• The Village of Arundel and Arundel Castle

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    English towns and villages, each and every one, has tales to tell. Some of them are even true. On a summer night, some years ago the ghost stories of Arundel Castle amused the tourist on a tour of England’s south shore.

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    The Village of Arundel and Arundel Castle

  • The Mines of Metcalf, Arizona

    The Mines of Metcalf, Arizona

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    Metcalf, Arizona was a historic mining town tucked into the rugged mountains. Once a busy copper mining community, it is now a nearly forgotten piece of Arizona’s early industrial past. Postcards and pieces of other media remind us of the pioneer spirit.

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  • The Singer Building

    The Singer Building

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    Enthusiasts of American architecture view skyscrapers (and their observation decks) as vacation destinations. Many historians are equally mesmerized. It is truly disappointing that New York’s first skyscraper was demolished nearly 60 years ago – and no one cried.

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  • The Curious Case of the Vanishing Washboard

    The Curious Case of the Vanishing Washboard

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    Everyone over 10 years old knows what a washboard is, but it may be safe to say, few know how or have ever used one. Postcards showing washboards are fun to collect, but they don’t teach us much.

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Past Article

Editor’s Staff
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The cadre of characters who entertain us in literature and TV shows as crime detectives is a diverse group, but most of them have one conceptual ancestor – Dick Tracy. Tracy became an American pop-culture icon before it was popular to be one. Here is only a speck of his story. And the Dick Tracy postcards – we have most of them!

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