3358 - Portland, Oregon, United States of America

I might have mentioned this once or twenty times, but I love these vintage travel poster cards. This one is from around the 1920's or 30's.

Portland is home to the Portland Thorns FC, who play in the National Women's Soccer League. They are affiliated with the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer. The Thorns were established in 2011.

The Thorns are interesting to me because Canada's greatest footballer, Christine Sinclair, plays in Portland. Sinclair has played with the Thorns since 2013 and as of this posting, is their all time leader in games played, goals scored, and third in all time assists. Her Thorns have won the National Women's Soccer League three times - 2013, 2017, and 2022. For Canada, Sinclair has 331 caps for the senior team and has scored 190 times (the all time international leader - men or women). She also has participated in six FIFA Women's World Cups and four Olympic Football Tournaments (bronze in 2012 & 2016 and gold in 2020). Sinclair just retired from international play and will play one more season (2024) for the Thorns.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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