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| Found: "AT THE TURN OF THE ROAD" POTOWATOMI STATE PARK, DOOR COUNTY, WISCONSIN. C.T. Art-Colortone, E. A. Bishop, Racine, Wisconsin. Circa 1930s. Handwritten in fountain pen on back: "Dear El, Am having a nice time up here. Hope you enjoyed your vacation. I am writing in the car in town so excuse the scribbling. Love, Edna." Postmarked Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, August 26, 1936, 3 PM. |
Come autumn, the I-43 corridor heading north can be bumper to bumper with cars and SUVs especially when "fall colors" are peaking in Door County and/or when there's a Packers game at Lambeau. Taking a drive "up north" provides an escape and in fact a tourism slogan once read "Escape to Wisconsin" which locals often modified to read "Escape Wisconsin". Postcards such as this promoted the idea of Sunday drives to view the landscape as seen through the automobile wind shield.
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