M1370: Baguio Airport Postcard Update on Apr 21, 2011 in Madonna postcard airport airplane The plane shown in the postcard is the Fokker F27 Friendship, which was designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. The airplane has a wingspan of 29 m, which is good for short runways like Loakan. Loakan Airport LOAKAN AIRPORT...
M1362: Hilton Hotel Postcard Update on Apr 17, 2011 in hotel Madonna postcard The Manila Hilton was formerly the location of the Episcopalian Cathedral of St. Mary and St. John on Isaac Peral (now United Nations Avenue). Two architects were involved in this project, Carlos Arguelles and Welton Becket. Becket assigned Scollard...
M1036: Bauang Beach Resort Postcard Update on Apr 14, 2011 in Madonna postcard The unnamed Bauang beach resort seen in the postcard below is the Cresta Ola, which was owned by the Joaquin family. It was famous in the late50s anf early 60's, and is now abandoned.M1036: Bauang Beach Resort PostcardNotice the diving platform betwe...
Philippine Military Academy Postcard Update on Apr 11, 2011 in schools The amphitheater at the Philippine Military Academy is said to have been designed by Jerry Tioaquen under the supervision of Col. Crisostomo Ramos, the Command Engineer in 1982. Locano Construction won the bid and built it.The project was sponsored b...
Ford Hotel Montreal Postcard Upate on Apr 6, 2011 in hotel The 750-room Ford Hotel Montreal opened in 1930. The hotel is now an office buildingand referred to as 1425 René-Levesque Ouest. It also served as CBC-Radio-Canada Montreal headquarters from 1936 to the early seventies.The former Ford Hotel was purc...
USNS Barrett (T-AP-196) Postcard Updates on Apr 1, 2011 in ship The USNS Barrett postcard received a lot of comments from people who had sailed on it.(1) from San Francisco to Vietnam in April 1968 for 3 months(2) from San Francisco to Manila, and back to San Francisco in 1956(3) from San Francisco to Honolulu in...
M1337: Cuadros Filipinos Postcard on Mar 28, 2011 in Madonna postcard Postcard Size: 4"x5.5"Postcard Type: View cardPrinted by: JMC Press, Inc., Quezon CityPurchased at Goodwill BookstoreThe postcard shows one of the dances in the "Cuadros Filipinos de Ayer y de Hoy," a festival of religious and secular practices in...
M1307: Underpass-Overpass Postcard on Mar 23, 2011 in Madonna postcard Postcard Size: 4"x5.5"Postcard Type: View cardPrinted by: JMC Press, Inc., Quezon CityPurchased at Goodwill BookstoreThe postcard shows an underpass-overpass along the Taft Avenue. Also seen is the Old Congress Building or the Old Legislative Build...
M1019: Banawe Rice Terraces Postcard on Mar 18, 2011 in Madonna postcard Postcard Size: 4"x5.5"Postcard Type: View cardPrinted by: JMC Press, Inc., Quezon CityPurchased at Goodwill BookstoreThis is another postcard showing the famous Banawe Rice Terraces.The back of the postcard reads:Banawe Rice Terraces(8th Wonder of...
M1009: Banawe Rice Terraces Postcard on Mar 17, 2011 in Madonna postcard Postcard Size: 4"x5.5"Postcard Type: View cardPrinted by: JMC Press, Inc., Quezon CityPurchased at Goodwill BookstoreThis is another postcard showing the famous Banawe Rice Terraces.The back of the postcard reads:Banawe Rice TerracesMountain Provin...
