January 15, 2025
Year: 2021
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The Stately Mansions of Natchez
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Architecture in America is one of academia’s most captivating studies. The range comes from teepees and log cabins to skyscraper towers of steel and glass. One very exacting phase of the art concentrates on the unique Southern Colonial home. The choice and character of the standard features are often celebrated with colonnades and chandeliers.
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Ships of the Italian Line – the First, the Best, and the Last.
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The curtain was about to fall on Atlantic Crossings aboard ships when the Italians launched a new ocean-liner whose name would be learned around the globe. It was a last-ditched attempt to prove to the world that in post-war Europe, they were down but certainly not out.
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Homes of Our Presidents – Part Three of Six – John Tyler
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Robin Hood was not the only legendary individual to live in Sherwood Forest. America’s 10th president – John Tyler – did too. But unlike Robin Hood, Tyler was never much of a hero; he had few friends and his neighbors despised him. When he died no one outside his family seemed to care.
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The March 2021 Postcard History Quiz – Lions on Bridges
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This Postcard History Quiz asks you to identify the city where these bridges are found.
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Tragedy of Being Forgotten
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It is happening more often these days. We who work at Postcard History are discovering that a postcard may be the last remnant of the scene on the card. Homes, schools, churches, public buildings like city halls, libraries, court houses; they are all gone. New has replaced the old. Urban renewal is the catch phrase;…
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Tombs of the Unknown
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One-hundred years ago today, the United States congress approved the burial of an American Unknown Soldier. Today, the centennial of that legislation will most likely go unnoticed by most, but not here at Postcard History. Give these heroes a salute!
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Solve the Mystery of this Card
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This Private Post Card from the Klondike region of the Yukon presents the last Mystery Card in this series. Mail carriers are men of courage and determination. To solve this mystery name the man on this card.
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Portrait of an American City – Asheville, North Carolina
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You may recall several weeks ago, Postcard History published a postcard array of Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It was well received, so as they say, “back by popular demand” is another array of another city: Asheville, North Carolina. Tell your fellow readers of your experiences in Asheville in our comments section.
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Anthony Comstock, September Morn, and the Fillmore
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“Congress shall make no law … abridging the freedom of speech” is part of the first amendment of the U. S. Constitution. It went into effect on March 4, 1789. Historians are unable to agree when the first debate over censorship started, but we all know it will never end. Postcards are part of that…
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You are What You Eat: A Look at Mid-Century Restaurant and Food Advertising Postcards
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The 1950s were less than a lifetime ago and yet the food and the eating habits of Americans have changed dramatically. From breakfast to mid-night snacks Americans and most of the world have come from natural to processed foods and the debate still rages.
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James Buchanan at Home in Pennsylvania and the rankings of presidents of the United States
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Wheatland, the home of James Buchanan, is a small estate in the rolling-hills of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, eighty miles west of Philadelphia. It was much the same 165 years ago, an unlikely place to find a presidential candidate who would be dubbed a “doughface.”
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The “Ides” of March
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In the Book of Ecclesiastes, it is recorded, “There is no new thing under the sun.” This scripture illustrates the boredom and monotony of daily life, and it certainly applies to the predictability of tomorrow in this Corona virus lockdown. As we watch the Ides of March tick-by, knowing what the Ides are, may amuse.
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Earning Your Living in the British Empire
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“Earning a Living” are words that mean something different to everyone. Here are some ways that those who live in the British Empire do it. Occupation postcards are abundant and fun to collect, this example of workers trimming sponges is a good sample.
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Sammy’s Bowery Follies
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Sammy’s Bowery Follies was not the first “dive bar” nor did they invent the idea of “slumming” but for a stretch of time through the 1940s to the 1960s, Sammy’s was New York’s best example of both.
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Homes of Our Presidents – Part Five of Six – James Abram Garfield
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James Garfield’s term in office was a short 199 days. Presidential historians debate what could have been if an assassin’s bullet had not ended what was expected to be a bright future led by the new president from Ohio. Garfield’s home, Lawnfield tells part of his story.
