Cardboard America
@cardboardamerica.bsky.social
Live from the Midway in the Twin Cities
Posting since 2008. Collector of way too much but never enough.
Posting since 2008. Collector of way too much but never enough.
Holiday Inn postcard thread. Here's the very first location.
Holiday Inn Hotel Courts
On U.S. 70-79-64
At Memphis, TN
120 Rooms & Baths - 100% Air-Conditioned
Restaurant in Connection
This postcard was sent Dec. 6, 1952 - three months after it opened.
Holiday Inn Hotel Courts
On U.S. 70-79-64
At Memphis, TN
120 Rooms & Baths - 100% Air-Conditioned
Restaurant in Connection
This postcard was sent Dec. 6, 1952 - three months after it opened.
November 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Holiday Inn postcard thread. Here's the very first location.
Holiday Inn Hotel Courts
On U.S. 70-79-64
At Memphis, TN
120 Rooms & Baths - 100% Air-Conditioned
Restaurant in Connection
This postcard was sent Dec. 6, 1952 - three months after it opened.
Holiday Inn Hotel Courts
On U.S. 70-79-64
At Memphis, TN
120 Rooms & Baths - 100% Air-Conditioned
Restaurant in Connection
This postcard was sent Dec. 6, 1952 - three months after it opened.
I am fascinated by restaurants that used to be inside old Holiday Inns.
Let's showcase some of them:
The Red Slipper Lounge
Serving your favorite beverage in a setting of the GAY NINETIES
ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY
SING AROUND THE PIANO BAR
Holiday Inn
2700 N. Glenstone
Springfield, Mo.
Let's showcase some of them:
The Red Slipper Lounge
Serving your favorite beverage in a setting of the GAY NINETIES
ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY
SING AROUND THE PIANO BAR
Holiday Inn
2700 N. Glenstone
Springfield, Mo.
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I am fascinated by restaurants that used to be inside old Holiday Inns.
Let's showcase some of them:
The Red Slipper Lounge
Serving your favorite beverage in a setting of the GAY NINETIES
ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY
SING AROUND THE PIANO BAR
Holiday Inn
2700 N. Glenstone
Springfield, Mo.
Let's showcase some of them:
The Red Slipper Lounge
Serving your favorite beverage in a setting of the GAY NINETIES
ENTERTAINMENT NIGHTLY
SING AROUND THE PIANO BAR
Holiday Inn
2700 N. Glenstone
Springfield, Mo.
Bluelight.com Totally Free Internet Service New and Improved V 2.0 from KMart (1999).
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Bluelight.com Totally Free Internet Service New and Improved V 2.0 from KMart (1999).
Back in around 2017 I bought a series of photos in a binder labeled "Displays" and they were right in my wheelhouse.
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Back in around 2017 I bought a series of photos in a binder labeled "Displays" and they were right in my wheelhouse.
One of my earliest found photo collections, both in when I purchased them and the date, are the Andrew Love photos taken between 1944-1947 by a high school photographer at North High School in Worcester, Massachusetts.
I first scanned and posted these back in 2009.
I first scanned and posted these back in 2009.
November 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
One of my earliest found photo collections, both in when I purchased them and the date, are the Andrew Love photos taken between 1944-1947 by a high school photographer at North High School in Worcester, Massachusetts.
I first scanned and posted these back in 2009.
I first scanned and posted these back in 2009.
Another minor collection within my bigger collection is the more than 100 Burkhart billboard photos I found years ago. The photos were taken in the mid 1980s in Indiana.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Another minor collection within my bigger collection is the more than 100 Burkhart billboard photos I found years ago. The photos were taken in the mid 1980s in Indiana.
Went through my collection of old roller skate skate labels and scanned/rescanned them all. I did not realize that I had amassed 182 different ones.
The original purpose of these things was to affix them to your roller skate case and showcase all the different places you skated.
The original purpose of these things was to affix them to your roller skate case and showcase all the different places you skated.
November 11, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Went through my collection of old roller skate skate labels and scanned/rescanned them all. I did not realize that I had amassed 182 different ones.
The original purpose of these things was to affix them to your roller skate case and showcase all the different places you skated.
The original purpose of these things was to affix them to your roller skate case and showcase all the different places you skated.
Post something random for the collective amusement.
November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Post something random for the collective amusement.
Yours truly, 1993. Rocking a surf shirt even though I lived in Southern Idaho and had never been never a surfboard in my life. What a cool dude.
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Yours truly, 1993. Rocking a surf shirt even though I lived in Southern Idaho and had never been never a surfboard in my life. What a cool dude.
Family photo, 1983 - Nampa, Idaho
My dad is holding me and my mom is holding my brother.
My dad is holding me and my mom is holding my brother.
November 6, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Family photo, 1983 - Nampa, Idaho
My dad is holding me and my mom is holding my brother.
My dad is holding me and my mom is holding my brother.
My Aunt Pat, whom I absolutely adore, is currently in the hospital and probably won't make it out. She has meant the world to me. We have shared so many laughs and so many tears together. She's always been a champion for me. I love her dearly.
