Kelleys Island, Ohio

Kelleys Island, Ohio

Ohio’s largest island possesses two famous natural wonders. The best example of glacial grooves, cut into solid limestone by ice about 25,000 years ago, are found here (upper pictures). Inscription Rock, containing 122 pictographs carved around 1625, is considered a fine example of Indian hieroglyphics (lower Picture).

 

Ruins of Kelleys Island Wine Co.

Kelleys Island, Ohio

Built in 1866, the winery, now in ruins and located on private property, was a major supplier of local wines until the early 1900’s when it was destroyed by fire.

 

The Historic Kelley Mansion

Kelleys Island, Ohio

Built in 1861-1865 of native limestone by Addison Kelley, an early settler. This 16-room mansion has an exquisite circular staircase which is self-supporting, high-ceilings, hand-carved woodwork, Venetian hand-cut glass skylight and three Italian marble fireplaces.

 

Kelleys Island, Ohio

Largest of the Ohio islands, Kelleys Island is blessed with unspoiled woods, a natural sand beach and spectacular sunsets.

US Virgin Islands

Greetings from the U.S. Virgin Islands

Year ‘round playground for the world.

 

Splendor of the Islands

St. Thomas – Virgin Islands

White sand and crystal water make Lime Tree Beach one of the most beautiful and most popular resorts in the Virgin Islands.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

You can drive for miles along white sandy beaches and see one beautiful hotel after another in scenic Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Twinkling beauty of Ft. Lauderdale at nighttime with Pier 66 in the foreground.

The Intracoastal Waterway and Pier 66 at evening time in scenic Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Nantucket, Masschusetts

The Bathing Beach, Nantucket.

An old Landmark, Nantucket.

Coral Gables, Florida

Coral Gables is one of Florida's most picturesque beauty spots.  Its Venetian Pool is absolutely unique and its settins of tropic foliage and blossoms attract throngs of happy bathers daily.

Main facade and tower of the Merrick Building, main campus of the University of Miami.  Classrooms, library, School of Law and art gallery are in the main wings; administrative offices are in the tower.

Vista along Coral Gables Canal, Coral Gables, Florida

The White House - Washington DC

South Front

To the South the White House looks out toward the Mall across the President's Park of spacious gardens and lawns and trees associated with many Presidents.  The south balcony was remodeled during the administration of Harry Truman.  Here, on January 20, 1945, took place the fourth inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

South Outlook

Looking southward across the South Portico of the White House from the Blue Room.  The Washington Monument and the Jefferson Memorial can be seen in the distance.

President's Office

Looking from the President's desk to the fireplace wall in the President's office.  the room is oval in shape and is furnished to each President's taste, usually with White House furniture and personal possessions of the President.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Little Pigeon River – Great Smoky Mountain National Park.  This beautiful mountain stream is the East Fork of the Little Pigeon River showing the Greenbrier Pinnacle in the background.  There are more than 600 miles of fine trout fishing streams in the Park.

Air view of Clingmans Dome Observation Tower – Great Smoky Mountains National Park – This modern tower on top of the Smokies highest peak affords magnificent views in all directions.  In the distance may be seen Mt. Leconte.  This tower is one of the most popular points of interest in the National Park.

The Chimney Tops in Autumn – U.S. 441 – Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Valley High Ski Resort, Ohio

Valley High Ski Resort

At the “Top of Ohio” (Elevation 1550’)

Enjoy Family Fun to the Utmost! Features Ohio’s longest, most comfortable double chair lift. 4 rope tows, picturesque lodge with huge fireplace, most complete ski rental, Ski School, beginner, intermediate, advanced, Adams Ski Shop with the finest lines of apparel and Authentic Ski Equipment.

 

Valley High Ski Resort

At the “Top of Ohio” (Elevation 1550’)

Enjoy Family Fun to the Utmost! Features Ohio’s longest, most comfortable double chair lift. 4 rope tows, picturesque lodge with huge fireplace, most complete ski rental, Ski School, beginner, intermediate, advanced, Adams Ski Shop with the finest lines of apparel and Authentic Ski Equipment.

 

Valley High Ski Resort

At the “Top of Ohio” (Elevation 1550’)

Enjoy Family Fun to the Utmost! Features Ohio’s longest, most comfortable double chair lift. 4 rope tows, picturesque lodge with huge fireplace, most complete ski rental, Ski School, beginner, intermediate, advanced, Adams Ski Shop with the finest lines of apparel and Authentic Ski Equipment.

White Springs, Florida

Diorama Depicting Stephan Foster’s “Way Down Upon The Swanee Ribber” at The Stephen Foster Memorial on U.S. Highway 41 – White Springs, Florida.

“Old Black Joe” – a diorama depicting the vision of the voices calling “Old Black Joe,” dedicated to a servant in the home of Stephen Foster’s wife – 1860.

“Oh, Susanna” – a diorama depicting one of the nonsensical songs of Stephen Foster, which was published in 1848, and was adopted as the theme song of the “forty-niners.”  Stephan Foster Museum, White Springs, Florida.

Naples, Florida

Naples Area Chamber of Commerce

Tahitian Design

 

World Champion Swamp Buggy Races held each year in October and February over a mile figure “8” flooded track.

The Orchid Cathedral, a glade created in the midst of a Florida Cypress Hammock.  More than 1500 exotic South American and Asian orchids grow upon the trunks and branches of magnificent cypress trees.  An experience to remember at Caribbean Gardens, Naples, Florida.

