Postally unused card provided to passenger by United Air Lines
Flying to Nassau
Post card is a Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc. Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.
This is a DC-3 owned by Mackey Airlines, headquartered at Broward International Airport in Fort Lauderdale FL, flew direct to Nassau from Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, St. Petersburg, and Tampa. It was acquired by Eastern Airlines in 1967.
Auto Kid
1920s postcard. Artwork by E. Weaver (no bio available), but Sherry Arent Cawley, in Berrien County, author of one of the Postcard History Series put out by Arcadia Publishing, describes the artist as “…a very prolific American postcard artist at the turn of the century through the 1930s. His designs, in sets of 8 to 32 are whimsical and humorous with many drawn in a simplified Art Nouveau style.”
The card was mailed from Cloverdale VA on October 25, 1926, to an address in Willis VA.
Airtext Child’s Flight Bag
These things pop up in unlikely places, like at an estate sale. This is a vintage Piedmont child’s souvenir candy travel bag. It was sold at the Piedmont store, filled with candy to keep the little nipper occupied during the flight. It is 7″ wide, 3.5″ deep and about 4″ high (just the bag, not the straps). It has a metal zipper. Manufactured by Airline Textiles Manufacturing Co. of Des Moines IA. The company, apparently, is still in business.
Braniff International
This is an unopened card deck I found at an estate sale. This airline went out of the flying trade in 1982.
Alaska Airlines
I’ve been collecting “kiddie wings”, the metal or plastic wings given to children on airline flights, for over a decade now. I found this at an estate sale in Johnson City TN. It is nicely done. It’s 2″ wing tip to wing tip and 5/8″ at the circle. The logo of the First Nations person is topped with an acrylic dome. Base metal, made in China.
Jenkins Fire
Greetings from Tennessee
Top image is the front of this pack of photos from around Tennessee. The lower image is the back or the opening of the card pack. I know that this photo was taken in the mid-sixties and shot by C. H. Ruth (uncredited), who did aerial photo work for Haynes Distributing out of Roanoke. The card pack was published by Dexter Press of West Nyack NY. The interior copy mentions that the Opry was still in the Ryman, so it was certainly published before 1974.
Owl Plays an Old Jackie Gleason Record
You can find out about Jackie Gleason here. Early in my Radio career, I worked at a station with an Easy Listening format. It was basically background music, but it became soporific if you listened too long. Drove me nuts.
Bluff City Mill Fire
This appears to be the real thing; although, I may be wrong. This Real Photo Post Card (RPPC) depicts a night shot of the fire that devastated Bluff City Mills in July of 1946. The mill was partially rebuilt and finally gave up the ghost somewhere in the early 1990s.
I can’t find any references on the internet to Bluff City Photo Shop, but Frasher’s is well known in and around Pomona CA. The company went out of business circa 1955.
This card was purchased locally by a buddy of mine who has an eagle-sharp eye when it comes to local collectibles.
Uncle Bob's Pix 