At an unremembered postcard show, some years ago, a set of ten-postcards entitled the “Celesque Series” was found among a handful of cards in an artist signed grouping. The images were of professional quality and were obviously meant to be sold as a set. Although
The phone rang early Sunday morning, the day after a Pennsylvania postcard show at which three new acquaintances were made. It was 8:22. Okay, thinking better about scolding whomever it may be for calling in the “middle-of-the-night.” We are not early
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March 15, 2021. It is unlikely that you have a specific memory of that day. If you do remember thirteen months ago, you recall that most of the country was locked-down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and we were on the edges of
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season
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To name but a few, in the golden era of postcards with golf or golfing themes there were four cartoonists who did series of cards for Raphael Tuck & Sons or Valentine. Fred Buchanan, Lance Thackeray, and Bert Thomas worked
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Postcard History Online Magazine became aware of Jesse Webster Foster when an album of postcards was presented to us by J. A. Lawson, a Virginia postcard dealer. John had promised a friend and client that he would learn about Mr. Foster and in turn, John
After the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, our British cousins and we Americans have lived within the boundaries of two centuries with much in common. To that end, George Bernard Shaw once mused that we were two
If you are aware of names the likes of R. E. (Ralph Emerson) Myers, Elmer Tiling Cunningham, and Lee De Forest, you are very well versed in the history of radio. Each was an electronic engineer who specialized in all aspects of
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