South Africa - Cape Town, the Sentinel at Chapman's Peak

The Sentinel, Chapman's Peak, C.P.

Cape Peninsula, Cape Town, South Africa

This real photo postcard was postmarked in 1941.

West Virginia - Hanging Rock, East of Romney

Hanging Rock, US 50

East of Romney, West Virginia

This 'real photo' postcard is unused.

Norway - Frognerseteren, or Xania (Oslo) in 1907

1084 - Fra.  Frognerseteren. 

This vintage, real photo postcard was postmarked in 1907.

I believe this is the restaurant that is still open today.  The oldest part of the restaurant opened in 1891.  

It is still known for serving people who are snow skiing.

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I can not make out the photographers mark, but looks something like, 'XANIA'. 

I looked up Xania and found this.... 

“Xania” is a historic abbreviation or alternate spelling for Kristiania, the former name of Oslo, Norway.

Florida - Zephyrhills, Recreation Park

Zephyrhills, Florida

This is a 'real photo' postcard and was mailed in 1941.

 

Virginia - Pulaski, Real Photo Street Scene

A Vintage Real Photo postcard of Pulaski, Virginia

This was postmarked in 1957.

 

Norway - Bergen's Funicular railway in 1959.

Bergen, Norway - The Floibanen is a funicular railway that connects 

the city center with the mountain top. 

This real-photo postcard was postmarked from Norway in 1959.

 

Cuba - Guantanamo - P. A. Perez Street

Calle P.A. Perez, Guantanamo
P. A. Perez Street, Guantanamo

This is a 'real-photo' postcard from Cuba and is printed on Kodak paper.

Ethiopia - Mata-Hara, Karayou Shepherd

Mata-Hara, Ethiopia

Karayou Shepherd 

Photo-Art, George Talanos, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 

This real-photo postcard is postmarked around 1955.

The sender writes:

All continues to go well.  Africa is almost beyond belief for the boys as well as myself.  We have an interview with the king tomorrow.  As he rarely grants them to visitors, we are all quite excited.

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Haile Selassie I  (23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975), was Ethiopia's regent from 1916 to 1930 and Emperor from 1930 to 1974. 

He is on the stamps that are on the back of this postcard.  I wonder if this is who they were able to interview???

France - Woerth, 1966

Woerth (Bas-Rhin)
Vue generale aerienne
(General Aerial View)
1966

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Woerth is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in north-eastern France.  It is known for the Battle of Wœrth, in the initial stage of the Franco-Prussian War in 1870.

Idaho - Priest River, Albeni Falls

Albania Falls on Pend Oreille River - Priest River, Idaho
Photo: Ross Hall

This is a real photo postcard.

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The Pend Oreille River is a tributary of the Columbia River, approximately 130 miles (209 km) long, in northern Idaho and Washington in the United States, as well as southeastern British Columbia in Canada.

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Priest River is a city in Bonner County, Idaho with a population of around 1,700 people. 

Minnesota - Ray, World's Largest Walleye, Real Photo Postcard

The World's Largest Walleye at the Entrance to Lake Kabetogama, Ray, Minnesota

Photo-Chrome by W.A. Fisher Co., Virginia, Minnesota

This is a real photo postcard of a woman riding a walleye fish statue like a horse.  She even has her cowboy hat up in the air!

I have seen other images of people riding this statue, but none with floral reins. 

Switzerland - Great St. Bernard Pass in 1928

1928 Gd St Bernard

Edition Phot. Perrocet, Lausanne

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Great St Bernard Pass is the most ancient pass through the Western Alps, with evidence of use as far back as the Bronze Age and surviving traces of a Roman road. In 1800 Napoleon's army used the path to enter Italy.  Having been bypassed by easier and more practical routes, its value today is mainly historical and recreational.

A hospice for travellers was founded in 1049 by Saint Bernard of Menthon and came to be named after him in the 16th century, along with the pass. It was not the first hospice in the pass. Buildings were probably there since the Roman mansio, but the region was not secure and they were destroyed many times. The first concern of the founder of the current monastery was to clear the region of bandits and keep the pass safe for travellers, the role of rescuers developing naturally. The hospice later became famous for its use of St. Bernard dogs in rescue operations. Pope Pius XI confirmed Bernard as patron saint of the Alps in 1923.

