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Cultural Postcards
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From here to there, around the globe, postcards serve as a vicarious source for learning. They teach us facts of history often omitted from our textbooks. Postcards show us the human community in ways that most will never have an opportunity to observe first-hand. Collecting “culture” postcards creates instant friendship.
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A Tale from a Trail
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It is a special time when a person realizes that their life must change because of age. Boomer Becker tells us he is too old to hike his favorite trails, so he collects post-cards. To some that isn’t much of a change; there is adventure in both.
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The Rent Party
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In times not long ago, neighbors knew and helped one another. When times got tough, they had a party with a well-placed “hat” turned up-side-down for donations that were sought to pay the bills of the unfortunates. City folk called such an event a “Rent Party.” Come on in, sit yourself down, and read about…
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Spend a Day Among the Brilliant
The American Spelling Bee5 Comments
Were you ever jealous of the kid in your class that won the spelling bee? I wasn’t but then, I failed twice in the second round. Well, I did make it to round three in 8th grade. Butt tat wuss longe uago! Did you know there are lots of postcards with misspelled words? Some people…
News and
Noteworthy
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We missed a terrific exhibition of 19th- and 20th-century Spanish postcards in 2016 and 2017 at the University of Murcha and the “Ramón Alonso Luzzy” Cultural Center in Cartagena, Spain. Happily for us, the cards exhibited there have been made available on a website titled “Illustrated Postcards and Education (Spain, 19th-20th Centuries.” Not that everything is in English — in fact, nothing is in English. We’re in luck that the website has Google Translate on hand, though, which makes it possible to understand the deep and significant history of postcards from Spain.
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We like collectors and dealers who take the time to make YouTube videos to show their cards, whether from their collections or for sale. Here’s a 10-minute video of some early and not-so-early automobile racing cards. Kevin Hughes (The Postcard Guy) does a nice job of displaying close to two dozen cards that range from early Japanese real photo midget racing cars though printed Vanderbilt Cup races and into Indianapolis Speedway cards. We particularly like the card of the driver on one of the Japanese cards with his mom beside him (Happy Mother’s Day to you too).
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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.