Travel and Transportation Postcards: Trains, Railroads, Automobiles, Planes, Ships, and Canals

In the late 19th century, the advancement of transportation spurred a travel boom around the world. Thus, many postcards depicted transportation vehicles, usually in motion, with an attractive landscape or cityscape in the background.

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Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA. Curt Teich & CO.

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Hotel Bethlehem, Bethlehem, PA. Published by Herbert M. Paul.

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Sun Inn Hotel, South Main Street, Bethlehem, Pa. Curt Teich & Co.

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The New Merchants Hotel, South Bethlehem, Pa. G.V. Millar & Co.

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Wyandotte Hotel, Bethlehem, Pa. The Acmegraph Co.

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Caffrey's Hotel, Cor. 3rd & New Sts., South Bethlehem, Pa. C.H. Schmid, Allentown, Pa.

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Kurtz Restaurant and Café, 55 to 65 East Broad St., Bethlehem, PA. Published by Leo Meyer.

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Residences on Prospect Avenue, Bethlehem, PA. Post Card Distributing Co.

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Main Street, Looking North, Bethlehem, PA. Sabold-Herb Co.

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Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Airport. The Mesane Greeting Card Co.

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Old Wooden Bridge over Lehigh River, Bethlehem, PA. Post Card Distributing Co.

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Going to a Fire, Third Street, South Bethlehem, Pa. G.V. Millar & Co.

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["Sunshine Line" Crash]. 1918.

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["Sunshine Line" Crash]. 1918.

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