Because I already had 2 of these scenes drawn and the first set of Tulare County Landmarks notecards sold well, the natural second choice was Mineral King. (Big surprise, eh?)
This was the first time I drew my favorite bridge, and it is from a viewpoint that is now overgrown and no longer so clear.
I worked from my own photos with the exception of the old Mineral King Store; by the time my family went to Mineral King, it was gone.
Stay tuned – there are many more notecards to show you!
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I remember using a few of these in past years! And way back in the 1960s my grandfather had 6 postcards made from his photos which were for sale at the Silver City store. And yes, he included one of the store which sold out first. Always!
Sharon, I remember selling your Grandpa’s postcards even in the ’80s.
We still have a supply of three of the six scenes: the Cold Springs bridge in the winter, aspen grove with brilliant fall colors, and Sawtooth from our “parking lot.”
How interesting to see clearly which designs were the most popular. Back then, the press runs had to be ridiculously large to keep the price per piece down, and having leftovers was a common occurrence. Nowadays, with digital stuff, quantities are more manageable, which is why I am able to print notecards in batches of 50 or 100 instead of 500 or 1000.
True–I have no idea how many the original order was, but I’m guessing it was in the hundreds, if not 1,000 or more. But they served us well, back when we actually had mail service at Mineral King!
I loved having mail service up there.
Me, too, but I understand the demographic change from all-summer dwellers to weekend-only-if-that visitors. But, boy, it sure was fun to run down the hill and find mail is the mailbox!
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