John Parsons
@happytrailsforever.bsky.social
Howdy, I will feature old postcards on my Blue Sky account. I Love Old Postcards! All of my post will feature Old Postcards from Arizona. Most cards are found on eBay but we also use several other sources.
A Bad Day at the Roosevelt Dam jobsite...
April 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
A Bad Day at the Roosevelt Dam jobsite...
More #oldcars Fin Fun at Old #Tucson in the '60's. Old Tucson was built in 1939 to make an epic movie titled #Arizona. Luckily, the movie set stayed alive and continues to prosper 85 years later. For movie info see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona...
April 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
More #oldcars Fin Fun at Old #Tucson in the '60's. Old Tucson was built in 1939 to make an epic movie titled #Arizona. Luckily, the movie set stayed alive and continues to prosper 85 years later. For movie info see:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona...
Something BIG was going on in Oatman, AZ, when this RPPC scene was captured. We speculate it was about 100 years ago based on the #oldcars. We have NO idea what the occasion was. Note how formally the men area dressed. RPPC = Real Photo #Postcard. RPPCs weere often made "on the fly". #postcards
April 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Something BIG was going on in Oatman, AZ, when this RPPC scene was captured. We speculate it was about 100 years ago based on the #oldcars. We have NO idea what the occasion was. Note how formally the men area dressed. RPPC = Real Photo #Postcard. RPPCs weere often made "on the fly". #postcards
Since we just posted that 1917 #Flagstaff area #postcard we figured we might as well put up a post about what's locally known as The Weatherford Road. It's a Long Story, of course, but it's all fairly well told with the resources available in this link
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April 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Since we just posted that 1917 #Flagstaff area #postcard we figured we might as well put up a post about what's locally known as The Weatherford Road. It's a Long Story, of course, but it's all fairly well told with the resources available in this link
www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...
This is an intriguing 1917 #postcard. Where was this photo created? At first we thought it might have been the San Francisco Peaks Boulevard but we're not confident in that guess. In any event, it has to have been on a classic mountain road somewhere near #Flagstaff. Note Grand Canyon postmark.
April 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is an intriguing 1917 #postcard. Where was this photo created? At first we thought it might have been the San Francisco Peaks Boulevard but we're not confident in that guess. In any event, it has to have been on a classic mountain road somewhere near #Flagstaff. Note Grand Canyon postmark.
I first found this sweetie #postcard in the mid-80's. It has a fave ever since. All of the classic icons are there from the Santa Fe engine to Club 66 on #Flagstaff historic "front street". The Commercial Hotel burned down long ago but all the other buildings remain in use & good condition.
April 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I first found this sweetie #postcard in the mid-80's. It has a fave ever since. All of the classic icons are there from the Santa Fe engine to Club 66 on #Flagstaff historic "front street". The Commercial Hotel burned down long ago but all the other buildings remain in use & good condition.
Believe it or not, this was once a wildly popular #Flagstaff, #Arizona tourist attraction. People actually got off the train and stayed overnite so they could do The Bottomless Pit right & proper. The pit was long ago filled in. It was located by what's now Continental Country Club
April 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Believe it or not, this was once a wildly popular #Flagstaff, #Arizona tourist attraction. People actually got off the train and stayed overnite so they could do The Bottomless Pit right & proper. The pit was long ago filled in. It was located by what's now Continental Country Club
North of #Prescott, AZ, lie the #GraniteDells. The rough rock ramparts posed impossible challenges to early road builders until after WWI when mass quantities of explosives were free for the taking. Road builders put on "Blow Shows" and 100s of people came to watch blasting ops. #Postcards #Arizona
March 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
North of #Prescott, AZ, lie the #GraniteDells. The rough rock ramparts posed impossible challenges to early road builders until after WWI when mass quantities of explosives were free for the taking. Road builders put on "Blow Shows" and 100s of people came to watch blasting ops. #Postcards #Arizona
This was & is known as Yarnell Hill on highway former US 89. Today is a second, separate ribbon of asphalt traverses the famous (and infamous) hill. It's as spectacular today as it ever was. The stark contrast w/the rock cliffs and the desert below is awesome! #postcards #postcard #Arizona
March 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This was & is known as Yarnell Hill on highway former US 89. Today is a second, separate ribbon of asphalt traverses the famous (and infamous) hill. It's as spectacular today as it ever was. The stark contrast w/the rock cliffs and the desert below is awesome! #postcards #postcard #Arizona
Jalopies have prolly been around since the Days of Roman Chariots and Covered Wagons on The Oregon Trail. Check out the #Oldcars jalopy we found in front of the #Holbrook #Arizona Courthouse. This jalopy was once prolly a Model A Ford convertible coupe. Foto is circa 1950. #postcards #postcard
March 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Jalopies have prolly been around since the Days of Roman Chariots and Covered Wagons on The Oregon Trail. Check out the #Oldcars jalopy we found in front of the #Holbrook #Arizona Courthouse. This jalopy was once prolly a Model A Ford convertible coupe. Foto is circa 1950. #postcards #postcard
#Arizona has had Inspection Stations prolly since modern transportation began. I have vivid memories of one from the 50's. As Dad pulled in, the ground was covered with tarantulas spiders. Mom was shrieking and I was freaking. The uniformed inspector didn't care #postcards #oldcars #Holbrook
March 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
#Arizona has had Inspection Stations prolly since modern transportation began. I have vivid memories of one from the 50's. As Dad pulled in, the ground was covered with tarantulas spiders. Mom was shrieking and I was freaking. The uniformed inspector didn't care #postcards #oldcars #Holbrook
March 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#Holbrook, AZ's Wigwam Village #6 is a famous Rt. 66 icon built in 1950. #Postcard was printed in early 1951. Chester Lewis cut unique royalty deal that paid 10 cents a pop to original Wigwam patent holder. Gotta read it to believe it! #postcards #Arizona #Route66
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigwam_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigwam_...
