January 15, 2025
Year: 2021
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The Amsterdam City Orphanage
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One sad reality of life is that some children are forced to grow into adulthood without parents. The reasons are uncounted, but whatever circumstance exists, thankfully there have been people willing and understanding enough to help. Orphanages may not have been the best solution, but for some, perhaps the only answer.
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The Unofficial Koehler Columbian Expo Postal Cards
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Tony Crumbley The Unofficial Koehler Columbian Expo Postal Cards In the August 2, 2021 issue of Postcard History, I discussed the Goldsmith official Columbian Expo postcards. Now this subsequent article will discuss an example of one of the unofficial sets of cards issued for the 1893 World’s Fair held in Chicago which celebrated the 400th…
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Odds and Ends, Part 1 – Two Odds and One End
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Here at the editor’s desk at Postcard History, soon after we publish an article a new postcard often appears as an attachment in my email or by coincidence shows up in a box of unsorted cards where I search for interesting topics. Many great cards are missed if these are ignored. Today we start an…
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So Many Steps
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When the author sent this piece to our editor, there was a great deal of skepticism. His story seemed quite frivolous but wait until you read his story. It rightly shows how true devotion counts toward personal achievement. And, postcards helped create the recollections of happy times.
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The Equitable Building Fire in 1912
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The word “hero” is much used these days, but that’s okay since words are redefined as society sees fit. Here’s a story told in 2012 by a reporter at the New York Times, about a New York City fire chief who in 1912 was their hero. It all started in the basement of an insurance…
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A Tour of English Castles
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From Minnesota to Hogwarts. Over forty years ago the author toured six old English castles that she found on postcards published more than 70 years before. What a trip!
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Children of the North
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Children of the North are from a set I bought from a dime-box of unsorted cards and at the time I wondered why they hadn’t been more highly valued. I’ll leave that judgement to the reader.
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Coral-Lee – The First Lady of Postcard Publishing
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She was lionized as the “First Lady of Postcard Publishing,” “a wonderful energetic lady with so many ideas that she’s revolutionizing modern day postcard publishing.” “She is not only the most important postcard publishing personality today but is likely to be one of the most important ever.” Her name was Coral-Lee Sparre and she published…
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The Shape of Things To Come …
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A postcard purchased in error becomes the centrepiece of a tale of life in London Town during the Great War. A message written only days after the night of the Theatreland Raid tells how two British ingénue deal with the reality of war.
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Dating Dexter Press Postcards
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Some collectors have interests in how and when their postcards were manufactured. There is no evidence that concentrated research has been done, but several individuals have made efforts to determine printing dates of a specific company. Postcard History presents the research done on the Dexter Press.
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Odds and Ends, Part 2
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As was stated in Odds and Ends, Part 1, it is always busy here at the editor’s desk of Postcard History, soon after we publish an article a new postcard often appears that fulfills all the requirements of a good illustration. Here are a few more odds and ends cards that were recently found that…
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Bob Petley
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He is one of America’s favorites! Bob Petley had a long and successful career in postcards. This account has it all; a biography, a checklist, and examples from the files of a man who had no reason to be funny but left us laughing at each other and ourselves for decades.
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The Dancers of Bacchus – at Home in Pompeii
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On a day in the year 79 the citizens of Pompeii realized they had built their city too near the front gate of hell. When demons of fire spewed from Vesuvius, they destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum and thousands who lived there and the art they appreciated. It took 18 decades to recover…
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Henry B. Wimbush
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It is doubtful that there was ever an painter who aspired to be a postcard artist. Artists are usually categorized by the work they do. There are realists, surrealists, cubists, fauvists, modernists, impressionists and many more. Henry B. Wimbush was a watercolorist who for most of his creative life worked for Raphael Tuck & Sons.
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The Tree Stump
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A postcard appears occasionally that tells a story so complex it is difficult to manage the many interwoven parts. The story of the Shire Oak in Headingley, England, is such a tale. Eighty years have passed since the spring winds blew the tree down, but a plaque will help you find the spot where it…
