April 18, 2024
Year: 2021
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Homage to the Poet – Robert W. Service
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Dear Readers, Today I ask you to stop, take a deep-breath, and remember. Are your youthful memories precious? Are they worth a few minutes of silent reading? Enjoy the silence as you re-read one of your favorite school assignments.
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Human Zoos
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Postcard collectors are very conscious that the cards we cherish reflect the people and events, as well as the standards and ethics of their time. Human Zoos is a scholarly examination of some postcards from an era that we hope will never be again. Postcard history can be controversial too.
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Arches: A Series, Part VI – New York
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This is the last stop of the tour. Nate Dancer joined Postcard History in mid-December for a tour of the world’s most beautiful arches in six very wide-spread cities. It seems like Dr. Dancer has reserved the best for last – New York City.
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Who Killed Stanny White?
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The authors at Postcard History write with a keen sense of purpose. They draw on their knowledge and along the way to publication they pluck at our senses for reactions. In this article, you may see the joyous achievements, hear the pistol-shot, smell the gun-powder, then wait for the gavel to fall. Stanford White, his…
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News Travels Fast…Sharing the Morning News via Postcards
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When the week began many of us did not know of Stanford White, and we had no idea that he was murdered. Time makes it easy to forget such events, even if you had ever heard his name. Today our contributor shows and tells the rest of the story.
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On the Line: The Canada-U.S. Boundary in Postcards
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For many Americans and Canadians alike, the border between our two nations is our first international border-crossing experience. I remember my first crossing; all I had to do was tell the agent where I was born. It’s more complicated today, but here is a postcard account of what it was like years ago.
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A Fifth Sunday Special – a look at some odd cards
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Postcard History also comes in small doses. Here are three, Tell us if you learned something.
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2021 Know-it-All Quiz Winners
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2021 Know-it-All Quiz Winners Postcard History 2021 Quiz score card Title of the document Participant Quiz Number Entry Date Score Total Points F.T.R. 2021/1 Jan. 4 100% 5 2021/2 Feb. 1 100% 2021/3 Mar. 7 100%+1 2021/4 April. 3 100% Mary S. 2021/3 Mar. 8 100% 3 2021/4 April. 16 100% Bob K. 2021/1 Jan.…
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The February 2021 Postcard History Quiz
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Editor’s Staff The Feburary 2021 Postcard History Quiz If you participated in the January 2021 Quiz, click here to see your score. The February 2021 Postcard History Quiz Postcard History welcomes you to February. This is the second in the 2021 series. Charles ChaplinThe deadline for this quiz will be 11:59 PM, Friday, February 19. CHAPLIN…
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Battleships: A World War Summary
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Young men, by the tens-of-thousands, came of age in the early 20th century dreaming that one day they would join the Navy to “See the World.” Service on American naval vessels is certainly an achievement to be proud of. Today Postcard History dedicates this article to our veterans who have served as officers and crew…
Past Article
The Mambo Craze blazed through New York City nightclubs from the 1940s through the early 1960s. The influence of Puerto Rican and Cuban immigrants, the extraordinary visible success of Desi Arnaz (“I Love Lucy”) and Xavier Cugat, and the comedian Cantinflas, was so great that even the staid Waldorf-Astoria Hotel featured mambo dancing.