A wrong number listed on a Colorado Springs newspaper advertisement by Sears started NORAD's Santa Tracking program in 1955. Google also started to track Santa's movement in 2004 as a Google Maps service. However, the radar tracking may reveal Santa is not on a sleigh after all, as the vintage postcard US-3141511 from Virginia shows that Santa Claus on an airship overlooks the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914.
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Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Santa in an Airship High Over the Panama Canal
A wrong number listed on a Colorado Springs newspaper advertisement by Sears started NORAD's Santa Tracking program in 1955. Google also started to track Santa's movement in 2004 as a Google Maps service. However, the radar tracking may reveal Santa is not on a sleigh after all, as the vintage postcard US-3141511 from Virginia shows that Santa Claus on an airship overlooks the opening of the Panama Canal in 1914.
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Saturday, May 31, 2014
Unbought and Unbossed
Postcard US-2692593 to the United Kingdom shows an inverted image of a cactus grown in Las Vegas, Nevada. I pass this location often when I go to a gym in the evening. I have been fascinated by the ever changing impressions of the cactus against the evening skies.
The postcard had a Shirley Chisholm Black Heritage Forever stamp and was sent to Brooklyn, NY along with several items for a first-day-of-issue postmark on April 1, 2014. However, it took a detour to Trenton, and Bellmawr, NJ after it already reached Brooklyn, NY on April 3, 2014. It was finally delivered at Brooklyn, NY on April 10, 2014. I am curious what happened between April 3 and April 10, 2014.
Shipment Activity | Location | Date & Time |
---|---|---|
Delivered | BROOKLYN, NY 11256 | April 10, 2014 9:54 am |
Arrival at Post Office | BROOKLYN, NY 11256 | April 10, 2014 9:47 am |
Depart USPS Sort Facility | BROOKLYN, NY 11256 | April 10, 2014 |
Processed through USPS Sort Facility | BROOKLYN, NY 11256 | April 10, 2014 4:33 am |
Depart USPS Sort Facility | BELLMAWR, NJ 08031 | April 5, 2014 |
Processed through USPS Sort Facility | BELLMAWR, NJ 08031 | April 5, 2014 5:38 pm |
Depart USPS Sort Facility | TRENTON, NJ 08650 | April 5, 2014 |
Processed through USPS Sort Facility | TRENTON, NJ 08650 | April 5, 2014 3:41 am |
Arrive USPS Sort Facility | BROOKLYN, NY 11256 | April 3, 2014 7:14 am |
Depart USPS Sort Facility | FLUSHING, NY 11351 | April 3, 2014 6:22 am |
Depart USPS Sort Facility | FLUSHING, NY 11351 | April 3, 2014 |
Processed through USPS Sort Facility | FLUSHING, NY 11351 | April 3, 2014 2:45 am |
Electronic Shipping Info Received | April 2, 2014 | |
Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility | LAS VEGAS, NV 89120 | April 2, 2014 12:15 am |
Dispatched to Sort Facility | LAS VEGAS, NV 89199 | April 1, 2014 6:15 pm |
Acceptance | LAS VEGAS, NV 89199 | April 1, 2014 5:32 pm |
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