Showing posts with label USA - Idaho. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA - Idaho. Show all posts

Monday, July 20, 2026

Idaho - Sun Valley, Challenger Inn

Summer at Sun Valley, Idaho

Challenger Inn
This postcard was postmarked in 1975.

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Idaho - Snake River Views, Snake River Gorge

Snake River Views, Snake River Gorge, Southern Idaho

Thousand Springs, Shoshone Falls, Balance Rock, View from Below Hansen Bridge, Shoshone Falls, Twin Falls - Jerome Bridge, (now called The I. B. Perrine Bridge), Snake River, 476 Feet High, Blue Lakes, Twin Falls, Idaho

Photo by Wesley Andrews
1939

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Snake River Canyon is a large canyon formed by the Snake River  ranges up to 500 feet (150 meters) deep and 0.25 miles (0.4 kilometers) wide, and runs for just over 50 miles.

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. 

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Idaho - Map, Potatoes and More

This Idaho postcard features a map, the State Seal, a few of its famous Potatoes, the state bird: Mountain Bluebird and the state flower: Syringa.
2014

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Idaho is a state in the northwestern region of the United States. It is the 14th largest and the 7th least densely populated of the 50 United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Idaho - Rupert, Red Shutter Motel

Red Shutter Motel
16 modern units
Phone 242-J
Mr. & Mrs. J. E. Hammond, Rupert, Idaho

- This is a genuine photograph - Post Card

Idaho - Pocatello, Pine Crest Moter Lodge

Pine Crest Motor Lodge
Pocatello, Idaho.  Phone 4773
Highway 91 &191  1145 Yellowstone Ave.

26 strictly modern units.  Private tile baths and showers.  Some with kitchens and garages.  Steam heat in winter.  Beautiful cool gardens in summer.  Owners Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Hale

Idaho - Hagerman, Quartet Falls on the Snake River

Fall scene of Quartet Falls of 1,000 Springs, located on the Snake River near Hagerman, Idaho, on Highway 30.  These Springs are one of the many wonders of the Snake River, which is the life blood of southern Idaho.

Photo by Bob Williams

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I don't know if they changed the name of these falls or what, but I can't find ANYTHING about them on the web.  

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Idaho - Balance Rock


Balance Rock, Southern Idaho

Near Castleford and Buhl, in Southern Idaho, this balloon-shaped tower of stone, 40 feet in height, was carved by nature high above the surrounding desert.

unused - (It is now called Balanced Rock and it is 48 feet high)

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Balance Rock is 55 feet wide, 48 feet tall and over 40 tons but only 3 feet by 17 inches at the base.