July 12, 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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August 23, 2021 6 Comments
The piles of postcards showing hotels that no longer serve overnight guests or meals enjoyed by the locals is getting higher by the minute. Just think of all the beautiful architecture that now rests in the trash heaps of society. Historians, weep with me!