My Favorite Postcards

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
ALSAC, Danny Thomas, Founder
Finding cures. Saving children.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases.  Our purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.

This building is in Memphis, Tennessee, and was mailed in 2019.

The sender writes:
St. Jude was founded by entertainer Danny Thomas in 1962.  Danny Thomas was a devout Catholic and named St. Jude Children's Research Hospital after St. Jude Thaddeus.

Broadway
Nashville, Tennessee
Lower Broadway is home to many of Nashville's country music Honky Tonks.  These clubs are where many of the Country Music Greats get their starts.

This unused postcard is from 2009.

Some of the Honky Tonks shown are:
Bluegrass Inn
Robert's Western World
Jack's Bar-B-Que
The State
and
Global Cafe

Chattanooga
Tennessee

Scenic Views of Town
Lantern Press Original Poster
Image # 36771

This is postmarked in 2015 with a machine printed stamp.

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Although they are not listed on the postcard, the images are:

Top right: Walnut Street Bridge
Top left: Tennessee Aquarium
Center Left: Lookout Mountain
Center: Train Station (Chattanooga Choo Choo)
Center Right: Rock City
Bottom Left: Coolidge Park
Bottom Right: Lookout Mountain

Tennessee Aquarium
Chattanooga

Aquarium from Market Street
The Aquarium's $30 million Ocean Journey building, opened in 2005, is an expansion of the popular Gulf of Mexico exhibit and adds 700,000 gallons of saltwater exhibits to what is currently the world's largest freshwater aquarium.

This is postmarked in 2015 with a machine printed stamp. 

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

from the 'Great Smoky Mtns: Natural History Association'
all cards are unused

Settlers in the Smokies lived off the land around them. Fishing was both a way to put food on the table, as well as a pleasant way to spend a hot summer day.

There was seldom enough money to buy toys, but with a little imagination, a saw, and a pocketknife, a wagon could materialize right out of the woodpile.

For many, the secluded life in the mountains meant small homes and large families. Since several kids often slept in one bed, mattresses had to be aired frequently and without fail.

Hunting trips in the mountains meant fun for the men, meat for the table, and plenty of tall tales back at the store.

University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

The "Pride of the Southland" Band gathers to form the "Power T" for the Vols to run through before a Satyrday afternoon game at Neyland Stadium.

Photo: Donna Calonge in 1995

unused, from 2010

(The Word Saturday is spelled wrong on the card)

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The Pride of the Southland Marching Band has been performing at halftime for over one hundred years, but has existed since 1869 when it was founded as part of the Military Department.

It was not until 1961 that Tennessee native W. J. Julian was hired as an associate professor and director of the UT bands. Some of the many traditions established under his direction are the pregame formations.

The Pride's famous pregame show was designed by Julian with exclusive musical arrangements by Warren Clark and Barry McDonald. This six minute and forty-five second show has remained largely unchanged since the 1960s. It begins with a "Tennessee Waltz" variation in common time, followed by, starting in the 2007 season, a march version of "Tennessee River", then the "Alma Mater March". The band forms the traditional floating "U" and "T" and marches this across the majority of the field accompanied by "Rocky Top". The pregame show continues to build in excitement as the "Power T" is formed and all the Vols fans are asked to join in the Volunteer Wave and the crowd spells out "V-O-L-S" and chant "Go Vols Go!" Then the Pride of the Southland's Drum Major runs through the middle of this formation. The band then marches across the field until it reaches the opposite end zone. At this point, "Stars and Stripes Forever" is played and the band forms a large "USA" to the visiting sideline, then inverts the form to face the front sideline.

Pregame reaches its most thrilling point with the "Opening of the T" where the football team runs through a block T on to the field and to their sideline. This is one of the most photographed moments in college football and one of the greatest traditions of the "Pride", Tennessee football, and the University of Tennessee.
Although the T formation is used almost exclusively at Tennessee home games in Neyland Stadium, it has been done at other venues, most notably at the 1986 and 1991 Sugar Bowl.

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Here they are running into the 'Power T'

University of Tennessee

The Big Orange make their way onto Neyland Stadium through the famous Power "T".

Photo by Ryan & Shelly Calonge in 2005

Memphis-Style Barbeque Ribs

3-4 pounds pork baby back ribs
1 teaspoon salt
1 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
Apple juice for basting
3/4 cup red wine vinegar
2 cups onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
4 tablespoons yellow prepared mustard
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
1/4 - 1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1/2 teaspoon liquid hickory smoke
2 cups ketchup
2 lemons, thinly sliced

Combine vinegar, onion, garlic, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, sugar, hot sauce, and liquid hickory smoke. Blend until smooth. Place in saucepan and add ketchup. Simmer 20 minutes. Add lemon slices. Stir occasionally to keep from sticking. Use sauce as frequent baste for last half of cooking period, whether grilling or smoking. Trim as much fat as possible from ribs. On bone side, remove white membrane.

Sprinkle ribs on both sides with even, light coating of salt and pepper. Place ribs, bone side down on grill. Grill over low fire 1 hour, turning every 15 to 20 minutes, replenishing fire as necessary or bake in a 325 degree oven for first 1 1/2 hours of cooking time. Baste with apple juice at every turn during first part of cooking period. Grill for another 30-45 minutes on low heat basting often with the barbecue sauce. Serve with sauce on the side. Serves 4

postmarked in 2009 with a 44 cent Christmas reindeer stamp