May 7, 2024
Year: 2021
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The Poppy Lady
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A far away battlefield covered with rubble. A poem by a Canadian physician. A red-silk flower. And, a determined American school teacher. All ingredients in a story of dedication, resolve, and remembrance of the fallen. Read the tale of the Poppy Lady.
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The Big Five – Part Two
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Music in America. It’s been said that music is the language of the angels. To many that means – music is the “first language” of the world. Beethoven’s Dah, Dah, Dah, Dum is truly universal and sounds the same regardless of your mother tongue.
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The Lion at Waterloo
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The battlefield at Waterloo is a must for the history traveler. Always and forever those who speculate on history will ask, “What if…?” Waterloo is likely the first place that question was asked. Read about the Lion at Waterloo.
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The Courtship of Miles Standish
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Oral history and fact are not synonymous! One-track-minded critics frequently pan those whose business is entertainment with being fast-and-loose with the truth. This is nothing new. The Courtship of Miles Standish is an example of critics being silenced by the poet.
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A Look Back at Some Lost Open-Air Restaurants of New York City
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Al fresco (“alfresco” in English) is an Italian phrase that denotes an outdoor dining experience. In the summer days, BC (before air-conditioning) the inhabitants in a large city would do whatever they could to keep cool – even going to the rooftops to eat. Postcards remind us of what a fun experience it was.
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World War One Lovers
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This story of two Italian lovers during World War I is drawn together with 496 postcards found at a Baltimore postcard show. The couple exchanged cards and letters, pledging eternal love, but they never married.
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The American Dream – Own Your Home
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An “amortization” in real estate speak is a payback schedule often given to first-time home buyers. In 1960 and 1970 America, you kept it with your mortgage agreement with the wild hope that someday the balance would be zero dollars and you would have achieved the American Dream – a home of your own.
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The American Theatre Wing – Stage Door Canteen Postcards
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New York, London, and Paris. Three cities where American servicemen could find a few hours entertainment and relaxation at the Stage Door Canteen while on-leave from their duties throughout World War II.
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Sunday Afternoon at the Historical Society
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You never know what to expect at the historical society. Sometime people show up with a box they found in Grandmothers’s attic. It make us happy when people put the historical society ahead of the trash dump.
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The First and Last House
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If you are interested in travels to the extremes, this is a story to whet your appetite. Lands End, in Cornwall, is the westernmost point of travel in England. Warm summer days are delightful but bring a sweater, the winds have an ocean to cross before they cool the English countryside. The southernmost point in…
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Organizing Some Outlandish Fashions – A Postcard Test of Organization
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The exponential growth of a postcard collection creates problems of organization. How to keep cards of similar nature together is a problem we all experience. We have no answer for you but learning that you have a problem is half the fun.
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Allow Me to Introduce Rene Cloke
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So many have lived among us who we would never know were it not for postcards. Rene Cloke is one. As a shy young girl Rene was interested in drawing and illustrating books. While in her forties, she worked in Britain’s War Office where the maps she made saved young lives during World War II.
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The Case of the Everywhere Mill
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Postcard publishers of yore used stock images and hoped they were never caught in their deception. But when an eagle-eyed collector like our newest contributor exposes the deceit, Postcard History is ready to assist in spreading the word.
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Lichty
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The work of hundreds of cartoonists has appeared on postcards. and countless collectors will buy any comic card they find. In a lengthy conversation several years ago, one collector was asked, “Who is your favorite?” “All of them!,” was his answer.
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Postcard History First Sunday Mystery Card July 2021
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Postcard History First Sunday Mystery Card July 2021 [Editor’s note: Here at the Postcard History office the debate continues to rage. The question under consideration is, “Should we know the answer before we publish a mystery postcard?” In the first series of mystery postcards (October 2020 to March 2021), three answers were known before publication,…
Past Article
Early this month Postcard History contributor, Tony Crumbley plied the history that James W. Cannon created when he built the world’s largest textile mill in a town he created: Kannapolis, North Carolina. Tony returns today with another fascinating account of the town around the mill.