Just looking at this gives me vertigo. You may remember Mt. Lowe from a previous post on Echo Mountain that showed a horse-drawn tram on...

Pasadena has beautiful houses and an ideal climate. It also has the annual Tournament of Roses Parade,  a tradition since 1890.  Here you ca...

Oh, the mystery! Miss Gillita Workman traveled to Europe, where she received postcards care of various pensions and care of Cook and Sons. A...

Ocean Park (South Santa Monica) was a popular beach resort back at the turn of the century. There was a huge heated indoor saltwater plunge,...

No need to worry about those peaches rolling off the flatcar; note the carefully positioned braces. Rosella sent this card in 1912 to her...

Most people don't think of casinos when they think of Santa Cruz. Instead, they might think of the boardwalk, hippies, UC Santa Cruz, Bi...

If you're wondering why this post is late, here's the story. I called Centurylink when I realized I didn't have a dial tone on ...

Pamela Gerard of Cappuccino and Art Journal kindly sent me this San Francisco postcard folder. There are too many views to show all of them...

I posted some 1910-1920 postcards of flower vendors in San Francisco a few days ago. These are a bit later - 1930s and 40s, but the flower v...

After reading about Barry the San Francisco Florist at Tattered and Lost Vernacular Photography , I had to look through my San Francisco flo...

The spelling of Milwaukie, Oregon often causes confusion, since the other Milwaukee (the more important one) is spelled with two E's.  B...

Pacific Grove is a charming little town on California's Monterey Peninsula, near Pebble Beach, Monterey, and Carmel. The beach at Pacifi...

I suspect that girl and rabbit both hopped off in a hurry as soon as the picture was taken. Francis C. Swain operated a portrait studio in ...

Today if we turn on the television or read the news on the internet, we'll see up-to-date information on the terrible destruction of the...

Trying to be helpful, I suggested that the architect who steals my covers might want to emulate these fine examples. It seems he's a li...