September 2012 – Aunt Esther's Vintage Postcards

September 27: Mount Rushmore, South Dakota

Mount Rushmore — Vintage Postcard: Mount Rushmore (monument under construction)

Mount Rushmore — Today: Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore Memorial — Vintage Postcard: Mount Rushmore Memorial (monument under construction)

Mount Rushmore Memorial — Today: Mount Rushmore Memorial

[Modern Photos: © 2012, P.J. Gardner. All Rights Reserved.]

September 26: Devils Tower, Wyoming

Devils Tower and the Belle Fourche River Bridge — Vintage Postcard: Devils Tower and the Belle Fourche River Bridge

Devils Tower and Belle Fourche River Bridge — Today: Devils Tower and the Belle Fourche River Bridge

Devils Tower from Route 16 — Vintage Postcard: Devils Tower from Route 16

Devils Tower from Route 24 — Today: Devils Tower from Route 24

Vintage Postcard: Devils Tower 3 — Vintage Postcard: Devils Tower National Monument

Devils Tower National Monument — Today: Devils Tower National Monument

[Modern Photos: © 2012, P.J. Gardner. All Rights Reserved.]

September 24: More Yellowstone National Park

Emerald Pool — Vintage Postcard: Emerald Pool

Emerald Pool — Today: Emerald Pool (colors altered by tourist debris)

Norris Geyser Basin — Vintage Postcard: Norris Geyser Basin

Norris Geyser Basin — Today: Norris Geyser Basin

Yellowstone Canyon — Vintage Postcard: Yellowstone Canyon from Brink of Lower Falls

Yellowstone Canyon — Today: Yellowstone Canyon from Brink of Lower Falls Overlook

[Modern Photos: © 2012, P.J. Gardner. All Rights Reserved.]

September 23: Yellowstone National Park

Old Faithful View 1 — Vintage Postcard: Old Faithful – View 1

Old Faithful - View 1 — Today: Old Faithful – View 1

Old Faithful View 2 — Vintage Postcard: Old Faithful – View 2

Old Faithful - View 2 — Today: Old Faithful – View 2

Giant Geyser — Vintage Postcard: Giant Geyser

Giant Geyser — Today: Giant Geyser (mostly dormant since 1955)

Morning Glory Pool — Vintage Postcard: Morning Glory Pool

Morning Glory Pool — Today: Morning Glory Pool (colors altered by tourist debris)

Riverside Geyser — Vintage Postcard: Riverside Geyser

Riverside Geyser — Today: Riverside Geyser (post-eruption)

[Modern Photos: © 2012, P.J. Gardner. All Rights Reserved.]

September 14: Shiprock, New Mexico

Shiprock, New Mexico — Vintage Postcard: Shiprock, New Mexico

Shiprock, New Mexico — Today: Shiprock, New Mexico (from Colorado)

[Modern Photo: © 2012, P.J. Gardner. All Rights Reserved.]

September 13: More Grand Canyon

Granite Gorge of the Grand Canyon — Vintage Postcard: Granite Gorge of the Grand Canyon

Granite Gorge — Today: Granite Gorge of the Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon from Mojave Point — Vintage Postcard: Grand Canyon from Mojave Point

Grand Canyon from Mohave Point — Today: Grand Canyon from Mohave Point

Hopi Indians at the Grand Canyon — Vintage Postcard: Hopi Indians at the Grand Canyon

Hopi View of the Grand Canyon — Today: Hopi Viewpoint at the Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon from Moran Point — Vintage Postcard: Grand Canyon from Moran Point

View from Moran Point — Today: Grand Canyon from Moran Point

Grand Canyon of the Colorado River — Vintage Postcard: The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River

Colorado River — Today: The Grand Canyon of the Colorado River

[Modern Photos: © 2012, P.J. Gardner. All Rights Reserved.]

September 12: Grand Canyon

Overview of the Grand Canyon — Vintage Postcard: Overview of the Grand Canyon

Overview of the Grand Canyon — Today: Overview of the Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon Village — Vintage Postcard: Grand Canyon Village (aerial view)

Grand Canyon Village — Today: Grand Canyon Village (from Maricopa Point)

View from Grand Canyon Village — Today: View from Grand Canyon Village (Bright Angel Trailhead)

Battleship from El Tovar — Vintage Postcard: The Battleship from El Tovar

Battleship from El Tovar — Today: The Battleship from El Tovar

Grand Canyon from Pima Point — Vintage Postcard: The Grand Canyon from Pima Point

View from Pima Point — Today: The Grand Canyon from Pima Point

[Modern Photos: © 2012, P.J. Gardner. All Rights Reserved.]

September 11: Meteor Crater, Arizona

Arizona's Meteor Crater — Vintage Postcard: Meteor Crater Between Flagstaff and Winslow, Arizona (aerial view)

Arizona's Meteor Crater — Today: Meteor Crater Between Flagstaff and Winslow, Arizona

[Modern Photo: © 2012, P.J. Gardner. All Rights Reserved.]

September 10: Route 66, Arizona

Horseshoe Curves on Route 66 — Vintage Postcard: Horseshoe Curves on Route 66 near Kingman, Arizona

Horseshoe Curves on Route 66 — Today: Horseshoe Curves on Historic Route 66 near Kingman, Arizona

[Modern Photo: © 2012, P.J. Gardner. All Rights Reserved.]

September 8: San Diego, California

Hotel Del Coronado by Night — Vintage Postcard: Hotel Del Coronado by Night, Coronado Beach, California

Hotel Del Coronado by Night — Today: Hotel Del Coronado by Night, Coronado Beach, California

[Modern Photo: © 2012, P.J. Gardner. All Rights Reserved.]