Arlington, Virginia

Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Arlington, Va.

Custis-Lee Mansion, Arlington, Virginia, was the home of George Washington Parke Custis, adopted son of Washington.  It was afterward the home of Colonel Robert E. Lee, whose wife was Mary Custis.  During the Civil War the Arlington Estate became a military cemetery.  The Mansion is preserved as it was in the days of Custis and Lee.

Lee’s House, Arlington, Va.

Ohio Caverns - West Liberty, Ohio

Pathway thru the Palace of the Gods

Largest and most beautiful of all Ohio Caves. Its exquisite crystal-white stalactite and stalagmite formations are nowhere to be found in greater profusion or artistic settings. Thousands visiting Ohio Cavers acclaim it “The Most Colorful Cave in the Country.” Located on State route 245 near West Liberty, Ohio.

 

Dual Formations

Largest and most beautiful of all Ohio Caves. Its exquisite crystal-white stalactite and stalagmite formations are nowhere to be found in greater profusion or artistic settings. Thousands visiting Ohio Cavers acclaim it “The Most Colorful Cave in the Country.” Located on State route 245, near West Liberty, Ohio.

 

Beauty Above and Below Ground

Largest and most beautiful of all Ohio Caves. Its exquisite crystal-white stalactite and stalagmite formations are nowhere to be found in greater profusion or artistic settings. Thousands visiting Ohio Cavers acclaim it “The Most Colorful Cave in the Country.” Located on State route 245, near West Liberty, Ohio.

 

Crystal King

Largest and most beautiful of all Ohio Caves. Its exquisite crystal-white stalactite and stalagmite formations are nowhere to be found in greater profusion or artistic settings. Thousands visiting Ohio Cavers acclaim it “The Most Colorful Cave in the Country.” Located on State route 245, near West Liberty, Ohio.

Port St. Lucie, Florida

It’s like your own secluded country club.

The St. Lucie Hilton, Port St. Lucie, Florida. There are private villas. The new Inn. A Convention Center. A great restaurant and lounge. A marina. Three golf courses. (Two championship 18-hole courses and a Par-3 Family 18.) Not to mention fishing. Tennis. Waterskiing. Skeet. You name it. It’s all here. Just 45 minutes north of Palm Beach, on the east coast.

The name of the game: golf.

The St. Lucie Hilton, Port St. Lucie, Florida. Take your choice of two 18-hole championship courses. Or a Par-3 Family 18. Besides golf, there’s skeet. Archery. Tennis. Fishing. Relaxing. Dining. Dancing. Nightclubbing. You’ll find it all here. Just 45 minutes north of Palm Beach, on the east coast.

Welcome to Florida without another hotel next door.

The St. Lucie Hilton, Port St. Lucie, Florida. 1,000 acres of championship everything. Like golf (two championship courses and a Par-3 Family 18.) Tennis, fishing, swimming. Dancing. Dining, waterskiing. You name it. It’s all here. Just 45 minutes north of Palm Beach, on the east coast.

Asheville, North Carolina

Grove Park Inn, one of the most notable and unique resorts in this country, is operated the year ‘round and is noted for its atmosphere of rest, comfort, and wholesomeness.  It is absolutely fireproof – built of the great boulders of Sunset Mountain at the foot of which it sits.  A thousand acres of woods and mountains adjoin the hotel, and its front lawn is the hundred and twenty-acre, 18-hole golf links of the Asheville Country Club.

Asheville Watershed

Western North Carolina

View from top of Potato Knob of the Asheville watershed, visible at many points along the Blue Ridge Parkway between Asheville and Mt. Mitchell.

 

Asheville, North Carolina as seen at dusk.

Asheville Tourist Court

Corner Merrimon & Chestnut

On U.S. Hiway 25, 70, 19 & 23

Within walking distance of downtown Asheville

New and modern cross ventilation. All tile baths.

Haiti

“La Citadelle,” amazing mountain-top fortress on the north coast of Haiti, exotic vacation land easily reached by Clipper.

Pan American World Airways

The White House - Washington DC

President's Office

The President's Office is located in the west wing of the White House.  It is furnished with White House furniture as well as with personal possessions of the President.  Oval in form and well proportioned, the office looks out on the spacious White House Gardens.

Family Dining Room

The Family Dining Room, in the northwest corner of the White House, is furnished in the Federal Period, with a portrait of President Joh Tyler over the sideboard.  the room serves as a small state dining room for breakfasts and luncheons.

Treaty Room

The Treaty Room, furnished with White House Victorian pieces, was once the Cabinet room of President Andrew Johnson.  It is today used chiefly as a waiting or meeting room for the President.  On the walls are hung paintings of particular White House interest, together with original documents and facsimiles relating to American history.

Indianapolis, Indiana

James Whitcomb Riley Home

Indianapolis, Indiana

528 Lockerbie Street is where the beloved “Hoosier Poet” wrote so many of the works which endeared him to multitudes of children. This Victorian home is maintained in its original state by the Riley Memorial Association as a public shrine to the “Children’s Poet”.

 

Aerial View of Downtown Indianapolis, Indiana

Looking east, the State Office Building and Capitol appear in the foreground and the City County Building is in the background.

 

Governor’s Mansion

Indianapolis, Indiana

Located at 4343 North Meridian Street, the former private estate is the residence of governors of the state of Indiana.