Les Avants Funicular

This funicular has been running for almost 100 years near Geneva, Switzerland. It looks like some kind of 100-year celebration may be in the works.

Eugen sent this to his sister at the Moraine Hotel in Highland Park, Illinois in 1913. It reads:

Les Avants, 14/12/13

Your brother sends you the best wishes from here.

Eugen

It's still nice here!

If you go to Lake Geneva and want to ride the funicular, you can find out more here. You can also find out more about where you can go to hear Swiss alphorns.

Hotel Adams - Phoenix, Arizona

The Hotel Adams was located at First Ave. and Washington Street in Phoenix. It's not there anymore, but I'm not sure when it was torn down. Back in the days of this postcard (1915-1920), Phoenix had a vibrant central downtown, supported in part by the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe Railways. Since then, the city has expanded outward.

Greetings from the Mayo Clinic - #2

Here's the second postcard from Estace, a patient at the famous Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota in 1945.  He seems to have had a sense of humor and a perhaps a flair for drama.

The message reads:

Dear Norma -

I'm writing this on the bed pan. Was operated on last Fri and nearly didn't come out of it. Wanted to write you before but was to sick. Hope I'll be a new person now. I was x rayed from head to foot. I'm at St. Mary's Hospital. They treat me fine but I'll be glad to leave. I should of sent you a (?) in the letter I sent you a few days ago but intended to be back in Detroit and not here. So sorry about all your troubles. You sure have your share lately. Hope I can write more interesting letter soon.

ByBy Love Estace