4101 - Glendale, California, United States

The sender lives 10 minutes from the Rose Bowl. He used his 1939 typewriter to type out the message on the back. Tom Hanks, American actor, is a collector of old typewriters.

The Rose Bowl opened in October 1922 and is recognized as a National Historic Landmark and a California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. The Rose Bowl is the best known as a college American football venue and hosts the annual Rose Bowl Game, first played in 1902. The first game featured the University of Michigan Wolverines against Stanford University. Michigan crushed Stanford 49-0. Because the game was so lopsided, the Tournament of Roses officials ran chariot races, ostrich races, and other various events instead of football. It wasn't until 1916 when the second Rose Bowl game was played. State College of Washington (Washing State University) defeated Brown University 14-0 in what would become an annual tradition ever since.

The Rose Bowl has been used for many other events. There have been five Super Bowl games and is used for international football (soccer) The 1994 FIFA World Cup Final and 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup Finals were both played here. It was also the host stadium of the 1984 Olympic Soccer Gold Medal Match. CONCACAF, Copa America, and United States Soccer Federation matches have also been played here.

The stadium has a capacity of 89 702 people, but held 106 868 people for the 1973 Rose Bowl.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

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3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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

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