Thursday Postcard Hunt - Bridges: Moveable
Moveable Bridges for Thursday Postcard Hunt.
Tower Bridge over the River Thames, London, England
The postcard dates from the late 1940s to the early 1950s, and is postmarked 1951, however the image is of the bridge in the 20s or 30s.
The postcard dates from the late 1940s to the early 1950s, and is postmarked 1951, however the image is of the bridge in the 20s or 30s.
A Pontoon Bridge and Timber Log Raft on the Upper Mississippi river in Iowa. Pontoon bridges allowed steamboats and log assemblies to pass through the railway and wagon crossings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. c. 1908, but not much later as deforestation ended the timber log rafting era. This postcard has the glitter detailing widely produced in the Edwardian postcard craze of 1900-1915.
Somerset Bridge, Bermuda, is known as the World's Smallest Working Drawbridge. c. 1962 (older versions lack the traffic light) The damage is due to post office mangling. They do that far too often.
October brings us weekly themes. First up will be UNESCO sites.
Amazing bridges; amazing cards...
ReplyDeleteThat Somerset bridge is the Bre's knees....
Great examples of drawbridges! From the well-known one in London to the cutest, smallest Bermuda bridge!
ReplyDeleteI learned a lot with your post :)
ReplyDeleteGreat history with those bridges.
ReplyDeleteI like the perfectly placed tugboat and barge coming through Tower Bridge. Love the timber log raft. A perfectly timed postcard for me. I've just finished reading The adventures of Huckleberry Finn and wondered where all the random timber he mentions early on in the story was coming from. I'm now in the middle of Percival Everett's 'James' for the alternative view of the adventure which has a handy map of part of the river.
ReplyDeleteI was expecting a few of Tower bridge
ReplyDeletethe Mississippi card is really cool.