Bridges • Lakes and Rivers • Niagara Falls • Trains and Tracks | August 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This vintage Niagara Falls Postcard from 1910 shows the American Falls and the International Railway Bridge across the Niagara River. The International Railway Bridge, built in 1873 by the International Bridge Company, allows trains to cross the Niagara River between... View Full Postcard →
Bridges • Lakes and Rivers • Niagara Falls | Leave a Comment
This vintage Niagara Falls postcard shows Bridal Veil Falls on the American side with the Cave of the Winds behind it. Although this postcard is newer and brighter than the Cave of the Winds postcard, it is still older than... View Full Postcard →
Bridges • Lakes and Rivers • Niagara Falls | Leave a Comment
This is a very old postcard, dated 1900, showing a lithograph of the Cave of the Winds at Niagara Falls, New York. The Cave of the Winds was actually a hollowed out cave behind Bridal Veil Falls on the American... View Full Postcard →
Bridges • Christmas | June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This reprint of an Andrew Melrose painting of Christmas Eve in the early 1900s shows the sun setting on a snowy country road. Snow covered homes can be seen along the road that winds past the local Church and over... View Full Postcard →
Bridges • Lakes and Rivers • Parks • Pennsylvania | June 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This 1910 vintage postcard shows a couple boating across a lake by moonlight. The lake is Panther Hollow Lake in Schenley Park which borders Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens of Pittsburgh. A very romantic setting for the couple in the... View Full Postcard →
Bridges • Lakes and Rivers • Pennsylvania | Leave a Comment
This vintage postcard shows downtown Pittsburgh By Night in 1931. It shows a very interesting view of Pittsburgh at night across the Monongahela river from the summit on the south shore of Pittsburgh’s river, “The Mon”. The bridge is the... View Full Postcard →
Bridges • Lakes and Rivers • Pennsylvania • Ships and Boats | Leave a Comment
This vintage postcard shows a view of the rivers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1931 at what is today Point Park, where the Ohio River, the Allegheny River, and the Monongahela River all meet to form a triangle of land. In... View Full Postcard →
Bridges • Lakes and Rivers • Pennsylvania • Ships and Boats | Leave a Comment
This vintage postcard shows a view of the rivers of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the late 1800s at what is today Point Park, where the Ohio River, the Allegheny River, and the Monongahela River all meet to form a triangle of... View Full Postcard →
Bridges • Lakes and Rivers • Oregon | Leave a Comment
This vintage postcard, from 1935, shows Multnomah Falls in Oregon and the Benson Foot Bridge spanning it. Multnomah Falls is one of the most spectacular sites to see in Oregon. The second highest water fall in the United States, Multnomah... View Full Postcard →
Black and White • Bridges • Maryland • Mountains | June 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This black and white vintage postcard shows “The Narrows” in Cumberland, Maryland. The Narrows is the name for a beautiful and picturesque valley that passes through a gap in the mountains with high cliffs on either side at one point.... View Full Postcard →