VISIT THE LORD IN YOUR HOTTEST DRESS

CHRISTUS GARDENS
Gatlinburg, Tennessee

A Major Visitor Attraction of the Smokies

In the beautiful Fountain Garden is located a most unusual and mystifying feature in the form of an heroic face of Our Lord sculptured in a six-ton block of Carrara marble in such a manner that the entire face seems actually to turn in any direction taken by the spectator moving in front of it. 

HELLO FROM CHEROKEE LAKE, TENNESSEE

Land of happy fisherpeople

Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No. IT’S KENTUCKY!

SEE 7 STATES FROM POINT LOOKOUT
LOOKOUT MT., TENN.

UMBRELLA ROCK ON LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

This curious rock formation is an object of great interest to the visitors on Lookout Mountain. From it, a wonderful view of the surrounding country is seen. 

GREETINGS FROM ADAMSVILLE, TENNESSEE

MECHANICAL COTTON PICKER

One of these modern machines can replace many, many hand pickers. Cotton is a vital crop throughout all of the great Southland.

BIG CATFISH

BIG CATCH!

A sixty pound catfish and two twenty pound catfish caught in Kentucky Lake. Waters of Tennessee River, Barkley Lake and Kentucky Lake produce the world’s best catches of catfish.

SATAN GIVES DIRECTIONS

Remember that JESUS GAVE DIRECTIONS last Sunday? Now it’s Satan’s turn.

Aren’t you relieved that you now know what Satan looks like!?

CHRISTUS GARDENS
Gatlinburg, Tennessee

A Major Visitor Attraction of the Smokies

In this compelling scene the adult Jesus is being tempted of Satan who “showeth unto him all the Kingdoms of the world,” saying “If thou wilt worship me, all shall be thine.” Other realistic gallery scenes are equally impressive as they unfold the life of Christ in spacious dioramas at CHRISTUS GARDENS.

HUCK FINN SEDUCES MARK TWAIN

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARK TWAIN!

The name of this wax museum isn’t printed on the verso, but the postcard was printed in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, so I have to assume it’s the American Historical Wax Museum.

SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS “MARK TWAIN” 1835 - 1910:

American novelist worked as a printer, Mississippi river boat pistol and newspaper reporter. His novels “Innocents Aboard,” “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” “Tom Sawyer,” and many more brought him fame as America’s foremost humorist. He is shown with Huck Finn, one of his famous literary figures.

Note their typo: Innocents ABOARD instead of ABROAD.

CAPTION CONTEST—Smoky Mountain High

10/9/11  9:10 PM:

As always, I appreciate everyone’s captions. Thank you for playing!

The winner is ScruffySquirrel for the caption:

“The Smoky Mountains: One Step Away From Heaven”

Congratulations, ScruffySquirrel! To claim your postcard prize, email me at bad.postcards@gmail.com with your choice of postcard from the list below and your mailing address.

The RULES:
1) MAXIMUM of FIFTEEN (15) WORDS
2) One entry per person
3) Please enter your caption in the comments of this post
4) Submissions will be accepted until Sunday, October 9 at 8:00 PM, EDT

The author of my favorite caption will have their choice of one of these original vintage postcards (all previously published on BAD POSTCARDS):

1) I CAN’T “BEAR” TO LEAVE BUSHKILL FALLS
2) FOSTER MOTHERS of the HUMAN RACE
3) SWTSU STRUTTERS
4) I USED BRAND X
5) WE CATCH ‘EM BIG ON LONG ISLAND!

HAVE FUN and GOOD LUCK!

MAN ON THE MOON

NEIL ARMSTRONG, FIRST MAN ON THE MOON

“One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” American Historical Wax Museum, Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Here you meet face to face the famous of America’s past and present, life-size, life-like, richly costumed, and magnificently displayed. History walks with you through these aisles of time - the past breaks through at every turn. Each scene is a vivid chapter in American History.

JESUS IN THE SMOKIES

There have been plenty of pathetic wax renderings of Jesus, but this one is a winner. What’s up with the girl at the left? She’s been assimilated?

CHRISTUS GARDENS
Gatlinburg, Tennessee

A Major Visitor Attraction of the Smokies

A favorite alike of young and old is the life-like scene in which Christ is welcoming the little ones to come to his side. This view is a close-up of Christ and two of the children from the larger overall scene. This is but one of the spacious three-dimensional dioramas in which the life of Christ is depicted from beginning to end.

Open All Year on the River Road

DRIVER’S LICENSE, PLEASE

NATIVE BLACK BEAR, Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Along the highways of the Great Smokies native black bear are frequently seen. The Park Service prohibits the feeding or molesting of bears and enforces this regulation for the protection of the public.

When was the last time you molested a bear?

CASTLE OF THE GNOMES

Nightmare material if you were a kid seeing this?

Fairyland Caverns
ROCK CITY
Atop Lookout Mountain
Near Chattanooga, Tennessee*

*More specifically: Lookout Mountain, Georgia

CONFEDERAMA

Verso:
“At the foot of LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE. This famed display features over 650 flashing lights, 5000 miniature soldiers, puffing smoke from cannon and the step by step explanation of the great, decisive Battles of the Civil War for strategic Chattanooga—all with intricate electronic control. Exciting & Educational.”

So what do we call the Northern version of this?

GOOD FENCES MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS

They can also make ugly back yards.

Advertising postcard for BETOR BUILT FENCE CO., Memphis, Tennessee.

“Builders of quality fences and ornamental iron products for residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional properties. F.H.A. financing with no down payment and 36 months to pay. Call for free estimates.”