{"product_id":"postcard-rppc-california-crescent-city-ca-downtown-bay-bakery-cafe-1949-posted","title":"Crescent City California Downtown Bay Bakery Cafe 1949 RPPC Postcard Posted","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"77\" data-end=\"248\"\u003eThis 1949 real photo postcard documents Crescent City’s downtown commercial district, capturing everyday street life along the main thoroughfare during the postwar period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"250\" data-end=\"642\"\u003eIn the late 1940s, Northern California coastal towns combined automobile traffic, pedestrian retail, and neighborhood services within compact downtown corridors. In communities such as \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eCrescent City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, storefronts, cafés, drugstores, and bakeries formed a walkable commercial core that reflected both local economy and regional travel patterns along U.S. Highway routes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"644\" data-end=\"1060\"\u003eThe postcard presents a straight-on street view with period automobiles, overhead utility lines, and clearly legible storefront signage, including the Bay Bakery Cafe and a Rexall drugstore. The composition functions as a documentary townscape rather than a scenic postcard, recording signage, building scale, and traffic flow. The card is postmarked 1949, anchoring the image precisely in the immediate postwar era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1062\" data-end=\"1137\"\u003eThe item shown in the listing is the exact item the collector will receive. We have tens of thousands of items to choose from. Shipping will always be combined (or refunded) to save you as much money as possible. Please contact us with any questions, or visit our store page for specifics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Everything Ephemera","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52798997397688,"sku":"20240809","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/8740\/6008\/files\/57_370048de-e248-482a-9881-2696a20fcc4b.jpg?v=1770767601","url":"https:\/\/everythingephemera.com\/products\/postcard-rppc-california-crescent-city-ca-downtown-bay-bakery-cafe-1949-posted","provider":"Everything Ephemera","version":"1.0","type":"link"}