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The Adventures of Lovely Lilly
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The Adventures of Lovely Lilly by C. Wells began as cartoon stories in the New York Herald newspaper. Lilly is a sweet little girl who encounters wild animals as she travels about, but she is a sly little one not to be trifled with. The postcards are in high demand; there are sixteen issues.
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Long ago, Some Postcards
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Did you ever wish you could mail yourself to a sunny Caribbean island? Well, once you could, but no longer. Today postal regulations prohibit mailing any odd-shaped postcard. These cards were mailed before the rules were changed.
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Williamsburg – The Story of a Patriot
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The introduction movie at Colonial Williamsburg owns the record for having the longest continuing run in film history. The main character, John Fry, was fictional, but his interactions with many historic personalities educates the viewer on Virginia’s role in the American Revolution. Postcards capture several scenes.
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Arcimboldo’s Seasons
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Sadly, today, “name calling” is the preferred way to criticize one with whom you disagree, but it was not so in the sixteenth century. At that time, you painted a portrait of your adversary and put it in a public space. Arcimboldo was a master of that art.
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Postcard History is a free online magazine dedicated to vintage and historic picture postcards and the many stories associated with them. We feature richly illustrated articles designed to both inform and entertain postcard collectors and history buffs. We also provide the most comprehensive listing of forthcoming shows around. And there’s a rich trove of links to institutional and personal online postcard collections. There’s also a comprehensive, verified listing of active postcard clubs in the U. S. and Canada, which we’re working on expanding worldwide.