Postcards from the Past

I love this time of year. There are flowers everywhere, the trees are all filled in and incredibly green, the weather is great (the options are usually sunny and warm or awesome thunderstorms). This is also the time of year where so many festivals happen and there's always some great outdoor events going on. Although our farmer's market is open year-round (which is so great), it's during this season that the market is at its fullest with vendors and patrons. I love the produce this time of year. Also, today is the first day of our neighborhood's seasonal craft vendor market. There's a lot of crafts and handmade stuff (Etsy type stuff), but there's also vendors that sell antiques, used books, records. It's this time of year that Eagan and I have our usual Saturday routine of heading down to the farmer's market, where we pick stuff out for dinner. Then we get pastries from our favorite French bakery tent and some coffee, and enjoy them on the patio of the coffeeshop. Sometimes we just talk and people-watch, other times we stay and read if it's particularly lovely out. Then we head down the street to the craft market, and fight the urge to buy everything we see. It's a great way to spend your Saturday morning.

At today's craft market there was a tent that had a bunch of old prints of product advertisements, old magazines, old playbills. They also had a bunch of old postcards. I was delighted to find these Utah postcards:

On the back of the top postcard it says "Salt Lake City (the Center of Scenic America) is the prettiest city in the United States [I love the modesty! Though, it is indeed quite pretty]. Nestled as it is at the foot of the lofty and picturesque Wasatch Mountains with the Great Salt Lake at its very doors, its location is unsurpassed. Arrange to spend at least three days here."

On the back of the bottom postcard it says "Main Street is one of the principal business thoroughfares of Salt Lake City, which is noted for its broad, straight streets. The standard width of a Salt Lake Street is 132 feet, allowing ample room for parking on either side and six lanes for driving." 

It was a 3 for $2 deal, so I also got this pretty Grand Teton National Park postcard:

On the back it says "The Grand Teton, 13,747 ft., the highest peak in the central Rocky Mountain region north of Colorado, is a majestic feature of the Grand Teton National Park, established by Act of Congress, February 26, 1929. The mountain summit is seldom attained, being considered one of the most difficult of ascent in the United States." 

Tidbit: The copyright is owned by a studio in Bozeman, Montana -- that's where Eagan grew up.