March 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
#Holbrook, AZ's Wigwam Village #6 is a famous Rt. 66 icon built in 1950. #Postcard was printed in early 1951. Chester Lewis cut unique royalty deal that paid 10 cents a pop to original Wigwam patent holder. Gotta read it to believe it! #postcards #Arizona #Route66
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigwam_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigwam_...
Here's a pre-1907 #postcard. How do we know? EZPZ. Prior to March 1907, it was illegal to write a message on the back of #postcards! You had to squeeze your message into a small space below the postcard view. This card is circa ~1905 +/-. #Bisbee
March 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here's a pre-1907 #postcard. How do we know? EZPZ. Prior to March 1907, it was illegal to write a message on the back of #postcards! You had to squeeze your message into a small space below the postcard view. This card is circa ~1905 +/-. #Bisbee
March 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
March 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
1917...
A bit daring of a #postcard! Note the single, unaccompanied woman. Very daring, indeed! Prescott has more than its fair share of old #postcards becuz it was affluent and people BOUGHT and mailed all those various postcard views! 'Twas a fertile postcard market for sure!
A bit daring of a #postcard! Note the single, unaccompanied woman. Very daring, indeed! Prescott has more than its fair share of old #postcards becuz it was affluent and people BOUGHT and mailed all those various postcard views! 'Twas a fertile postcard market for sure!
March 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
1917...
A bit daring of a #postcard! Note the single, unaccompanied woman. Very daring, indeed! Prescott has more than its fair share of old #postcards becuz it was affluent and people BOUGHT and mailed all those various postcard views! 'Twas a fertile postcard market for sure!
A bit daring of a #postcard! Note the single, unaccompanied woman. Very daring, indeed! Prescott has more than its fair share of old #postcards becuz it was affluent and people BOUGHT and mailed all those various postcard views! 'Twas a fertile postcard market for sure!
1909...
"Just a wish from this mountain town with Christmas morn so near. That naught but good may come to you. Through all the glad New Year."
"Just a wish from this mountain town with Christmas morn so near. That naught but good may come to you. Through all the glad New Year."
March 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
1909...
"Just a wish from this mountain town with Christmas morn so near. That naught but good may come to you. Through all the glad New Year."
"Just a wish from this mountain town with Christmas morn so near. That naught but good may come to you. Through all the glad New Year."
Believe it or not, this #postcard view of GUrley St. looks about the same today. Famed Courthouse is at right out of sight. Check out all those awesome #oldcars! There's now a webcam on bldg @ left. You can check out the view here:
www.weatherbug.com/weather-came...
www.weatherbug.com/weather-came...
March 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Believe it or not, this #postcard view of GUrley St. looks about the same today. Famed Courthouse is at right out of sight. Check out all those awesome #oldcars! There's now a webcam on bldg @ left. You can check out the view here:
www.weatherbug.com/weather-came...
www.weatherbug.com/weather-came...
Fun #postcard! View shows one of Old Prescott's most remarkable bldgs. It's long gone. The 1908 card was postmarked from Wagoner, now a whiff of a ghost town ~40 mi. South of Prescott. We visited there a few years ago. Not much to see. Walnut Grove Dam was nearby. Liked the card so I bought it!
March 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Fun #postcard! View shows one of Old Prescott's most remarkable bldgs. It's long gone. The 1908 card was postmarked from Wagoner, now a whiff of a ghost town ~40 mi. South of Prescott. We visited there a few years ago. Not much to see. Walnut Grove Dam was nearby. Liked the card so I bought it!
Despite the near univeral adoption of the word "motel" some stubborn owners stuck to the archaic "Motor Hotel" well into the 50's. Here's a classic example on a mega-motel-row east of Phoenix's Van Buren Ave. Scores of motels clogged the roadsides. #postcard #postcards #Phoenix #Arizona #US89 #US80
March 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM