2340 - Nampa, Idaho, USA

I love old photos of athletes and Cathy's card did not disappoint. The photo of two members of the Columbia University Football team (with a gentleman in the background "photobombing"), circa 1899-1900.

Cathy is originally from Portland, Oregon, and said her and her three boys used to attend Portland Winterhawks games all the time and remembers that Medicine Hat is one of the teams Portland played.

The Portland Winterhawks were founded as the Edmonton Oil Kings in 1950. The Oil Kings moved to Portland in 1976 and were rebranded as the Winter Hawks. The Winter Hawks used old Chicago Blackhawks sweaters the first few years and that's why Portland's logo was the Blackhawks logo. Later the Winter Hawks "retired" the space between the Winter Hawks to become the Winterhawks. In 2021, Portland changed their logo to a bird of prey (a winterhawk).

The Winterhawks have made five trips to the Memorial Cup - the championships of the three leagues of the Canadian Hockey League (U-20, or junior). They won it on two occasions: 1983 versus the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League and they became the first American based team to win the Canadian Championships, and in 1998 versus the Guelph Storm. Medicine Hat, who beat the Winterhawks in the 1986 WHL championships, went on to win the first of two consecutive Memorials Cups that year.

Portland has an impressive list of NHL alumni including Hall of Famers Cam Neely, Marion Hossa, and Mark Messier.

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3227 - Mölln, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Mölln is a small city of about 20 000 located in northern Germany. The Elbe-Lübeck Canal flows through the town, and there are eight small lakes that surround the city. It was founded in the 12th century and was a part of the Old Salt Route. Salt that was produced in the salt mines of Lower-Saxony was shipped to the Baltic Sea. Till Eulenspiegel, a legendary trickster known for exposing vices and provoking thought, is said to have lived in Mölln the last year of his life. He apparently died of the plague in 1350, but his existence has never been proven. Mölln has several monuments dedicated to him.

3322 - Hamburg, Germany

Happy birthday to me! What a lovely handmade card from the sender. Beautiful penmanship. Am Rothenbaum is the site of the main court of the German Open Tennis Championships. The International German Open has been played at the Rothernbaum since 1892, making it Germany's longest running tennis tournament. The current stadium was built in 1999 and can hold 13 200 people.

3232 - Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States of America

The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal North Pierhead Light was built in 1882. There were nine keepers of the light until 1897. It was redesigned in 1903 and is 12 meters high. The Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal was started in 1872 and wasn't opened for large-scale watercraft until 1890. The canal is 2.1 kilometers long that goes from Sturgeon Bay in Lake Michigan to Green Bay. There are no locks on this canal. The canal was sold to the United States government in 1893 and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintains the canal.

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