Lakes and Rivers • Niagara Falls | August 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This 1910 vintage postcard view of the Horseshoe Falls from Goat Island at Niagara Falls is quite beautiful. The postcard has been printed from a painting of the falls with lovely colors in the spray and background. The Horseshoe Falls,... View Full Postcard →
Lakes and Rivers • Niagara Falls | August 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This vintage Niagara Falls postcard shows three paintings of the Falls area one in a rectangular golden square, one in a golden circle, and the third in a golden triangle. It is a pretty postcard and old, pre-1907, with undivided... View Full Postcard →
Lakes and Rivers • Niagara Falls | Leave a Comment
This 1910 vintage postcard shows a view of Niagara Falls from the deck of the Maid of the Mist tour boat. Today, you can still board the Maid of the Mist donning plastic rain slickers and hats to see Niagara... 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 →
Lakes and Rivers • New York • Niagara Falls • Sports | Leave a Comment
This vintage postcard is dated September 1, 1906 and shows the ice mounds that form at the base of Niagara Falls. We see a crowd watching as people climb the ice to the top and then slide down. This looks... View Full Postcard →
Bridges • Lakes and Rivers • Oregon | June 11, 2010 | 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 →
California • National Parks | June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment
This vintage postcard dated January, 1910 shows Vernal Falls in Yosemite Valley, and claims that it is “On the Line of the S.P.R.R.” or Southern Pacific Railroad. It may have been a railroad advertisement of one of the many exciting... View Full Postcard →
California • National Parks | Leave a Comment
The original vintage postcard, dated July 2, 1902, shows Bridal Veil Falls, (also called Bridalveil Falls) in Yosemite Valley, California at 900 ft. It is interesting that this postcard claims the falls are 900 ft. while today, scientists measure it... View Full Postcard →