by Clouds – 1937

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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565 – Pikes Peak, Altitude 14,109 Feet, Surrounded by clouds.   Famous in frontier history for the slogan “Pikes Peak or Bust”.     Pikes Peak is, perhaps, America’s most famous mountain and also one of its most impressive.  Other peaks of great elevation are but little above surrounding mountains while Pikes Peak from the east towers over 8000 feet above Colorado Springs and surrounding plains, a snow-capped landmark that may be seen for over a hundred miles.     Pub. by Sanborn Souvenir Co., Inc., Denver, Colo. — Made in U.S.A.   28282.

Another of the unused post cards in the collection dating back to the Weaver automobile trip to the West Coast in 1937.

 

 

 

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Summit of Pikes Peak at Sunrise – 1937

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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517,  Summit of Pikes Peak at sunrise.   Pikes Peak is America’s most famous mountain.  113317.  For half a century Pikes Peak has been a point of pilgrimage for the tourist and sightseer.  The trip is a badge of travel.  Thousands journey especially to see the majestic grandeur of the sunrise; an experience never to be forgotten especially if it chances that it occurs in a sea of clouds.   Sanborn Souvenir Co., Denver, Colo.

No post mark. No address.

Another of the unused post cards from the Weaver trip to the West Coast.   They repeated this trip in 1960, after Grandpa Lee retired from Texaco.    There are movie pictures of Grandma sitting at the top of Pikes Peak on the seat of a Covered Wagon.

 

 

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Creosote Bush on the Desert – 1937

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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679  Creosote Bush on the Desert.  1A-H442.  Western Publishing Co., Los Angeles, Calif.

No post mark. No address.

Another of the unused post cards from the Weaver automobile trip to the West Coast in 1937.

 

 

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Ocotillo in Bloom on the Desert – 1937

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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669.  Ocotillo in bloom on the desert.  6A-H72.  Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif.

No post mark.  No address.

Another of the unused post cards in the collection.  This on picked up by Grandpa Lee and Grandma Florence [Weaver] on their West Coast Motor Trip in 1937.

 

 

 

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Palatial Home and Malibu Shoreline – 1937

Posted on October 24, 2016 by Pat Shaul

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SM 41 – Palatial home and Malibu shoreline, Roosevelt Highway, near Santa Monica, California. IA-H482.  Western Publishing & Co., Los Angeles, Calif.

No post mark. No address.

Another of the unused cards in Grandpa Lee’s collection.  This is probably one he picked up during the automobile trip he and Grandma Florence made to the West Coast in 1937.

 

 

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