From above, everything feels calmer.
Turquoise water meets the jungle, the shoreline fades into green, and the world slows down for a moment.
Some places are best experienced from silence and altitude.
An aerial view of downtown Buffalo, New York, completely covered in snow during the Blizzard of 1977. High-rise office buildings and shorter commercial structures are clustered near the center of the image, with streets, highways, and highway ramps barely visible beneath thick snow cover. The city grid appears muted and pale, with few visible vehicles or signs of activity, emphasizing the scale of the storm. Printed text at the top reads “BUFFALO, New York” and “Blizzard of ’77.”
This bright vintage postcard features a bold, eye-catching design welcoming visitors with “Greetings from Albuquerque, New Mexico.” A vivid lime-green border frames a sepia-tinted aerial photograph of the growing city, showing gridded streets stretching toward distant mountains softened by haze. The name Albuquerque dominates the card in sweeping pink script with a dramatic shadow, while “New Mexico” appears in sharp, modern block lettering beside it. Southwestern motifs—arrows and a Zia-inspired sun symbol—accent the border, grounding the postcard in regional identity.
At the lower right, an illustrated scroll provides historical context, noting that the Old Town Plaza was the site of 1706 ceremonies founding the Villa of Albuquerque, named for the Spanish viceroy and Duke of Alburquerque. The bottom caption reinforces this connection, referencing the commemorative marker in Old Town Plaza. Overall, the postcard blends mid-century graphic flair with local heritage, celebrating Albuquerque’s history and its emergence as a modern Western city.