Before e-mail, before CNN, before low-priced long-distance phone calls, there was the humble postcard. It took just a minute to write one and just a penny to send one.
The back of one card reads: "Come to see me soon, and I'll tell you how I came here." Another says: "Have been very busy, but not too occupied to think of you."
Thanks to Keith Lockhart of Ridley Park, Pa., for sharing with us a few examples from his collection.
STRATH HAVEN INN. The Strath Haven Inn, ca. 1930. Generations of parents stayed here while visiting Swarthmore.
THE VILLE. The Ville (top) before Michael's College Pharmacy. The building on the right still stands.
BOOK AND KEY CRYPT. The windowless Book and Key "crypt" (below) held many mysteries on Elm Avenue.
MARY LYON SCHOOL. The Mary Lyon School, part of which is still a College residence hall.
VIEW FROM THE VILLE. A view of the College from the Ville, with the railroad station in the foreground. Note the stationmaster's laundry hanging out.
MAGILL WALK. Magill Walk (top) when the trees were younger.
WHARTON HALL. Wharton Hall, (middle) with its center section unbuilt, and a row of cabbages growing where the tennis courts now stand.
THE "NEW LIBRARY". T he "New Library," later the Tarble Social Center. Only part of this building still stands after the fire of 1983.
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