Hologram 3-D Laser Cut postcard!

Antiquarian Holographica

The LASER: 50 Years in the Arts & Sciences 1960-2010

A Hologtram commemorative from Antiquarian Holographica
visit: holoworld . com

Frank DeFreitas Holography
Antiquarian Holographica Collection
815 West Allen Street
Allentown, Pennsylvania 18102
USA

Antiquarian Holographica is about the collection, appreciation, and scholarly study of late - 20th century printed ephemera as it relates to holography. As such, it celebrates the scientific, artistic, social and cultural history of this Nobel prize-winning field.

This postcard commemorates the 50th anniversary of the invention of the LASER.

postmarked in 2010 with a 28 cent stamp

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This postcard was sent to me from an unknown person from my postcard blog.

Whoever it was I say Thank you! The hologram of King Tutankhamun in the center is so vivid I want to put my hand behind the card and grab the image to pick it up! If you go to the website on the card you can buy these 3-D laser hologram postcards.

(The actual image goes from gold to green and then to red.)

Run with the Big Dogs!

You Can't Run with the Big Dogs
If you Pee like a Puppy!

Designed by John Hinde Curteich, Inc.

unused, from 2009

Aloma Baptist Church and Game Day

This Sunday is
GAME DAY
at Aloma

Wear your team colors!

2010 is the Year of Connect at Aloma! Our Game Day is all about connecting people:
to God
to each other
to His church

Wear your favorite team colors and be ready to get in the game for the Year of Connect.

See you there! GO TEAM!

Pastor Anthony

postmarked in 2010 with a machine stamp

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This is a postcard I received from my church. We did this last year too for Super Bowl Sunday. There were beach balls being passed around, we did the wave, and everything was so much fun! A word about Pastor Anthony, he is not your typical preacher. He is so anointed from God that even the teenagers love him! You never know what he is going to say next, or what is going to get him on a rant. If you live in Central Florida and looking for something to do on Sunday morning, check out Aloma Baptist Church.

Aloma Baptist Church
1815 State Road 436
Winter Park, Fl 32792
407-671-6851

Flamingos

Florida Flamingo

unused, bought in 2009

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Every flamingo does not nest every year. When they do nest, they typically lay one large, white egg. The nest is built of mud, small stones, and feathers on the ground and is in the shape of a volcano. Mounds can be as high as 30 cm (12 in.). It can take a pair of flamingos up to six weeks to build their nest. Both parents will take turns incubating the egg for 26 to 31 days.
Newly hatched chicks have gray or white down feathers and a straight red bill. In these large colonies, parents can recognize their own chicks by their vocalizations (voice).

What do nestling flamingos eat?

Parent flamingos do not regurgitate food for their young the way most birds do. They feed their nestling a liquid substance called 'crop milk', a secretion of the upper digestive tract stimulated by the hormone prolactin. Crop milk is dark red in color and very high in fat and protein and is produced by both male and female birds.





Florida

Flamingos are social creatures, often living and breeding in large colonies.
Their most distinctive features are long legs and pink color.

This 'postcard Factory' postcard is postmarked in 2008 with a 42 cent 'heart' stamp

Caribbean Culture and Tropical Fruit Salad Recipe

Caribbean Culture
You are sure to find some of the most interesting cultural aspects of the Caribbean. From dancing Mocko Jumbies at cultural events to the sounds of the steel pan being played throughout the Caribbean by local musicians.

There is also a recipe on the back for

Tropical Fruit Salad
Serves 6 to 8

2 ripe bananas, peeled & cut into rounds,
2 ripe mangoes, peeled, seeded & cubed,
3 slices fresh pineapple, peeled & cubed,
1 pink grapefruit, peeled, seeded & Segmented,
1 fresh orange; peeled, seeded & segmented,
2 Carambolas (star fruit), cut into 1/4 inch slices,
Juice 4 passion fruits,
1 Tbsp brown sugar,
2 Tbsp light rum,
freshly grated nutmeg,
juice of 1 lemon,
fresh mint leaves:

Combine fruits in a mixing bowl. Sprinkle with sugar, rum, nutmeg and lemon juice. Mix well. Refrigerate 1 hour before serving, then garnish with fresh mint leaves.

postmarked in 2008 with with 42 cent Frank Sinatra stamp

Presidents of the United States of America

United States Presidents

America's 43 Presidents are vividly illustrated in this painting by Randy Green. Since 1789, when George Washington was sworn in as our first President, America has benefited from over 200 years of Presidential stability, a record admired around the world.


