Delbrück is a town of 32 000 people. The first document mentioning  Delbrück dates back to 1219. In 1410, the town was destroyed by fire during a conflict between the Bishop of Paderborn and the Bishop of Cologne.  This is a great advertising card promoting peanuts. The #holapeanuts is for the brand name of Hola Peanuts, handmade peanut butter from Paderborn, Germany. https://holapeanuts.de/

Braunschweig, or Brunswick in English, is the second largest city in Lower Saxony and a major centre of scientific research and development.  The Eurasian Jay is a member of the crow family. Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish naturalist, was the first to formally describe the jay and called in Corvus glandarius . Later is was established as Garrulus "chattering," "babbling," or "noisy." Eight racial groups and 33 subspecies were recognized by Steve Madge and Hilary Burn in 1994.  The jay's call is a harsh, rasping screech that is used when they spot predators or as an advertising call. It is also known for mimicry, and can sound like other species, such as bird of prey like the common buzzard or the northern goshawk.  These jays are also consider very intelligent and plan for future needs, take into account of their partner by sharing food with them, or when protecting food items from thieves. 

Riihimäki's name literally translates to "drying hill barn." It is located about 110 km southeast of Tampere, and 70 km north of Helsinki.  Riihimäki is home to the Riihimäki Cocks, who play in the Finnish Handball League (SM-Liiga) and play their games at the Cocks Areena. The Cocks were formed in 1973 and have won the Finnish Handball League title 12 times, have been the runners up four times, and finish with bronze four times. They have also won the Finnish Cup of Handball 10 times and the Baltic Handball League four times.  The card has nothing to do with handball, but how can you not write about the Cocks?

A great touristy postcard of Cathedral of Saint Pierre and Saint Paul ( Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul ). Construction on it began in 1434 and took 457 years to complete in 1891. Even before it was finished it was listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture (1862). 

The sender is from Sacramento, but the card he sent is from Solvang. Solvang is found in Santa Barbara County and has a population of 6100 people. It brands itself as the Danish Capital of America.  In 1804 Mission Santa Inés was founded by the Spanish. A small community grew around the mission, but then was largely abandoned after the American Conquest of California. In 1911, Danish-Americans purchased 3600 hectares. The people wanted to get away from the Midwest winters. The community took on a distinctive Danish look beginning in 1947 and Solvang began calling itself the Danish Capital of America to attract tourists. Today on about 10% of the population is Danish. The town attracts many tourists from Scandinavian countries. The Danish Royal Family has also visited several times, the last being Prince Henrik in 2011. 

 

This is the type of card you would expect from Arizona: desert cactus silhouetted by a desert sundown. The sender lives in Chandler, which is a part of the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area. Chandler proper has 280 000 people. It is named after Dr. Alexander John Chandler, who was the first veterinarian surgeon the Arizona Territory. By 1900 he had acquired about 73 square kilometers of land and began drawing up plans for a townsite. When the town was incorporated, Dr. Chandler became the first mayor. 

The senders are from Roseburg, but this card comes from Clarno, an unincorporated community in northern Oregon. On the back of the card it says, "The Clarno area contains towering pinnacles and palisades of ancient volcanic mudflows. The 37 to 54-million year old Clarno Formation is world famous for deposits of fossilized nuts, seeds, and large mammals."

Great colourized photo of the Australian Soccer Team in 1922. This was the first national team in Australia and they travelled to play the newly formed New Zealand team. They lost two of the three matches.  It is generally agreed that Australia is the first country where uniform numbers were added to team uniforms in 1911. In 1912, New South Wales Soccer Association made it mandatory.  Australia did not join FIFA until 1956. They played in their first World Cup in 1974, and then not against until 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2022. The men's team is nicknamed the Socceroos.

Harrisburg, although only 50 000 people, is the capital city of Pennsylvania. However, its metropolitan area, called the Harrisburg-Carlis le metropolitan statistical area, has almost 600 000 people.  Harrisburg is home to the Harrisburg Heat of the Major Arena Soccer League (MASL). It was founded in 2012 and plays in front of 2200 people at the New Holland Arena. The Heat have missed the playoffs in every season except the 2016-17 season, where they made it to the Eastern Division Final. Prior to the 2016-17 season, they finished with a 1-18 record. 

Lise Meitner was a physicist born in Austria-Hungary, but gained Swedish citizenship in 1949. She is responsible for the discovery of protactinium and nuclear fission. Protactinium is a radioactive chemical element (Pa). It reacts with oxygen, water vapor, and inorganic acids.  She discovered protactinium in 1917 while at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Chemistry in Berlin. Meitner and her nephew, Otto Robert Frisch, discovered nuclear fission in 1938. She was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 19 times between 1924 and 1948, and the Nobel Prize for Physics 30 times between 1937 and 1967. In 1944, her collaborator Otto Hahn won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for nuclear fission. Many scientists called her exclusion unjust.  Chemical element 109 meitnerium was named for her in 1997. 

Cricket is the most popular sport in Bengaluru. Many player who have played or are on the national team come from Bengaluru. The Royal Challengers Bangalore play in the Indian Premier League. The team was founded in 2008 and have been the league runners up three times. 

Taichung  臺中市  is a special municipality located in central Taiwan. There are 2.8 million people in Taichung. The National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts  國立臺灣美術館  in located in Taichung. It was established in 1988 and is the only national-grade fine arts museum in Taiwan. Most of the collection are works by Taiwanese artists, including modern and contemporary arts. At 102 000 square meters, it is one of the largest museums in Asia.  The Jiji Earthquake, or the 921 Earthquake, shut down the museum in September 1999. but reopened in July 2004. The museum averages about 1 million visitors each year.