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The Jews of Salonica
History of a Community Destroyed in the HolocaustNo Comments
Today Salonica is the second city of Greece. It is a charming port on the Aegean Sea, redolent with memory and history, but much of their history has a sad note. Postcards help tell the story.
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The Unsolved Murder of William Desmond Taylor
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Film preservationists began searching for Mary Miles Minter’s work in the 1960s but nothing remained. Greed, scandal and murder were only three of the reasons.
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Motel Chains That Didn’t Make It
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As Americans traveled the new national highways in the 1950s and ‘60s, they discovered several motel chains. Some have lasted, but others went defunct in just a few years for many different reasons.
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Fences
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The American poet, Robert Frost, wrote, “Good fences make good neighbors.” When he penned that line (1914) did he think about how many kinds of fences would appear in the future? Postcards answer the question and the answer is, “many.”
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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.