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...

I just discovered this glass negative in a box that belonged to my father-in-law. Some of the other glass negatives scanned better than this...

This doesn't look like a train disaster card, does it? It's a perfect example of a relatively plain card with a very poignant messag...

Every now and then when I'm reading other blogs I'm inspired to dig up a related card from my collection. In this case I was readin...

This card shows the third incarnation of Kyoto Station. The first station was built in 1889 and replaced by a newer station 1n 1914. That st...

You can board this train, but only if you weigh less than 50 pounds and can fit into a Speed Racer wagon. Oh, but wait...the cars seem to be...

Wouldn't it be nice to head out to the Manhattan Beach Hotel for a nice cool dip in the Atlantic? According to this website on Coney Isl...

Often the area surrounding the railway station in any given city is gritty and unpleasant. However, in this view it looks like the ideal spo...

Swabia is a part of southwestern Germany that includes Ulm and Stuttgart. Like the Bavarians, the Swabians are proud of their regional custo...

This was the way to travel. The North Coast Limited was one of the first named trains in the United States, and it had a reputation for eleg...

Is this your vision of tropical paradise? Well, it may not be, but in 1966 when this photo was taken, this shopping mall was a very big d...

In many ways, Edinburgh's tram system was similar to systems in other cities. The city started out with horse-drawn cars in 1871. But th...

Isn't this a handy reminder! You could even draw the hands on the clock to help you remember.

The Union Terminal was built in 1933 and declared an historic landmark in 1977. It was renovated and reopened as the Cincinnati Museum Cente...

For some reason I love this card - the perspective, the sign, the columns, and mostly just the space. The card was sent to Merton Chapin in...

Then... And now... View Portland Oregon Architecture: An Architectural Map in a larger map

Troy seems like such a nice peaceful place. But on July 1, 1878,  Thomas Buckley, Treasurer of the Troy Hosiery Mills was garotted and robb...

This card shows the interior of Union Pacific's City of Portland train, which was put into service in 1935. Besides looking very inviti...

Fadgl is a catchy name, don't you agree? Well, it turns out that the contraption (aka the auto train) was manufactured by the Fageol bro...

This card was sent to Miss Helen Lihr, who worked for New York Air Brake Co. in Watertown, New York.  Although the company had previously fo...