The School Teacher's Big Trip

On June 12, 1938 a school teacher from Minnesota boarded the S.S. Normandi in New York City. She was starting a 30 day trip to tour Europe. This was here first major trip from home. From the photos taken that day of her boarding the ship, she looked joyful, filled with smiles. She made a scrap book of her trip across Europe and I want to share this trip with you through the postcards she collected along the way.

She arrived in London on June 15, 1938 and stayed at the Regent Palace Hotel. In the coming days she and her friends would tour London’s grand’s sights. She collected more than a dozen postcards in her traveling around London. Here are four of them. The first two postcards are of the Westminster Abby. These historical postcards, standard size are black and white photographs with a flat finish.

A outside view of the Westminster Abby.   The inside view is of Henry VII's Chapel. 

The next two postcards are historical postcards, standard size; they are sepia photographs with a glossy finish. The glossy finish was a new type of postcard in the late 1930’s.

The top postcard is of Yeomen of the Guard also known as "Beefeaters"

The bottom postcard is the Tower of London

Flat or glossy, these 1930 postcards are treasures to view and store for another generation to appreciate. Our school teacher locked away a big piece of history on the 1^st stop of her European trip.