Our "Bears in Postcards" series (see Jan. 29, Jan. 23) continues with this linen postcard of "The Night Marauder" — just a very good boy (or girl) looking for a snack — at Allegany State Park in New York.
Here are the vital statistics for the card: The photograph was by Ceylon Newton (a name that leads mostly to dead ends on Google). This is a Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Art-Colortone" postcard. It was published by A. Wolfmueller of Buffalo, New York, as No. 115 in its series. This is the caption on the back:
The postcard was mailed from Quaker Bridge, New York, on August 1, 1959, with a purple 3¢ liberty stamp. It was sent to the Spencer residence in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and this is the cursive note:Greetings from ALLEGANY STATE PARK This bear, like many others, comes out of hiding after sunset, looking for food. This one, a special tough customer, did not want to leave his overturned trash can, even after a series of flashbulbs were shot off to take this picture.
Playground of Western New York
"Hi!
We arrived safely and find the park very nice. We haven't seen any bears but many racoons [sic]. We went to Niagara Falls.
See you.
The Brackbills"
Any chance you want to sell this? It was done by my wife’s grandfather
ReplyDeleteIf I still have this postcard (not sure), I'll be glad to send it to you. Email me at chrisottopa@gmail.com
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