• Five Ways to Say the Same Thing to Five People

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    Janice bought postcards and wrote messages to her friends at home, but she never mailed them. Her message was that she would be home on Friday or Saturday. Her postcards made their way to PostcardHistory.net. Sadly, we will never know if she got home.

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    Five Ways to Say the Same Thing to Five People

  • New Year Resolutions

    New Year Resolutions

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    New Year Resolution postcards are abundant, and “resolutions” are topics that take many forms. It is but the first day of the year so rethinking a resolution may have to wait for a day or so. Good luck, whatever way it goes.

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  • Discontinued Product Advertising, Part 2

    Discontinued Product Advertising, Part 2

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    Three products and two services are gone from our social landscape and people miss them. What can we do when a product we use is discontinued? Sadly, the remedy is to find a substitute.

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  • Discontinued Product Advertising

    Discontinued Product Advertising

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    When a product you like is discontinued there is very little you can do except find a substitute. Customer service is never much help and neither are companies that stockpile over productions. If you get lucky and find some, the joy is at best temporary.

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Past Article

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The concept of “a man’s house is his castle” first appeared in English common law in the 17th century. The sense of a safe home has been fundamental to civilization. “Luxury American Homes” shows men’s castles in three different places in America.

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Postcard History is a free online magazine dedicated to vintage and historic picture postcards and the many stories associated with them. We feature richly illustrated articles designed to both inform and entertain postcard collectors and history buffs. We also provide the most comprehensive listing of forthcoming shows around. And there’s a rich trove of links to institutional and personal online postcard collections. There’s also a comprehensive, verified listing of active postcard clubs in the U. S. and Canada, which we’re working on expanding worldwide.