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11-25-2012, 03:03 PM | #1 |
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Winnipesaukee Fanfold Postcards from 1912
While my wife & I were in Chicago visiting my son (and his family) for Thanksgiving earlier this week we happened to stop by a collectibles store where we found the following fanfold postcard packet while browsing/killing time. The package of postcards was mailed in 1912 (a hundred years ago!) from a camper at Camp Idelwild on Cow Island (in existence 1892 - 1975) to a friend in Ohio. All of the postcards (and envelope) are in excellent condition. I don't typically purchase postcards so I don't know how unusual this "find" is but for $2.00 I figured that I'd splurge. I thought that some of you might be interested in seeing them!
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11-25-2012, 03:29 PM | #2 |
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My guess is that mcdude is going to be a bit jealous. Great find!
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11-25-2012, 08:08 PM | #3 |
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Only if he doesn't already have one! Great find either way! Thanks for posting it!
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'Course, I didn't have much choice in the matter: the postcard was from a summer camp—and the writer was my Grand-Aunt. She described the weather—that the water was too cold for her, and that my Dad was "a wonderful baby". My Dad got a big chuckle out that one! 2) Curious if PhotoPost has "collected" any of these postcards, I selected one—the large and "roundish" island—and got as far as page 16 (of 32) before the images started blurring together . 'Not sure how to enter these in PhotoPost anyway. Wouldn't they appear fuzzy if selected as a screenshot? |
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11-26-2012, 09:11 AM | #5 |
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Over 1300 postcards have been scanned and placed on the Winnipesaukee.com Photopost. If you are signed in, Photopost has a wonderful search function where you can search by poster, subject, title or category and it works pretty "good"!! rgilfert has a find here because the price was so reasonable but it is the really rare postcards that fetch a high price on e-bay or at postcard shows. I've posted a few of the postcards from this fanfold booklet here in this thread just to see if I could find them with the search function. Most of these cards are already on-line here on Photopost. from "A Weirs Souvenir" http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ead.php?t=1748 . from the Wolfeboro Railroad thread http://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums/...ead.php?t=1748 Steamer Landing - Alton Bay, Wolfeboro, Weirs The Weirs from Interlaken Park - posted by Tally-Ho http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...hp?photo=16163 Loon Island and the Uncle Sam - posted by DRH http://www.winnipesaukee.com/photopo...hp?photo=10999 Please note that although the title is the same, the sunset is different!! Many postcards were hand-colored which could explain the differences What I haven't seen before is rgilfert's version of "The Smile of the Great Spirit"! . ] This is the most amusing postcard booklet cover I have seen because of course the native Indians were riding through the Belknaps during the same time that the original Mount was plying the waters of the lake....right? |
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I have the same one!
When I saw this post, I thought that I also had this same postcard booklet but had to wait until we went to the cottage again to look. Yes, it is the same one, mailed (postmarked) 1916. I picked this up 5-6 years ago but honestly can't remember if it was online or at a local flea market. Anyway, I think it's a great old souvenir of Lake Winnipesaukee!
Now, did anyone else notice the spelling of the lake on this booklet? It is spelled winnEpesaukee instead of winnIpesaukee which was a common old spelling for the lake. Sue |
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