Bus on a Bridge
I snickered at “the bus that goes to sea” line. Anyway, the card was published in 1949.
Uncle Bob's Travels
Places I've hung out in or just neat postcards
Archive for the category “Photography by Bob Lawrence”
Wind Turbine?
We had been up in Adwolfe VA taking pix of the Octagon House when, on the way to Wytheville, I spotted this rusting quietly in a field. I don’t know what it originally did for a living, but it’s retired now. I would almost bet there’s a good story here…
Middlesboro KY
The movies advertised on the marquee, Teen Age Rebel and Stagecoach to Fury, both came out in 1956. The national park mentioned is the 24,000 acre Cumberland Gap National Park, which opened in 1959.
Colourpicture Publishers was in business in Boston between 1938 and 1969, but began using the Plastichrome trademark in the 1950s.
As far as I can tell, Adams Specialty Company in Nashville no longer exists.
Jack Inman is, or was, a photographer working in Middlesboro.
Mountain Motel, Boone NC
This black-and-white postcard is from the 40s, after the war. A later image of this business shows all buildings with sloping roofs.
Cullom & Chertner was a publishing firm in Nashville. Apparently, after the war, they kept a sales office in Atlanta.
Water damage. Otherwise in fair condition.
Another view. This is a real photo post card (RPPC) from the 1950s. It is postally unused, but a child has scrawled in pencil on the back.
Sinking Creek Baptist Church
This card is neither unusual or rare. Nice card, though. Printed by Koppel Color Cards in New Jersey. If you know about this church, you know that, in October, 2017, an SUV rolled into the building. It has since been repaired. The church, not the SUV…
Wimpy’s in Richlands
No lie, this card’s had some hard handling.
But the card itself is interesting in that these once-loved roadhouses are almost all gone now. I’d say the date of the photograph is late 50s, judging from the cars. I think that’s a ’56 Ford, the blue one, on the right. In front is a yellow ’53 Chevrolet Bel Air. Note, I’m no way an expert on car models. If I’m wrong, shoot me a comment.
It was printed by Koppel Color Card Company in Hawthorne NJ. The rounded corners are unusual.
Vardy TN
The Vardy Museums in Hancock County, just over Newman’s Ridge from Sneedville. The 411 is here.
