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1937 MT Rushmore Postcard

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Posted 01/09/2011   8:58 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add lucky to your friends list Get a Link to this Message
I was looking thru some postcards and I came across this one which shows Mt. Rushmore being built.

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Were there any stamps made with Mt Rushmore as the topic?

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Posted 01/09/2011   9:03 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add philb to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Lucky strike, the U.S. has about 4 different ones..starting with Scott number 1011 !
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Posted 01/09/2011   9:04 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add philb to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Sorry I forgot to mention..thats a keeper of a card !!
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Posted 01/09/2011   9:15 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Russ to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Lucky,
Nice card, the profiles had not been completed when the picture was taken.

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Posted 01/09/2011   9:23 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
One of my favorite airmails featuring Mt. Rushmore (C88):

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Posted 01/09/2011   11:49 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add lucky to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
The fact that is was still in the process of being built was what caught my eye. It looks like they have booms (similar to a boom truck minus the truck) through the tops of the heads that they could use to hang off of to work on the faces.
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Posted 01/10/2011   12:05 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
This photo of construction (from National Parks Service website) really puts it into perspective:



For more info. and pix, check out this link:

http://www.nps.gov/moru/photosmulti...c-Photos.htm

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Posted 01/10/2011   01:03 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Russ to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
A little Mt. Rushmore humor

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Posted 01/10/2011   06:39 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rohumpy to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Russ, that is to laugh.
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Posted 01/10/2011   08:43 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add rod222 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Hahahaha
That's fantastic.
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Posted 01/10/2011   09:26 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add philb to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Build it and they will come !!
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Posted 01/10/2011   10:58 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add stamperdude to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Great postcard. It's amazing what can be done by skilled craftsman. I pickup Mount Rushmore items for my Lincoln collection. I'll have to see what FDC's I have tucked away.
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Posted 01/10/2011   5:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add Moonbird to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
RUSS - Thanks. Many consider Mt Rushmore an environmental (and tacky) abomination.
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Posted 01/10/2011   9:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add lucky to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Nice link wt1. I checked it out and noticed that all of their eyes are black. The picture that you posted shows how the eyes were carved out except for a piece that was left to add dimension. I wonder what they used for the black of the eye?

By the way Russ, I laughed myself silly when I saw your scan. Comedy!

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Posted 01/11/2011   12:10 am  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add lucky to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Actually there is one other question I have about this Post Card. When you look at the front of the card and then turn it over the other side is printed upside down. Does this happen very often?



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Posted 01/11/2011   3:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add wt1 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply
Today on Yahoo News was this video link that is somewhat relevant to this topic:

http://whoknew.news.yahoo.com/?ncvid=23802948
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