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Capitol-Beltway Postcard Club Celebrates 50 years
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By Clarissa Ferraris and Tony Chaves It was 1976 and our nation was celebrating its Bicentennial. Carter was elected President, Apple Computer was founded, and NASA’s Viking missions landed on Mars. Yet another event happened that year that did not make headlines! Fifty people from Maryland, Washington, DC, and Virginia met at the Greenbelt Junior
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What Would You Be? Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, …
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Childhood memories are seldom thought about until you find a postcard that reminds you of things you did long ago. Rhymes often remind us of games we played and our playmates. Tinker, tailor, soldier … is a counting game that many remember well, but postcards are scarce.
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Eight of the Popes Named Leo
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Postcards serve as teaching aids in many places. Teachers are often proud of their collections and use them to make their lessons more visual. One old friend uses them as he teaches Sociology and Church History in the American southwest.
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Herbert Schultz
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For most collectors, learning about new cards from an old and reliable source (Tuck) is thrilling and the discovery often encourages new search goals. If this is true for you, what you learn from this contribution will keep you busy for a long time.
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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.