First Ladies - in the 1930's, Eleanor Roosevelt began a tradition of activism in the White House that continues to this day. Modern First Ladies such as Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Rosaline Carter, Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, and especially Jacqueline Kennedy and Hillary Clinton have been highly visible assets to the Presidency. Artist Randy Green has created an informative overview of First ladies from Martha Washington to Laura Bush.

Minnesota State Capitol

State Capitol - Minnesota -
One of the most magnificent state capitols in the country. Designed by Cass Gilbert, it houses the offices of the Governor and other state officials.

Photo by Bruce Sherve

postmarked in 1990 with 15 cent 'Buffalo Bill Cody' stamp



If you look at the center of the building, the gold statue you see is this ........


The Quadriga - Minnesota State Capitol - The sculpture, "Progress of the State", created by Daniel Chester French and Edward Potter represents the successful cooperation of people and nature. The horses represent earth, wind, fire and water. The female figures represent industry and agriculture. The dramatic appearance of the sculpture is enhanced by gold leaf.

Photo Bob Firth/Firth Photo Bank

postmarked in 1992 with 19 cent balloon stamp

Lighthouses of Georgia

Georgia Lighthouses

For centuries, lighthouses have been erected to protect ships and guide them safely away from low shoals. Each lighthouse has individual markings make it readily identifiable from a distance. Advancements in technology have replaced many of the lighthouses, however many are operational and most are open to tourists and visitors providing a historic view of time gone by.

Cockspur Island
Tybee Island
Sapelo Island
Cumberland Island
St. Simons Island

Art by Ronald Williams

unused, from 2010

Oldest School in U.S. - Over the Years ...

1. has flowers, fence, and other buildings
2. missing other buildings (you can see the one in front is already caving in)
3. fence and flowers are missing


This Little Red Cedar School House, oldest in the U.S., is on St. George Street, protected in olden days by the City Gates and old Castillo de San Marcos. Visited yearly by thousands. Open daily.

postmarked with 1 cent Washington stamp



The Oldest School House, St. George Street, St. Augustine, Florida

The Oldest City in the United States

The Oldest wooden School House, under three flags stands on quaint Old St. George Street just within the Old City Gates. As evidence a Spanish map of 1788 shows this red cedar house "in fair condition". It has been used in recent exhibition as contrast to the most modern types of school architecture.

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Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse in the United States, St. Augustine, Florida. Constructed of cypress and red cedar, this building was put together with wooden pegs. This ancient building also served as a dwelling for the schoolmaster and his family.

Photographed in Natural color by Gene Aiken.

unused

Wood Fishing Box Postcard - What do you think?

This postcard is a small hand made box with a hand carved fish loose inside it. The back has the typical postcard place for address and stamp.

Definition of a postcard:

A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for writing and mailing without an envelope. However, some postcards have deviated from this (for example, shaped postcards).

With this said, I have postcard made from Plastic, Metal, Leather, Fabric and Wood. One of my wood cards Has been sent through the mail with a stamp on the back. (See yesterday's blog) So, 'wood' you consider this a postcard?

unused, the man I bought it from ($3.00) said it is from the 1940's

Horse and Wagon Wood Postcard from Idaho

This is a Hand Carved wood postcard from Idaho (back has Idaho - Famous Potatoes)
from Woodcards 208-342

postmarked in 1999 with two 33 cent flag/building stamps.

It is a rare day when you find a wood postcard for sale. If you do, don't pass up the opportunity to buy it!

Sarawak Museum, Island of Borneo

Sarawak Museum
Borneo

1. Kelirieng Burial Pole
2. Sarawak Museum
3. Rock Carving

postmarked in 2010 with two Malaysia 50sen bird stamps

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The Sarawak State Museum is the oldest museum in Borneo.