Peru - Lima, Cathedral and Palace

Lima, Peru

La Catedral con el Palacio Arzobispal

the Cathedral and Archbishop's Palace

also in small letters on the back it reads:
While in Peru fly with Faucett - Airlines

Wisconsin - Green Lake, Roger Williams Inn

Roger Williams Inn,
From the lake
American Baptist Assembly
Green Lake Wisconsin
1955

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Roger Williams (December 21, 1603 – April 18, 1683) was an English theologian, a notable proponent of religious toleration and the separation of church and state and an advocate for fair dealings with Native Americans. In 1644, he received a charter creating the colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Williams is often credited for originating the First Baptist Church in America

Wyoming - Jackson and Tetons

Jackson and Tetons in Winter as seen from top of Snowking Mt. chair lift - Jackson Hole, Wyoming

The signature looks like Sanborn Y-2739 on this real photo postcard. 

Hungary - Raho Kornyeke

Raho Kornyeke.
Kevelei volgy, hatter ben a Bliznica (18. 3 m.)
"Margit" fenykepeszet, Budapest-Lillafured

loose translation:

Raho area.
Kevelei Valley, hatter in the Bliznica (18 m 3).
"Margaret" photographer, Budapest Lillafured

Florida - Orlando - First Presbyterian Church, 1947

First Presbyterian Church
Orlando, Florida

This is a real photo postcard.
1947

Oregon - Multnomah Lodge and Falls, Real Photo Postcard

Multnomah Lodge and Falls - Columbia River Highway, Oregon

Photo by Sawyer's Scenic Photos

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The Lodge houses a U.S. Forest Service interpretive center, a gift shop, stair or elevator access to the main lobby dining rooms, patio dining in suitable weather, lounge with bar, snack bar, espresso cart and public restrooms. Access to hiking paths to the top of the Falls and breathtaking views of the Gorge starts at the bottom of the Falls.

The Lodge is a day lodge only, and as such, does not have overnight accommodations.

Oregon - Latourelle Falls, Real Photo Postcard

Latorelle Falls,
Columbia River Highway Oregon

Photo by Sawyer Scenic Photos

New Mexico - White Sands National Monument (5 Postcards)

Sunset on the White Sands, 

near Alamogordo, New Mexico

By all means, visit the White Sands at sunset!  The feeling of mystery, the quietude of the great expanse of snow white sands, the golden sunset turning at its last moments to rose and violet as darkness finally closes in.  Then the day is gone, leaving this great bulk of whiteness still visible thru the shades of night.

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The White Sands National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located about 25 km (15 miles) southwest of Alamogordo, New Mexico, at an elevation of 4235 feet (1291 m).  It is a field of white sand dunes composed of gypsum crystals.

Gypsum is rarely found in the form of sand because it is water-soluble. Normally, rain would dissolve the gypsum and carry it to the sea. Since the Tularosa Basin has no outlet to the sea, rain that dissolves gypsum from the surrounding San Andres and Sacramento Mountains is trapped within the basin, and the rain either sinks into the ground or forms shallow pools which subsequently dry out and leave gypsum in a crystalline form, called selenite, on the surface. Weathering and erosion eventually breaks the crystals into sand-size grains that are carried away by the prevailing winds from the southwest, forming white dunes. The dunes constantly change shape and slowly move downwind, covering the plants in their path. Some species of plants, however, can grow rapidly enough to avoid being buried by the dunes.

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P-617 White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

This is a real photo postcard from:
Catlin - Thompson Photo
SW Post Card Co.
Albuquerque
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The White Sands National Monument - New Mexico
6-T-27

This is a real photo postcard.
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Ripples of the White Sands, National Monument,
Near Alamogordo, New Mexico

The 176,000 acres of crystallized gypsum which comprise the area known as the "White Sands" are blown into ripples and dunes, while the vegetation struggles thru in a fight for existence.  In the interior of the area, where drifts are extremely high there is no vegetation of any kind.
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Picturesque view of the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.