Posts Tagged ‘vacation’
A Trip to the Grand Hotel: Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
February 24th, 2010 | 
Author: A collection of postcards, mostly from the early 20th century.
Pocono Mountain Postcards Hotels Resorts Boarding Homes Inns
Postcard images capture the transformation of the Pocono Mountains from secluded wilderness to vacation destination. With the arrival of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, numerous stations throughout the Pocono region served those temporarily fleeing the confines of city life. A multitude of boarding homes, hotels, inns and resorts provided travelers with a wide variety of accommodations and activities. This work is a representation of the author’s 10 year endeavor to collect …
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Tags: boarding, book, History, homes, hotels, inns, mountains, pennsylvania, pocono, poconos, Postcard, resorts, vacation | 
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Postcard From Everywhere
A postcard slideshow set to the song “I’ve Been Everywhere” By Johnny Cash. PS I collect postcards. Mostly, because I hate to carry a camera on my yearly road trips. That being said, and considering the size of my collection, I thought this video would be easy. Oh, how WRONG I was! Oh sure, I’ve been everywhere…but Tocopilla? Barranquilla? Diamantina? Can I even drive to these places? Where are they? I’m lost, and much less of a world traveler than I liked to think. So, these postcards …
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Tags: americana, been, cash, country, destination, everywhere, i've, johnny, landmark, music, Postcard, road, travel, trip, vacation, world |
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