• Fishing in America

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    Fishing in America may seem like a topic with nothing new to tell, but the history as seen on postcards is both interesting and amusing. We look to Tuck to pave the way to unusual learning.

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    Fishing in America

  • Eleven Postcards that Changed My Life

    Eleven Postcards that Changed My Life

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    St. John Paul Chowder clicked the “Tell Your Postcard Story” button on Postcard History’s homepage. He tells PcH Online Magazine a story of finding his father’s “alarm clock” postcards in a closet forty years ago. Like his father, Paul is interested in “time” and has decided to stop wasting it.

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  • Tuck’s American Views – Part IVPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania

    Tuck’s American Views – Part IV
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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    The city of brotherly love is so full of history that books about it would fill several shelves. That’s obvious, but true. Philadelphia is where America began and where our forefathers created the U. S. Constitution – the law of our land. What better place could Tuck choose to make such beautiful postcards?

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  • Bed Time Prayers

    Bed Time Prayers

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    Most people would agree that a routine you used fifty, sixty, or more than seventy years ago, would be forgotten, but I bet everyone can finish this rhyme from memory. “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray ….” Well, if you can’t, you will when you finish reading this postcard history lesson on…

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Donald T. Matter, Jr.
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As the world of politics goes, so do some of the national and international bounder lines. Here are a few postcards showing border crossings that no longer exist. So curious!

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