Bizarre Postcards - Roadside Attractions

There are thousands of roadside attractions here's a selection of the most unusual and bizarre...

Dead Man's Hand

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Last hand held by Wild Bill Hickok, in a long career at the poker table, was dealt just before he ws shot from behind by Jack McCall with a .45 Colt revolver. The pair of black aces, black eights and a nine of diamonds, was forever known as the "Dead Man;s Hand." Hickok, famed lawman; Calamity Jane, army scout and bull-whacker; Preacher Smith, pioneer martyr; and Poker Alice, notorious lady of cards; all contributed to the colorful past of early-day Deadwood.

B23870
Produced by Scenic Arts
Centennial Distributers
25249 Sidney Park Road, Custer, SD 57730

Liberachi of the Monkey World at the Monkey Jungle

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Monkey Jungle. 22 miles south of Miami,
Florida. Amazing Chimpanzee performances given
hourly. This view shows the Stars soothing the audience
with sweet music.

K-5270
Color Photo by Bill and Jack Levy
Made in U. S. A.
"Lusterchrome" Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.
Made only by Tichnor Bros., Inc., Boston 15, Mass.

Prehistoric Forest

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Scenic ride to dinosaur land and museum at
Prehistoric Forest, U. S. 12 Irish Hills, Mich.

90837
K
Upper Michigan Card Co. Manistique, Michigan

Prehistoric Vultures at Prehistoric Forest

This unused postcard has the printed text...

Prehistoric Vultures
A life and death scene at Prehistoric Forest
U. S. 12, Irish Hills, Onsted, Michigan

140586
PF-2
K
Aero Distributing, Evanston, Illinois, 60201

Redwood Shrine Tree

This postcard, posted in Garberville, California on May 3rd, 1956, has the printed text...

Redwood Shrine Tree on Redwood Highway
at River Vista Lodge
Dia. 21 feet
Circ. 64 feet
Age. 5,000 years

1305-CA.R
Art - Ray Pictures, Crescent City, California

This page created 24th April 2010, last modified 28th April 2010