It was built in 1891 and was extended to its present form in 1911. The building was especially built to permanently house and display local native arts and crafts and collections of local animals as mainly encouraged by the famous naturalist, Alfred Wallace, who was then collecting specimens in the state.

Borneo:

Borneo is the third largest island in the world and is located at the center of Maritime Southeast Asia.

It is divided administratively into 3 parts, the only island in the world that is a recognised part of 3 countries:

1. The Indonesian provinces of East, South, West and Central Kalimantan
2. The Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak (the Federal Territory of Labuan is located on nearshore islands of Borneo, but not on the island of Borneo itself)
3. The independent country of Brunei (main part and eastern exclave of Temburong)

SR-71B Blackbird

SR-71B Blackbird - (#61-7956 In Flight)

postmarked in 2007 with 24 cent Common Buckeye stamp

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The SR-71 was the world's fastest and highest-flying operational manned aircraft throughout its career. On 28 July 1976, an SR-71 broke the world record for its class: an absolute speed record of 1,905.81 knots (2,193.17 mph; 3,529.56 km/h), and an "absolute altitude record" of 85,069 feet (25,929 m). Several aircraft exceeded this altitude in zoom climbs but not in sustained flight.

When the SR-71 was retired in 1990, one example was flown from its birthplace at United States Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, to go on exhibit at what is now the Smithsonian Institution's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center (an annex of the National Air & Space Museum) in Chantilly, Virginia. On 6 March 1990, Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. J. T. Vida piloted the Blackbird, setting a coast-to-coast aircraft speed record: 67 minutes 54 seconds, at an average speed 2,125 miles per hour (3,420 km/h). Three additional records were set within segments of the flight, including an average speed of 2,190 miles per hour (3,520 km/h) measured between the radar gates set up in St. Louis and Cincinnati. These four speed records were accepted by the National Aeronautic Association (NAA), the recognized body for aviation records in the United States.

Here is the plane at the Smithsonian ...


SR-71 and Space Shuttle Enterprise -
Pictured in the foreground is the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest jet-powered aircraft ever built. The Space Shuttle Enterprise is in the background in the James. S. mcDonnell Space Hanger of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. -
Photograph by Dane Penland -

Postmarked in 2007 with USA First -Class 'Liberty Bell Forever' stamp

Map of Antigua Island

Antigua, West Indies - The larger island of the nation of Antigua and Barbuda, Antigua boasts 365 beautiful beaches, one for each day of the year. It lies roughly 17 degrees north of th equator in the middle of the Leeward Islands in the Eastern Caribbean. It is about 14 miles long and 1 miles wide (108 sq. miles). The capital is St. John's

postmarked with Antigua & Barbuda 90c cruise ship stamp in 2007

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Antigua is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua means "ancient" in Spanish and was named by Christopher Columbus after a church in Spain, Santa Maria La Antigua — St. Mary the Ancient. It is also known as Wadadli, from the original Amerindian inhabitants, and means approximately "our own".

The major Antiguan sport is cricket. Sir Vivian ("Viv") Richards is one of the most famous Antiguans, who played for, and captained, the West Indies team. Antigua was the location of a 2007 Cricket World Cup site, on a new Recreation Ground constructed on an old cane field in the north of the island.

3 unused vintage Sunday School postcards

Looking for you at Sunday School

We miss you when you are away ~ Come next Sunday

Al things work together for good. Romans 8:28

the back reads:

Dear ___________

We wonder if you know quite how much you are missed from our group. Do try to join us next week

Very sincerely,
Your Friend,
__________



Look in the mirror and you will see
who we missed last Sunday!

Be thou an Example of the Believers I Timothy 4:12

the back reads:
your friends in _________School
will be watching for you next Sunday at
_________o'clock



This little piggy went to market
This little piggy stayed home
This little piggy went to Sunday School
And my! did he have fun!

"We missed you Sunday."

Train up a child in the way he should go: and, when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Prov. 22:6

the back reads:

Dear _________
The little people and the big people in __________
missed you. We shall be watching for you next Sunday
Your loving friend
_____________