Tag: Border Postcards

  • On the Line: The Canada-U.S. Boundary in Postcards

    On the Line: The Canada-U.S. Boundary in Postcards

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    For many Americans and Canadians alike, the border between our two nations is our first international border-crossing experience. I remember my first crossing; all I had to do was tell the agent where I was born. It’s more complicated today, but here is a postcard account of what it was like years ago.

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Beach and seaside locations are often seen on postcards that show amusement rides and the curiosities that make a place unique. But not so after William Ellam visited. He imagined dogs and cats mixed bathing and elephants snuggling on the beach. Cards that only Tuck would publish.

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