This was the train that took me to that great land of California back in 1959. It was a great trip and the orange groves served to remind one that they were, indeed, almost to their destination where the blue Pacfic met the golden sands of the California Beach Scene...
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The below text by CKLX:
Vintage postcard with Santa Fe Super Chief
I bought this postcard in an antiques shop in Ludington, MI. It was only $3. They also had postcards of trains in Ludington and other Michigan towns, but these usually sold for $10-20 a piece...
The train of course is the famous Santa Fe Super Chief from 1936. I think I've seen this postcard before in a book on the Santa Fe streamliners.
The card was published by the Western Publishing and Novelty Co. in LA. It's numbered #506. Does anybody know if there were other postcards with train images?
According to the stamp, the card was mailed in San Diego in 1948. The sender wrote a short message in Oceanside - she bought tickets (for the train?) to travel home on May 28.
Is this a fantasy scene or do the mountains in the background indicate a specific location?
Uploaded by cklx on 29 Aug 07, 5.11AM PDT.
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