Pieces of the Past: Postcard Friendship Friday

Friday, November 5, 2010

Postcard Friendship Friday

Two old cards that I found on the internet some time ago when I was looking for Santa Fe memorabilia. As you know if you have followed my blog, my husband worked 41 years for ATSF and we did a lot of moving over the years. From Chillicothe, IL, to Ft. Madison, IA, to Topeka, KS, to Newton, KS, to Kansas City, KS then back to Illinois upon retirement. This card shows the big office building in Topeka that was headquarters for Santa Fe. When we moved there, it meant he was not on the road like he had been before so that was really nice - for a few years. Then they sent him back to Ft. Madison on a long job but he was not transferred there. So again, he would be gone from Monday morning until Friday night. You get used to it but never really like the idea. When we finally moved to KC area, he was home all the time - that was good.

Above is the Santa Fe Hospital in Topeka that serviced the system's employees. I can't remember if it was still being used when we were there or not since, thankfully, we had no need for hospitalization when we were living there. I will have to do some searching one day and find out more about it. Thanks, Beth, at
http://thebestheartsarecrunchy.blogspot.com/ for hosting - and Happy PFF.

7 comments:

LyneenNovember 5, 2010 at 2:05 PM
Amazing how some of these old postcards bring back memories...
TFS. Happy PFF!
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SnapNovember 5, 2010 at 4:33 PM
Wonderful cards. I remember the Santa Fe Hospital in Albuquerque. I think it is still standing and may be doctors offices now (my memory of 30 years ago!!!!). The railroad seemed to take care of its employees. Happy PFF
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Sheila @ A Postcard a DayNovember 5, 2010 at 5:16 PM
The hospital was a beautiful old building. No longer practical as a hospital but I do hope it's used for something and hasn't been knocked down.
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Paul van YperenNovember 5, 2010 at 6:10 PM
I also like the architecture of the hospital. Beautiful cards. Happy PFF.
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MuseSwingsNovember 5, 2010 at 6:53 PM
Very interesting! I always have to check to see if buildings pictured on old cards are still in use - found pictures of some in ruins
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viridianNovember 5, 2010 at 8:13 PM
Thanks for posting - and Happy PFF.
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DorincardNovember 7, 2010 at 12:56 PM
A tall building with many stories, and many...stories, too. :)
I said Hi! to somebody in Mozambic!
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Old Pictures of the People in My Life

In this blog, I will post pictures from the past of the many people in my life who I love and have loved. The initial post and any that are labeled Pearce Family refer to my mother's family. Dan and Maggie Pearce had five children, Nelle, Nan, my mother, Harry (Ham), Leah and Ed. They took a lot of pictures and I plan to post many of them. My brother has sent me many pictures over the internet this past week - some of which I haven't seen - and this has prompted me to set up this blog to display those wonderful old photos.

I will also be posting pictures of my family, my husband's family, and our family. Those posts will be labeled by the family's name in the list on the sidebar. I hope this is something that will be enjoyed by anyone who looks in on

my blog.

I will try and tell as much as I can remember about people and places and events and of course much of it will be inaccurate but really just having the great old photographs to look at is fun in itself. And I do know who lots of the folks are.

Enjoy.