3058 - Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA

I love these old type of postcards. They have so much character.

Cherry Hill is a township within Camden County. It is considered a suburb of Philadelphia and is a part of the Delaware Valley Metropolitan statistical area which includes Philadelphia, and has almost 6.3 million people as of 2020.

The hockey geek in me found that Cherry Hill was home to the Jersey Knights of the defunct World Hockey Association during the 1973-74 season. The Cherry Hill arena had a slope in the ice surface, which meant the visiting teams had to skate uphill for two of the three periods. The Knights finished the season with 32 wins, 42 losses, and 4 ties, good for last in the Eastern Division. The team was then moved to San Diego and rebranded as the San Diego Mariners, where they operated for three seasons, finishing in second place, third place, and third place again in the Western Division. The team folded as the new owners tried to move the team to Hollywood, Florida, but the deal failed. Three more attempts to place the franchise in Florida all failed and the Mariners folded before training camp opened.

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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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