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Showing posts with label Festival of Postcards. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Festival of Postcards. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Festival of Postcards - Locomotion
The theme for the 9th Edition of the Festival of Postcards is Locomotion. I found this postcard of the old San Francisco ferry, "Berkeley" in my great grandmother's postcard album.
I've spent a good deal of my life riding ferries and living by their rhythm. For those who live or work on an island or area serviced by a ferry you know life revolves around their comings and goings just as our daily routines revolve around the rising and setting of the sun. Some things never change...
© 2010, copyright Michelle Goodrum
© 2010, copyright Michelle Goodrum
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Festival of Postcards 8th Edition - Geography Is Out
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Festival of Postcards - Geography - Monument Valley
"This edition of A Festival of Postcards is dedicated to Geography, so this is your chance to pull out all those landscape and other VINTAGE postcards depicting Earth's natural features."
This postcard of Totem Poles in Monument Valley, Utah was found among some of my parents papers. Since they visited the Southwest in the early 1960's, I am guessing that this postcard is from that time frame.
Monument Valley is located on the Navajo Reservation, along the Utah/Arizona border in Northeast Arizona and Southeastern Utah. You can read more about it here.
Hubby and I visited in March of 1995 touring the valley on our own. Someday, I would love to return and take a guided tour to some of the more remote areas of the valley. Below is a picture we took from very nearly the same location as the postcard photo (purely by chance).
On our visit, we were struck by several things. While the landscape did not change much in 30+ years, we were amazed at the changes that occur in the course of a few minutes due to changes in lighting caused by moving clouds and the position of the sun. Also, we were not aware, until driving through Monument Valley, that people live there. It was interesting to drive along, seemingly in the middle of nowhere, and see livestock and a home. What a beautiful place to live but also incredibly remote.
I'm happy to be able to share this vintage postcard with you and my photo taken decades later.
© 2010, copyright Michelle Goodrum
This postcard of Totem Poles in Monument Valley, Utah was found among some of my parents papers. Since they visited the Southwest in the early 1960's, I am guessing that this postcard is from that time frame.
Monument Valley is located on the Navajo Reservation, along the Utah/Arizona border in Northeast Arizona and Southeastern Utah. You can read more about it here.
Hubby and I visited in March of 1995 touring the valley on our own. Someday, I would love to return and take a guided tour to some of the more remote areas of the valley. Below is a picture we took from very nearly the same location as the postcard photo (purely by chance).
On our visit, we were struck by several things. While the landscape did not change much in 30+ years, we were amazed at the changes that occur in the course of a few minutes due to changes in lighting caused by moving clouds and the position of the sun. Also, we were not aware, until driving through Monument Valley, that people live there. It was interesting to drive along, seemingly in the middle of nowhere, and see livestock and a home. What a beautiful place to live but also incredibly remote.
I'm happy to be able to share this vintage postcard with you and my photo taken decades later.
© 2010, copyright Michelle Goodrum
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