CardCow Vintage Postcards

I am in the Army now!

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:19:59 +0100

Title:
I am in the Army now!
Continental Chrome unused

Description:
I'm in the Army Now! Recruits arrive at Ft. Benning, Georgia and are quickly transformed into infantry soldiers. The Reception Station process includes medical and dental inspections, immunizations, military clothing, identification cards and tags, haircuts and creation of personal and financial records. Each year 35,000 recruits arrive here

Relentless in Training

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:19:58 +0100

Title:
Relentless in Training
Continental Chrome unused

Description:
Today's infantry trainees at Fort Benning, Georgia learn the skills of hand to hand combat and practice bayonet skills with pugil sticks. Each year 35,000 American youth are transformed into world's finest infantrymen

Edwards Air Force Base

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:19:58 +0100

Title:
Edwards Air Force Base
Continental Chrome unused

Description:
Jim Stroup Edwards AFB is the home of the Flight Test Center where the Air Force has developed nearly every aircraft in its inventory. It is an ideal place to test aircraft becaure of Rogers Dry Lake Bed, a 44 square mile hardbed which serves as a perfect runway for test flight programs and emergencies. America's first jet flight, the first supersonic flight, world speed records, and space shuttle tests and landings have all been conducted at Edwards AFB. Photo by Jim Stroup

Defenders of America: Navy Talos Missile Installation

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:18:31 +0100

Title:
Defenders of America: Navy Talos Missile Installation
Continental Chrome unused

Description:
Navy Talos Missile Installation Aboard Cruiser Galveston The Navy Talos Missile Installation aboard the Guided Missile Cruiser USS Galveston (CAG-3). The Galveston will be the first of several cruisers to use the TALOS Missile with its nuclear capability. It joined the fleet in the summer of 1958. This is No. 5 of the new 1959 series of twenty-four cards, illustrating and describing a different weapon or piece of equipment in the NABISCO Shredded Wheat "Defenders of America" series. Each of these cards is a full detailed reproduction of an official United States Army, Navy, Air Force or Marine photograph. One of these official photograph reproductions is packed in each package of NABISCO Shredded Wheat. Get the entire set by eating NABISCO Shredded Wheat regularly and trading with your friends. National Biscuit Company, New York 22, N.Y. Official U.S. Navy Photograph

Camp Grant, Saturday Afternoon Sports: Boxing

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Camp Grant, Saturday Afternoon Sports: Boxing
Divided Back unused

Description:
copyright 1917, R.I. Lo

Huns Don't Like These Tanks Now

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Huns Don't Like These Tanks Now
Divided Back PM 1918 Dec-19

Description:
United States Army Huns Don't Like These Tanks Now, and if You Buy More Liberty Bonds, They Will Like Them Less Bolster the Line With Liberty Bonds

A couple of Sailors

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:44:36 +0100

Title:
A couple of Sailors
Real Photo unused

A Group of Young Sailors

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:44:36 +0100

Title:
A Group of Young Sailors
Real Photo unused

A gang of Sailors

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:44:35 +0100

Title:
A gang of Sailors
Real Photo unused

Aci-Romance 1916

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:44:04 +0100

Title:
Aci-Romance 1916
Real Photo

Soldiers in front of temporary residence

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:44:03 +0100

Title:
Soldiers in front of temporary residence
Real Photo unused

Men boarding a ship

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:43:21 +0100

Title:
Men boarding a ship
Real Photo unused

Bringing in the Leviathan with returning troops

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:43:21 +0100

Title:
Bringing in the Leviathan with returning troops
Real Photo unused

Burial at Sea. U. S. S. New York. Sounding Taps

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:43:21 +0100

Title:
Burial at Sea. U. S. S. New York. Sounding Taps
Real Photo unused

Finest ships of the German navy surrenduring to the Allies

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:43:20 +0100

Title:
Finest ships of the German navy surrenduring to the Allies
Real Photo unused

Allied Warships laying down a smoke screen for the bombarding Monitors

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:43:19 +0100

Title:
Allied Warships laying down a smoke screen for the bombarding Monitors
Real Photo unused

USS James O'Hara

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:43:16 +0100

Title:
USS James O'Hara
Real Photo unused

Description:
USS James O'Hara is a C-3, built in 1912 at Tacoma, Wash., is 192 feet long, 70 feet wide, and can travel 16 1/2 knots. Complete facilities for troop recreation are available. Equipped with modern safety and life-saving gear, the ship is part of the fleet of transports and cargo vessels operated by the Military Sea Transportation Service, Department of the Navy

HMAS Perth

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:43:14 +0100

Title:
HMAS Perth
Real Photo PM 1943 Nov-5

Description:
HMAS Perth, Cruiser of the modified leander class, was originally HMS Amphion but was purchased from the British Government & Re-christened Perth by the Duchess of Kent in 1939

U. S. S. Siboney

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:43:03 +0100

Title:
U. S. S. Siboney
Real Photo unused

Barracks Interior

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:41:37 +0100

Title:
Barracks Interior
Real Photo unused

Sailors in Cuba

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:54 +0100

Title:
Sailors in Cuba
Real Photo unused

Geo. Washington and convoy

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:53 +0100

Title:
Geo. Washington and convoy
Real Photo

U. S. S. Utah

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:53 +0100

Title:
U. S. S. Utah
Real Photo unused

USS George Washington with convoy

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:53 +0100

Title:
USS George Washington with convoy
Real Photo

Commemorative of a Battalion of United States Marines

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:51 +0100

Title:
Commemorative of a Battalion of United States Marines
Real Photo unused

Sailors belowdecks

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:51 +0100

Title:
Sailors belowdecks
Real Photo unused

Sailors at Work

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:51 +0100

Title:
Sailors at Work
Real Photo unused

Sailors rowing cutter in harbor

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:51 +0100

Title:
Sailors rowing cutter in harbor
Real Photo PM 1909 Mar-12

Blue Jackets from U. S. S. Albany In Parade Oct-19-09

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:51 +0100

Title:
Blue Jackets from U. S. S. Albany In Parade Oct-19-09
Real Photo PM 1909 Dec-27

Sailors at waterfall

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:44 +0100

Title:
Sailors at waterfall
Real Photo unused

U.S. Naval Ship General H.B. Freeman

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:40:24 +0100

Title:
U.S. Naval Ship General H.B. Freeman
Real Photo unused

Description:
USNS H.B. General Freeman, built in 1945 at Richmond, California, is 523 feet long, 72 feet wide and can travel 17 knots. Complete facilities for troop recreation are available. Equipped with modern safety and life-saving gear, the C-4 transport is part of the fleet of cargo and transport vessels operated by the Military Sea Transportation Service, Department of the Navy

Gun & Crew Naval Vessel

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:39:55 +0100

Title:
Gun & Crew Naval Vessel
Real Photo

Listening for the enemy submarines

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:39:55 +0100

Title:
Listening for the enemy submarines
Real Photo unused

Navy Men Cooking

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:39:54 +0100

Title:
Navy Men Cooking
Real Photo PM 1944 Jul-13

Crewmen of Boat

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:39:54 +0100

Title:
Crewmen of Boat
Real Photo unused

6 Inch Disappearing Gun in Action

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:39:44 +0100

Title:
6 Inch Disappearing Gun in Action
Real Photo unused

Gambling Military

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:39:27 +0100

Title:
Gambling Military
Real Photo unused

Military Men in Formal Uniform