Vintage Postcard Project – Page 2 – Aunt Esther's Vintage Postcards

September 5: Near Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara Courthouse — Vintage Postcard: Court House, Santa Barbara, California

Court House, Santa Barbara, California — Today: Court House, Santa Barbara, California

Historic Mission in Santa Barbara, California — Vintage Postcard: Santa Barbara Mission

Santa Barbara Mission — Today: Santa Barbara Mission

Oil Wells in the Pacific — Vintage Postcard: Along the Coast on U.S. Highway 101 near Ventura, California (oil wells in the Pacific)

Ventura Highway 101 — Today: Along the Coast on U.S. Highway 101 near Ventura, California (oil wells replaced by offshore drilling)

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

September 4: San Jose and Stanford, California

Memorial Church at Stanford University — Vintage Postcard: Memorial Church, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Memorial Church at Stanford University — Today: Memorial Church, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Tower Hall at San Jose State College — Vintage Postcard: Tower Hall at San Jose State College

Tower Hall at San Jose State University — Today: Tower Hall at San Jose State University

San Jose Municipal Rose Garden — Vintage Postcard: Municipal Rose Garden, San Jose, California

San Jose Rose Garden — Today: Municipal Rose Garden, San Jose, California

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

September 3: San Francisco, California

Golden Gate Bridge — Vintage Postcard: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco

Golden Gate Bridge in Fog — Today: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco (in fog)

San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge — Vintage Postcard: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (proposed)

Oakland Bay Bridge — Today: San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge

Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay — Vintage Postcard: Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay (site of the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition)

Almeda Ferry in front of Treasure Island — Today: Treasure Island, San Francisco Bay (Almeda Oakland Ferry in foreground)

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

September 2: Santa Rosa, California

Santa Rosa Courthouse — Vintage Postcard: Court Building in Santa Rosa, California

Old Courthouse Square in Santa Rosa — Today: Old Courthouse Square Plaza in Santa Rosa, California (building torn down)

Old Courthouse Plaque in Santa Rosa — Today: Old Courthouse Plaque in Santa Rosa, California (park dedicated in 1967)

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

August 31: Crater Lake National Park

Crater Lake and Wizard Island — Vintage Postcards: Crater Lake and Wizard Island

Crater Lake National Park — Today: Crater Lake National Park

Wizard Island at Crater Lake National Park — Vintage Postcards: Wizard Island at Crater Lake National Park

Wizard Island at Crater Lake National Park — Today: Wizard Island at Crater Lake National Park

Phantom Ship at Crater Lake National Park — Vintage Postcards: Phantom Ship at Crater Lake National Park

Phanton Ship at Crater Lake National Park — Today: Phanton Ship at Crater Lake National Park (from East Rim Drive)

Enchantment Bay at Crater Lake National Park — Vintage Postcards: Enchantment Bay at Crater Lake National Park

Danger Bay at Crater Lake National Park — Today: Danger Bay at Crater Lake National Park (formerly called “Enchantment Bay”)

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

August 30: Redwoods, California

Cathedral Tree — Vintage Postcard: Cathedral Tree, Trees of Mystery, Wonderland Redwood Park

Cathedral Tree with Girl Posing — Vintage Postcard: Cathedral Tree, Trees of Mystery, Wonderland Redwood Park (showing girl for size)

Cathedral Tree — Today: Cathedral Tree, Trees of Mystery, Klamath, California (where weddings are performed)

Intertwined Redwoods at Wonderland Redwood Park — Vintage Postcard: Grafted Redwoods at Trees of Mystery, Wonderland Redwood Park

Grafted Redwoods at Trees of Mystery Redwood Park — Today: Grafted Redwoods at Trees of Mystery Redwood Park

Sign at — Today: Sign at Grafted Redwoods, Trees of Mystery Redwood Park (ten-foot diameter tree cut down)

Klamath River Bridge — Vintage Postcard: Klamath River Bridge, Redwood Highway, California

Klamath River Bridge (Remnant) — Today: Old Klamath River Bridge (remnant of Douglas Memorial Bridge, destroyed by flood in 1964)

Old Klamath Bridge Sign — Today: Old Klamath Bridge Sign (“River on the Rampage”)

Golden Bear on the New Klamath River Bridge — Today: Golden Bear on the New Klamath River Bridge (on Highway 101)

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

August 29 & 30: Oregon’s South Coast

Coos Bay Bridge — Vintage Postcard: Coos Bay Bridge, North Bend, Oregon

Coos Bay Bridge — Today: Coos Bay Bridge, North Bend, Oregon

Humbug Mountain, Oregon Coast Highway — Vintage Postcard: Humbug Mountain, Oregon Coast Highway (aerial view)

Humbug Mountain — Today: Humbug Mountain

Humbug Mountain, Oregon Coast Highway — Vintage Postcard: Humbug Mountain and Beach, Oregon Coast Highway

Humbug Mountain and Beach — Today: Humbug Mountain and Beach, Oregon Coast Highway

Oregon "Toothpicks" — Vintage Postcard: Oregon “Toothpicks”

Oregon "Toothpick" — Today: Oregon “Toothpick”

Arch Rock, Oregon — Vintage Postcard: Arch Rock, Oregon

Arch Rock, Oregon — Today: Arch Rock, Oregon (totally hidden by fog)

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

August 29: Oregon’s Central Coast

Oregon Coast at Cape Perpetua — Vintage Postcard: Oregon Coast at Cape Perpetua

Cape Perpetua — Today: Oregon Coast at Cape Perpetua

Cape Perpetua Reefs and Marine Gardens — Vintage Postcard: Cape Perpetua, Reefs and Marine Gardens

Cape Perpetua, Reefs and Marine Gardens — Today: Cape Perpetua, Reefs and Marine Gardens

Oregon Dunes (Vintage Postcard) — Vintage Postcard: Seaward Dunes, Oregon Coast Highway

Oregon Dunes — Today: Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area

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

August 28: Depot Bay, Oregon

Spouting Horn, Depoe Bay, Oregon — Vintage Postcard: Spouting Horn, Depoe Bay, Oregon

Vintage Photo of Depoe Bay, Oregon — Vintage Photograph: Depoe Bay, Oregon (showing Aquarium building, now a gift shop)

[Vintage photograph found in Tidal Raves restaurant, Depoe Bay.]

August 23: Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Vintage postcard of the Hood River Valley — Vintage Postcard: Hood River Valley, Oregon

Hood River Valley — Today: Hood River Valley, Oregon

Multnomah Falls on the Columbia River Highway — Vintage Postcard: Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Highway

Multnomah Falls — Today: Multnomah Falls, Historic Route 30

Wahkeena Falls on the Columbia River Highway — Vintage Postcard: Wahkeena Falls, Columbia River Highway

Wahkeena Falls — Today: Wahkeena Falls, Historic Route 30 ("necktie" no longer visible)

Shepperd's Dell on the Columbia River Highway — Vintage Postcard: Columbia River Highway near Shepperd’s Dell

Shepperd's Dell — Today: Historic Route 30 near Shepperd’s Dell

Vista House at Crown Point — Vintage Postcard: Vista House at Crown Point, Columbia River Highway

Vista House — Today: Vista House at Crown Point, Historic Route 30

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