• Orphans

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    A NY Mirror reporter, Walter Winchell, used to say, “Attention, Mr. & Mrs. America and all the ships at sea.” He would continue with the news. This report from our contributor, N.B.H., would be a Winchell headline. It’s about postcards!

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    Orphans

  • The Biggest Jigsaw Puzzle In History

    The Biggest Jigsaw Puzzle In History

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    It’s a universal problem. Any idea that becomes a project, from concept to the period at the end of the last paragraph in the review, everything takes twice the amount of time originally allotted. This three-year idea took nearly 30 years.

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  • The Story of Providenza Bucalo Panno

    The Story of Providenza Bucalo Panno

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    It may be that the loss of 146 lives was simply too tragic for postcards. But we have gathered a cabinet-card portrait, a 1980s first day cover, a modern rack card and a hook-and-ladder postcard from 1907 that may well be a fair representation of the Triangle Waist Company fire.

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  • California Raisin Day: April 30th

    California Raisin Day: April 30th

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    This short history of raisins may be more than you ever wanted to know, but there are some neat postcards and lots of fun memories that reflect American raisin history. Celebrate raisins! What else could you do that would be better?

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Past Article

Ray Hahn
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While postcard collecting, it is often the chase that is as much fun as the find. We have all had this experience and my new friend Andy is the most recent collector to realize that his collecting has come to an end because there are no more. Or are there? Let’s help Andy learn if his theory is correct.

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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.