October 31, 2025 at 1:43 AM
My Aunt Pat, whom I absolutely adore, is currently in the hospital and probably won't make it out. She has meant the world to me. We have shared so many laughs and so many tears together. She's always been a champion for me. I love her dearly.
Melrose Place Prepaid Phone Card ($10)
worth 20 minutes of domestic phone calls
worth 20 minutes of domestic phone calls
October 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Melrose Place Prepaid Phone Card ($10)
worth 20 minutes of domestic phone calls
worth 20 minutes of domestic phone calls
I haven't shared enough of my phone cards from the late 90s:
20 Minutes free long distance from Ore-Ida (expires 10/19/1999)
20 Minutes free long distance from Ore-Ida (expires 10/19/1999)
October 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I haven't shared enough of my phone cards from the late 90s:
20 Minutes free long distance from Ore-Ida (expires 10/19/1999)
20 Minutes free long distance from Ore-Ida (expires 10/19/1999)
Today is the 17th (!) anniversary of the first time I started posting my collection online.
October 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Today is the 17th (!) anniversary of the first time I started posting my collection online.
Last week I bought more than a dozen late '90s/early 00s software programs, all of them in their original boxes. Many of them unopened.
Here's the first one I bought for 10 cents
ClickArt 125,000 deluxe image pak from 1999 (unopened) with a CompUSA sticker.
Here's the first one I bought for 10 cents
ClickArt 125,000 deluxe image pak from 1999 (unopened) with a CompUSA sticker.
September 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Last week I bought more than a dozen late '90s/early 00s software programs, all of them in their original boxes. Many of them unopened.
Here's the first one I bought for 10 cents
ClickArt 125,000 deluxe image pak from 1999 (unopened) with a CompUSA sticker.
Here's the first one I bought for 10 cents
ClickArt 125,000 deluxe image pak from 1999 (unopened) with a CompUSA sticker.
Experience the POWER of America Online (Version 2.5) - Try it for 15 Hours FREE!
September 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Experience the POWER of America Online (Version 2.5) - Try it for 15 Hours FREE!
I have taken a break from scanning matchcovers to get back to one of my smaller collections - playing card (swap card) art.
I recently purchased about 150 new cards and now I currently have over 1500 scanned.
Here of some of the new ones:
I recently purchased about 150 new cards and now I currently have over 1500 scanned.
Here of some of the new ones:
August 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I have taken a break from scanning matchcovers to get back to one of my smaller collections - playing card (swap card) art.
I recently purchased about 150 new cards and now I currently have over 1500 scanned.
Here of some of the new ones:
I recently purchased about 150 new cards and now I currently have over 1500 scanned.
Here of some of the new ones:
Sometimes I feel like some idiot Nero scanning while modern Rome burns, but then I remember that I can't control the horrors, but I can scan a 2001 AOL 7.0 disc that was created exclusively for JCPenney associates.
August 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Sometimes I feel like some idiot Nero scanning while modern Rome burns, but then I remember that I can't control the horrors, but I can scan a 2001 AOL 7.0 disc that was created exclusively for JCPenney associates.
It's not just matchcovers I have been scanning. I am now at 1424 swap cards (playing card art).
August 7, 2025 at 1:04 AM
It's not just matchcovers I have been scanning. I am now at 1424 swap cards (playing card art).
Closing in on 25,000 scanned and cataloged.
August 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Closing in on 25,000 scanned and cataloged.
I have no idea when or where I bought this (and 3 other) McDonald's Happy Meal boxes.
Can somebody tell me the year? It's definitely from the '80s, I just can't find the date.
Can somebody tell me the year? It's definitely from the '80s, I just can't find the date.
July 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I have no idea when or where I bought this (and 3 other) McDonald's Happy Meal boxes.
Can somebody tell me the year? It's definitely from the '80s, I just can't find the date.
Can somebody tell me the year? It's definitely from the '80s, I just can't find the date.
Another crazy detail is that I scanned and cataloged over 29,000 postcards from my collection before I started this project
July 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Another crazy detail is that I scanned and cataloged over 29,000 postcards from my collection before I started this project
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs (hard mode no SW, ST, or LOTR)
July 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs (hard mode no SW, ST, or LOTR)
I might be the only idiot to ever attempt to scan and catalog their entire 90,000+ matchcover collection front and back.
I both regret and don't regret ever starting.
I am way closer to staring than done, and I can't stop now at 20,000+. It may kill me but I hope to make it worthwhile someday.
I both regret and don't regret ever starting.
I am way closer to staring than done, and I can't stop now at 20,000+. It may kill me but I hope to make it worthwhile someday.
June 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I might be the only idiot to ever attempt to scan and catalog their entire 90,000+ matchcover collection front and back.
I both regret and don't regret ever starting.
I am way closer to staring than done, and I can't stop now at 20,000+. It may kill me but I hope to make it worthwhile someday.
I both regret and don't regret ever starting.
I am way closer to staring than done, and I can't stop now at 20,000+. It may kill me but I hope to make it worthwhile someday.
View from the Prudential Building, 1958 - Chicago, Illinois
June 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
View from the Prudential Building, 1958 - Chicago, Illinois