Category: Postcard

  • Postcard: SS Santa Rosa

    Built especially for Caribbean and South American cruises, the SS Santa Rosa was a passenger and cargo ocean liner built for the Grace Line. Launched in 1932, she was the first of four sister ships and her regular route included inter-coastal service between the east coast and the west coast of the US via the…

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  • Postcard: SS Queen Mary

    Continuing the Postcard series, here is another old postcard from the vault: this time it’s the SS Queen Mary. At 1015.5ft in length and 118ft across, she could accommodate 3200 people and make the Atlantic crossing in 4 days.

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  • Postcard: Coney Island Cyclone

    I have a large postcard collection and thought I’d share a few items. First in the series is the Coney Island Cyclone. Opened to the public on June 26, 1927, the Coney Island Cyclone was a wooden roller coaster at Luna Park in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. The Cyclone…

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