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Grand Canyon National Park, Granite Gorge from Bright Angel Trail (Arizona, USA)
Unused Fred Harvey “Phostint” card 80716 (H-1504) with an impressively long caption. Grade: 1
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Chateau Tongariro (New Zealand)
In this case it helps to know, first, that the card was mailed in 1974, with two stamps and clear postmark. Then — and again with thanks to Wikipedia — we can tell you this about the hotel: “The Grand Chateau, also known as Chateau Tongariro, (was) a hotel and resort complex on the slopes of Mount Ruapehu, within the boundaries of Tongariro National Park, New Zealand’s oldest national park. The building was completed in 1929 and, despite extensive refurbishment, still retains much of the style of the pre-Depression era and is listed by Heritage New Zealand as a Category 1 historic place. Chateau Tongariro Hotel closed permanently on 5 February 2023, largely because the building has significant seismic risks.” It’s worth seeing that Wikipedia entry in full. Grade: 1
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Cinder Cone in Lassen Volcanic National Park (California)
Unused Stanley A. Piltz Pictorial Wonderland linen postcard 0B-H1012. Grade: 1
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Yosemite National Park, Upper Yosemite Fall (California)
Unused H.S. Crocker card BSY-27. Grade: 1
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Garden of the Gods, Balanced Rock (Colorado)
Unused Cooper postcard 7DK-253 (C.674). Grade: 2
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Balanced Rock, Colorado National Monument (USA)
Unused, mildly aging Mike Roberts card C22831. This scene is in Fruita Canyon. Grade: 2
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Mesa Verde National Park, Square Tower (Colorado)
Unused Rembrandt card 1163. Aging. Grade: 2
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New Salem State Park, The Saw and Grist Mill (Illinois)
A very substantial caption loosely linking this to Abraham Lincoln, on this unused Dexter Press card DT-86270-B from 1964. Grade: 2
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New Salem State Park, Miller and Kelso Residence (Illinois)
Unused Dexter Press card 299-D-18 (63334), telling us that Abraham Lincoln and Jack Kelso studied the classics of literature togther. Grade: 2
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Slade, Natural Bridge State Park, Rustic Bridge (Kentucky, USA)
Rustic, yes, but natural? Unused Dexter Press card 63922. Grade: 1
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Mammoth Cave National Park, Lake Lethe (Kentucky, USA)
Unused H.S. Crocker card NPC-26. Grade: 1
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Daniel Boone National Forest, Red River Gorge (Slade, Kentucky, USA)
Unused Dexter Press card 31866-D. Grade: 1
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Bar Harbor, Acadia National Park, Ascending Cadillac Mountain Road (Maine, USA)
E.C. Kropp card 6875 N, unused but for a notation on the back that this is a postcard of a national park … Grade: 3
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Acadia National Park, Mt. Desert Island, Arch Bridge, At Bubble Pond (Maine)
Unused Tichnor Quality Views card 64081. Grade: 1
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Petersburg, The Onstott Cooper Shop at Old Salem State Park
In 1934, someone visited this place, got the card, and wrote a long addendum to the caption. Not postally used. Grade: 4
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Starved Rock State Park, Wildcat Canyon (Illinois, USA)
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen postcard 9A-H2153. Grade: 1
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Mississippi River and Prairie du Chien. Wisconsin, from Pike’s Peak State Park (McGregor, Iowa, USA)
When you think of Pike’s Peak, you might think of somewhere else, but here’s proof there’s more than one. Unused Plastichrome card P15180. Grade: 1
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Yellowstone National Park, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone and Lower Falls (Montana, USA)
Unused Curteichcolor card 5DK-218 (64K031). Grade: 1
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Yellowstone National Park, The Holy City (Montana, USA)
Unused Curteichcolor card 4C-K287 (52K275). Grade: 1
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Gardiner, The Theodore Roosevelt Arch (Montana, USA)
Unused card with a significant water stain on the reverse. This feature is “near the northern boundary of Yellowstone National Park.” Grade: 4
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Yellowstone National Park, Oblong Geyser Crater (Montana, USA)
Unused Curteichcolor card 4C-K281 (52K105). Grade: 1
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Glacier Park, The Garden Wall (Montana, USA)
Unused E.C. Kropp card 9065 (C-2572). Grade: 1
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Watkins Glen State Park, Cavern Cascade (New York)
Unused C.T. American Art card OA4809, some aging. Grade: 1
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cades Cove, Elijah Oliver Place (Tennessee, USA)
Unused Color King card 56891. Grade: 1
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Cades Cove, Becky Cable House (Tennessee, USA)
Unused Color King card 83859. This used to be a general store. Grade: 1
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Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Laurel Falls (Tennessee)
Unused Color King card 78601, of “the most popular hike in the Smokies”. Grade: 1
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Rainier National Park, Mount Rainier (Washington, USA)
No shortage of Mount Rainier postcards. At least these folks aren’t wearing their Sunday best clothes, as was so typical on cards from this era. Unused Dexter Press #53761-B (C-580). Grade: 1
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Mt. Rainier National Park, “Where Flowers and Glaciers Meet” (Washington, USA)
“Gorgeous arrays of wild flowers bloom to the very edge of the Nisqually Glacier” on this Curteichcolor card 5C-K456, unused but with Irma’s name inked into the stamp area. Grade: 3
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Mt. Rainier National Park, Glacier Vista (Washington)
Unused Curteichcolor card 7C-K369. Grade: 1
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Lowden State Park, Black Hawk Statue (Illinois)
Not postally used, this Dexter Press card 298-D-38 (56457) has a 1953 date written on the back. Grade: 4
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Glacier National Park, Lake St. Mary from Baring Creek (Montana, USA)
One of the most florid captions we’ve ever seen, on a nice, old, unused, E.C. Kropp card #28400. We once had an English professor who failed us for writing like that. Grade: 1
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Superior, Pattison State Park, Manitou Falls (Wisconsin, USA)
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen postcard 8A-H2959 of “the highest falls in Wisconsin”. (Not only that, but the fourth-highest waterfall east of the Rocky Mountains!) Grade: 1
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Grand Teton National Park, Jenny Lake and Mt. Moran (Wyoming)
Unused H.S. Crocker card ES-376, aging. Grade: 2
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Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Mt. Lefroy and Victoria Glacier (Canada)
Unused Scenic Art card C6356, with “Aug 58” written at the top edge of the reverse. Grade: 3
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Yosemite National Park, The Four Falls (California)
Mailed in 1973 with a 15-cent stamp and postmark, the four falls are identified in the caption (Nevada, Yosemite, Vernal, Bridal Veil) and some statistics are there too. That white area at upper left top is an abrasion. Grade: 5
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Valbona Valley, National Park (Albania)
Oh the clean air … Unused Aeditions card 820. Grade: 1
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Hot Springs National Park, New Army and Navy Hospital (Arkansas, USA)
Unused Curteich-Chicago linen card 3A-H1313 (79) with an unusual juxtaposition of holiday resort and Government hospital facilities. Grade: 1
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Acadia National Park, Jordon Pond and The Bubbles (Maine, USA)
Unused Dexter Press card 41958-B (M-3206), serrated edges. Grade: 1
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Bryce Canyon National Park, Thor’s Hammer (Utah)
Mailed with $1.05 stamp, postmark, and postal abrasions. Grade: 4
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Bryce Canyon National Park (Utah)
Unused. Grade: 1