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  • The Brontë Family

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    The Brontë sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne were celebrated literary figures renowned for their timeless novels. Charlotte’s “Jane Eyre,” Emily’s “Wuthering Heights,” and Anne’s “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall,” reached the public, but other siblings never had the chance to make their mark on 19th century England. The Brontë’s lived and died in a time…

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    The Brontë Family

  • Advertising cards ofLa Laboratories Biomarine

    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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  • 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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PostcardHistory.net is pleased to present our readers with this checklist. The intent is to verify the contents of the 15 sets of postcards published by Tuck and Sons from 1904 through the following decade that illustrate the poems and songs that were dear to the hearts of the British, Irish, and Americans of that era. In total the list includes approximately 90 cards.

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