Do you remember when you would mail a postcard to share your vacation memories with friends? Before Instagram, people would go on vacation, grab a postcard from their destination, and send it to friends and family. These 1960s postcards have been retaken to see what the areas look like now.
Indoor pools were typically a focal point for 1960s postcards. The first picture shows people in pool chairs, sitting at an indoor pool. The updated location picture shows an abandoned building with no chairs and an empty pool.
The following 1960s postcard shows a large dining hall with colorful chairs and tablecloths. The modern retake offers a rundown place with weeds growing in an empty building.
A postcard shows a living room with high ceilings, beams over couches, chairs, and a fireplace from a 60s vacation area. The new version is empty and dark, with no furniture and graffiti all over the walls. Trash covers the once beautiful floor.
The 1960s photos show bowling alleys, beachfront properties, and interesting architecture all transformed by time into dilapidated locations, overgrown with weeds.
The entire endeavor was created by photographer Pablo Iglesias Maurer after an old matchbook caught his eye. The vintage matchbook showed a picture of a resort complex from the 60s.
He wondered how the place was looking now, leading him to a series of photographs. He purchased old postcards from eBay and created the series called ‘Abandoned States.’ It is an incredible look back through time.
