• The Freedom Train

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    Often it has been said, “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” What follows is a reminder of the 1947 Freedom Train that traveled over 30 thousand miles to remind Americans of how and why they enjoy liberty.

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    The Freedom Train

  • Bayard Veiller’s “Within the Law”

    Bayard Veiller’s “Within the Law”

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    The 1912 play “Within the Law” – performed 541 times on Broadway – changed things: society, the justice system, and how Americans valued themselves as citizens, neighbors, and law-abiding people. Postcards prove it!

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  • Tuck’s Arctic Postcards

    Tuck’s Arctic Postcards

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    Graham Paler returns to Postcard History with his take on Tuck’s Arctic postcards. He says, the Arctic has always invited the imagination to wander.

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  • They called him, “Rocky”

    They called him, “Rocky”

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    The term “outcrop” can be ambiguous, but such formations are widely recognized as massive, mostly single-rock natural structures. Every geology student studies outcrops. This is a story of an unfinished study that came to a sad end.

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Past Article

Bob Teevan
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The concept of temperance may be defined as life without alcohol or abstinence from alcoholic drink. The first vestiges of “temperance” appeared in the early 19th century when the average American was drinking seven gallons of alcohol each year. Temperance enthusiasts said that drinking led to violence. They were right, but temperance as a social experiment failed. Miserably!

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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.