April 11, 2026
Tag: Burton Holmes
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Burton Holme and his Cyanotype Postcards
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The golden age of postcards experienced a dramatic spike when men like Burton Holmes began selling souvenirs of his travel lectures in the first decades of the 20th century. Every place Holmes traveled was photographs and postcards were made to remind those who heard his lectures how wonderful it was to ride in a horse-drawn…
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January 22, 2026 6 Comments
Aren’t we glad to be alive in an age that treasures what science does? It has been said, “You can’t miss what doesn’t exist.” I bet the Pilgrams never said that. Neither did the English when they settled into a hot, humid summer in Virginia.