Galveston, Texas 1937
71 years before Hurricane Ike hit Galveston, and a mere 22 years after the 1915 hurricane, my mother visited Galveston, Texas with her parents when she was 23. She returned back to their home in Arkansas bearing post cards for her scrapbook. I’m copying 8 of them today. They’re made of very study card stock so I was able to take them out of the plastic protectors.
Hope you enjoy a glimpse into life on the gulf coast in the early 20th century.
ON THE BEACH:
Great shots. 🙂
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My mom loved to collect post cards. The one that intrigued me was the “lifesaving crew” going out to rescue swimmers. And notice that men didn’t wear swim trunks but had their upper bodies covered, too. 🙂
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They are cool. I have a bunch from Germany, from the 50’s. I should dig them out and put them on my Dad’s blog. 😉
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That’s a great idea, so other people can enjoy them, too. 🙂
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There was an article on a 1900 hurricane and what it did to Galveston in Smithsonian Magazine a few years ago — completely razed the town! (I imagine in 2000, maybe 2010). We don’t really appreciate how recently accurate hurricane prediction started to result in lives saved until one reads about that hurricane or the one in September 1938 that hit the northeast.
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I read about the man who tried to warn that the 1900 hurricane was coming. The wreckage kept battering in waves the buildings still standing. Quite a harrowing story.
If I remember correctly, Ike wiped the buildings off one of the Islands in Galveston bay when it hit.
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I am really enjoying these little slices of history. Thanks for sharing 🙂
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Thanks. 🙂
Tomorrow’s post is 25 Nazi’s that escaped in 1945 from an Arizona POW camp.
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I love the look back in time. I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s post too. Sadly, my step-grandfather had an Internment camp for Japanese placed on his sheep ranch in Northern Colorado during WWII. Years later, I went with my father and walked the ranch. One barrack still remained.
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It’s so interesting to see the newspaper articles from the past and to share pictures with others. Did your father have an internment camp for the people of Japanese heritage who were legal US residents, or POW’s?
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It is my understanding that the Government seized a portion of his land, built the camp and rounded up people of Japanese descent and housed them there.
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Enjoyed the old post cards of Galveston and it certainly has changed over the years. I, too, have a collection of old post cards. Never thought of sharing them but someday soon perhaps I will. Thanks for the idea!
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I love sharing ideas. My mom would be happy to know that her bounty of memorabilia is being shared with others. 🙂
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Wow…beautiful and stunning. I can’t imagine how much that would be worth, you know, like a 1937 coin or stamp but better. 🙂
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What amazed me was the quality of card stock it was printed on. They were either drawings or black and white photos that had been painted by hand. I recognize the technique because my mother used to paint the colors on black and white pictures. 🙂
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