Author: Ray Hahn

  • Mermaids are Mysterious, Beautiful, and Dangerous

    Mermaids are Mysterious, Beautiful, and Dangerous

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    Mermaids – those half human, half-fish mythical creatures are mystery, beauty, and danger – all in one package. If mermaids do inhabit the seas, mariners have known of them since the age of the Mesopotamians. They named her Atargatis.

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  • New Year Resolutions

    New Year Resolutions

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    New Year Resolution postcards are abundant, and “resolutions” are topics that take many forms. It is but the first day of the year so rethinking a resolution may have to wait for a day or so. Good luck, whatever way it goes.

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  • Five Ways to Say the Same Thing to Five People

    Five Ways to Say the Same Thing to Five People

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    Janice bought postcards and wrote messages to her friends at home, but she never mailed them. Her message was that she would be home on Friday or Saturday. Her postcards made their way to PostcardHistory.net. Sadly, we will never know if she got home.

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  • Nénette and RintintinParis — Summer 1918

    Nénette and Rintintin
    Paris — Summer 1918

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    After 40 years of collecting, it is wonderful to find new history on postcards. When Nénette and Rintintin came to light at PostcardHistory.net, the joy of telling our readers was thrilling. Hopefully we have surprised you!

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Past Article

Kaya Fellcheck
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Late nineteenth century America was a wild place and it took men like Paladin to tame it. In the 1950s CBS television told his story every Saturday night at 9:30.

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