Milton Abbey School Postcard

The postcard shows the Milton Abbey House and Abbey Church, Milton Abbey House courtyard and the Abbot's Hall. I was able to visit the school and chapel when I visited the UK in 2005.

Milton Abbey School Postcard

Milton Abbey in Dorset was a Benedictine foundation, but only part of the church now survives and is used as the Milton Abbey School chapel. The house is now the campus of an independent school. Milton Abbey School has 250 pupils, in six boarding houses called Athelstan, Bancks, Damer, Hambro, Middleton and Tregonwell. Age range from 13-18, with girls in 2005, accepted into the sixth form.

SOURCE:
Milton Abbey School Homepage

Freshmen Academy, Lynn Classical High School Postcard

Lynn Classical High School is a high school in the city of Lynn, Massachusetts.

Freshmen Academy, Lynn Classical High School Postcard
(Trade with Barbara Sussman)

SOURCE:
Lynn Classical High School Homepage

Academy Building, Leiden University Postcard

The front of this used postcard reads:

My Alma Mater "the oldest university of Holland foundedin1574."
- signed

Academy Building, Leiden University Postcard

The postcard shows the Academy Building at Rapenburg. The Academy Building is first building of Leiden University. Leiden University (Dutch: Universiteit Leiden), is the oldest university in the Netherlands.The university was founded in 1575 by Prince William of Orange.

Between 1425 and 1450 a cloister for Dominican nuns, or white nuns, was founded on the site of the present Academy Building. The cloister had a chapel. In 1507, this cloister chapel was replaced by a church: the present Academy Building. The church has two naves, a broad one on the Rapenburg side and a narrower one running parallel to it. In 1581, the site came into the hands of the University.

SOURCE:
Leiden University Wikipedia Entry

Calle de la Escolta Postcards

Named "La Escolta" as this was the former quarters of the Royal Spanish Escort of the Governor-General of Manila. From the 19th century until the late sixties, it remained a fashionable district in Old Binondo selling only the finest silks from China, perfumes from Paris, crystals, jewelry, furniture and luxury goods from Spain and the rest of Europe.

Calle de la Escolta Postcard 1
(Casa Burke en la Escolta, Circa 1880)

The back of the postcard below reads:
Escolta is the main street of Binondo or New Manila, and is a well-paved thoroughfare, lighted by electricity. Large dry goods and other retail stores line its sides and throngs of pedestrians, marketwomen , carts and carriages add to its picturesqueness.

Calle de la Escolta Postcard 2

Rice Farmers Postcard

Rice Farmers Postcard