The Wednesday Post

Where are they now?
Revisiting the six original boring postcards

Lake Claremore, Claremore, Okla.



Lake Claremore, near Claremore, Oklahoma, is still there.  It is not really a lake, but that's by the by.  I think that, after only an hour or so of fussing, I found imagery from just about the same vantage point as that of the original postcard.  Time well spent, as I'm sure you'll agree.

EAST PARLOR SHOWING BULLET HOLE IN SHUTTER MADE BY AN INDIAN
THE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON MANSION.  VINCENNES, INDIANA. 

The Harrison Mansion is still there.  I couldn't find any modern pictures of the East Parlor, but this dining room certainly shares most of its architectural features:

As for the bullet hole, it's apparently still there too.  Or at least it was in 2009, according to this blogger.  I guess that's a bullet hole.  It's hard to tell.  Apparently the shutter stopped a bullet that was heading for William Henry while he was holding baby Ben; had the shutter been open, the shooter might have killed two future Presidents with one shot.  That's a nasty sort of crime, but one that would have been hard to prove in court.

Incidentally, the mansion is called "Grouseland," and its a stately old pile:

KENTUCKY DAM AND LAKE

Kentucky Dam and Lake are still there.  Here's the new gantry crane:

...and the not-much-changed entrance building:

W-28  HANDLEY HIGH SCHOOL, WINCHESTER, VA.

Handley High School is still there.  I have seen it with my own eyes!

The Rolling Surf

The rolling surf is still there in Lavalette, New Jersey.  At least according to the Lamplight, a local hotel:

Pheasant Grill Drive-In, Arlington, Oregon

The Pheasant Grill is still there. It hasn't really changed all that much.  Here's a very nice photograph of it that I found here.