Category: Postcards from a Cigar Box
A bunch of random postcards dating from the early 1900s found in a Cremo cigar box
Cliff House, San Fransisco
Wish you were here? c.1909
Originally named the Kansas State Penitentiary when the facility was authorized by the Kansas Constitution in 1859.
Executions of state, federal, and military prisoners were performed by hanging at KSP until 1965.
A few notable residents:
- Emmett Dalton, of the Dalton Gang, was sentenced to life imprisonment after their Coffeyville, Kansas bank robbery attempt in 1892.
- Harvey Bailey, “The Dean of American Bank Robbers” & cohort of Machine Gun Kelly.
- Alvin Francis “Creepy Karpis” Karpowicz, met Fred Barker here and later formed the Barker-Karpis Gang (1931 to 1935).
Post Cards
A couple of scans of the backs of postcards, for use as props or whatever you fancy. Unknown dates, probably 1907-1917.
Postage Rates for stamped cards and postcards (in cents) 1873-1951
05/12/1873 – 1¢ (see Note Below)
11/02/1917 – 2¢
07/01/1919 – 1¢
04/15/1925 – 1¢ for stamped cards; 2¢ for postcards
07/01/1928 – 1¢
01/01/1952 – 2¢
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Mystic Maze, Hotel Del Monte
The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North America.
The hotel itself is an imposing white building, with red tile roofing. it has a 120 ft.tall, Spanish style tower, a huge, 200 ft. dining room and there are hidden passageways that wind around the building’s old walls. Upstairs, as was the custom of upper crust hotels, there is a large ballroom.
Greetings from California
First of many postcard scans that I will be adding, all found in a CREMO Cigar box that belonged to my grandfather. Dates range from early 1900s to the 1950s. Though there are probably close to a thousand postcards in the box, I will only be posting the most interesting.
