Columbia, South Carolina

I just realized that I have five posts for North Carolina and none at all for South Carolina. To make amends, here are several cards from Columbia, South Carolina, capital city of South Carolina, and boyhood home of Woodrow Wilson.

Here are the backs of the cards in the same order.

Pan-Pacific Peace Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan

The Pan-Pacific Peace Exhibition was a World's Fair that attracted almost five million visitors to Nagoya, Japan between March and May, 1937. The exhibition was sponsored by the Japanese government, with HIH Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko as chairman.

 

World's Fair exhibitions were held in many different countries over the years to highlight new developments in science, industry, architecture, and other fields. None of the other fairs had the word 'peace' in the title though, which is particularly sad and ironic in this case. Japan invaded eastern China in what was to become the Sino-Japanese War barely a month after the end of the exhibition. This conflict then merged into the greater World War II conflict.

If you went to the exhibition, you might have stayed at this hotel.

Here's what the back of the postcards look like.

Forget the Groundhog

Today is Groundhog Day in the United States and Canada. That pesky rodent, Punxsutawney Phil, is supposed to emerge from his burrow today. If he sees his shadow, we can expect six more weeks of winter. Never mind Phil, does it look like spring is around the corner where you are?

Or does it look like this?

These are actually cards from the 1930s (I think) from Japan. I'm not sure of the exact location, but wherever it is, it's buried in snow.

If you live in the eastern half of the United States, you may be seeing snow like this right now too.