• Advertising cards of
    La Laboratories Biomarine

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    For nearly twenty years, a French pharmaceutical company that made products containing isotonic seawater sent advertising postcards to doctors throughout France and North Africa. Each one carried concise messaging that provided doctors with information about curing adult patients of fatigue and lack of appetite. Another product cured physical and intellectual fatigue from overwork. Their mailing…

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    Advertising cards ofLa Laboratories Biomarine

  • Movie Poster Postcardsby Dover Publications, Inc.

    Movie Poster Postcards
    by Dover Publications, Inc.

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    Dover Publications is a well-known name in the publishing industry, but not so much in the postcard world. The business model at Dover mined the public domain and brought much early 20th century graphic arts to modern postcards. We should be grateful – most movie posters never appeared on postcards.

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  • How They CelebratedHenry VIII’s 500th Birthdayat the Hedingham Art School

    How They Celebrated
    Henry VIII’s 500th Birthday
    at the Hedingham Art School

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    The Hedingham Art School at Hedingham Castle presents Portraits of Henry VIII a set of eight modern postcards honoring the King’s 500th Birthday. Enjoy the art. PS: Sorry, there is no prize for counting the number of times “eight” appears in this history lesson.

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  • The Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge 

    The Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge 

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    “Tragedy” and “Disaster” are both ugly words. Tragedy involves great suffering, distress, and destruction. Disaster describes a sudden event or accident that causes great damage and involves loss of life. By definition of these two words the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge was both. And a century old tradition continued – making postcards…

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News and
Noteworthy

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Past Article

Ray Hahn
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History is not full of men and women known by only one name but Oscar is one such individual and we have almost forgotten him. Oscar was one of the truly charismatic people of the early 20th century.  His given name served to identify him to a world of people who were themselves the crème of […]

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