Past Post: Seattle Waterfront August 1959
May 8th, 2007 @ 12:51 am by Cliffe | Sorted Past Post
For this Past Postcard let’s go ahead and continue that Seattle Waterfront theme. This card was sent August 1st, 1959 to Minneapolis, Minnesota. You can see The Harbor Tourist speeding by the Kalakala (oh, you know we’re going to have more on *that* ferry soon enough). For those wondering what in blazes Ektachrome was, well it was a type of Kodak film popular from the 40’s on and used when Kodachrome wasn’t fast enough. Josef Scaylea needed this film since The Harbor Tourist was obviously approaching ludicrous speed. The postcard reads:
Dear Jen and Don:
Our plane was a half hour late out of Mpls but arrival in Seattle on schedule. Had a lovely flying day. Clear and no bumps. Elaine met us she seems fine. Have been busy gadding yesterday a trip in the mountains, today to this place on the card & government locks. A friend of hers took us to lunch down town. Monday we are going to Mt. Rainier. Hot here today.
Love,
Gladys
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| Front: Herb Gladys McDowell Seattle, Wash. Waterfront Aug 1, 1959 |
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May 8th, 2007 @ 1:07 am
So who wants to correct me on the translation? “Elaine” and “adding” have got to be wrong…
Cliffe
VintageSeattle.org
May 8th, 2007 @ 8:15 am
I reckon what you have as “adding” is an archaic verb: “gadding“. In fact, I should start using that word - it really expresses what an active tourist does rather well. Not sure about Elaine, but the context suggests that a person’s name is appropriate.
May 8th, 2007 @ 9:29 am
Eldan’s got it, it’s “gadding”, most commonly used as “gadding about”.
The waterfront on the postcard is massively different from what it looks like now but fits very much my memory of what it looked like in the 70s.
May 8th, 2007 @ 11:10 am
Nice catch! That’s a new one for me, I’ll also need to sneak it into my vocabulary.
Cliffe
VintageSeattle.org
June 26th, 2007 @ 1:08 am
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