Nixx_Mazda

Nixx_Mazda OP t1_j42ed40 wrote

Reply to Found this 'photo postcard' in my grandparents collection. I never knew about this. "In terms of lives lost, the foundering of the Iowa on Peacock Spit is the greatest maritime disaster recorded in the twentieth century on the Columbia River Bar." (article link in reply) by Nixx_Mazda

Oh yeah, there was nothing interesting on the backside.

https://historylink.org/File/11007

>On January 12, 1936, early on Sunday morning, the freighter SS Iowa,
outbound from the Columbia River to the Atlantic coast via San
Francisco with 34 crewmen aboard, is driven onto Peacock Spit at Cape
Disappointment by hurricane force winds. The radio operator manages to
send a distress signal but the fierce storm will prevent rescue vessels
from approaching within range of the foundering vessel. Within a short
while, enormous waves break up the Iowa's hull and she sinks into the
sand with only her pilothouse, masts, and king posts visible above the
surf.

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Nixx_Mazda t1_j0zfrh8 wrote

Reply to It is 7:34 in the morning the day before the winter solstice. Look outside right now, and know that if we did “Daylight Saving” time year round, it would be 8:34. by factotvm

Oh yeah I had a similar thought last night as I was trying to sleep. Are we in daylight or standard time right now, I can never remember...

Sunrise is at 8 AM. I guess we're in standard time now, so as you say, if we kept "daylight savings" then sunrise would be at 9 AM. Bleh.

The time change is still annoying, we should probably just keep it on standard time. That might mean sunrise is at like 4 AM in the summer? Kind of annoying...but better than messing with winter darkness times.

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Nixx_Mazda OP t1_j0swm6x wrote

Reply to comment by Slice-O-Pie in Postcard mailed from Calais, Maine? Circa 1915, a Memorial Day parade led by a relative (great great great uncle or something like that). The Avis he is writing to is the 1899 Presque Isle graduate I posted before by Nixx_Mazda

Oh, you sound like you know things.

Here, I had scanned it at mega size. I did a quick edit for contrast. (Edit: oh wait, looks like when I combined the front and back I did that edit too)

https://i.imgur.com/oWLP5u4.jpg

What's on the hat?

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Nixx_Mazda OP t1_j0sn0ah wrote

Reply to Postcard mailed from Calais, Maine? Circa 1915, a Memorial Day parade led by a relative (great great great uncle or something like that). The Avis he is writing to is the 1899 Presque Isle graduate I posted before by Nixx_Mazda

The pen (darker) writing is original.

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>"Dear Avis,
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>Have not heard from your mother for long time, hope she is not sick.
>
>Do you recognize the gentleman in head of the line on Memorial Day."

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Upside down writing, from the day it was mailed.

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>"This is the glorious 4th. Very quiet here."

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An undated portrait of Sewell Quimby. https://i.imgur.com/TAk6gJP.jpg

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Nixx_Mazda t1_izekpx9 wrote

Reply to Bainbridge Island or Whidbey Island? by throwaway6300011

Whidbey is big, there is some farmland and open areas.

Deception Pass area is beautiful. Plenty of big trees, hiking, beaches, views, and the bridge.

With no car it would be a challenge, but there is a bus on the island.

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