Postcard History

December 8, 2025

Tag: Fort Myers

  • Thomas Edison and Henry Ford

    Thomas Edison and Henry Ford

    S. Swift

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    Thomas Edison and Henry Ford had become friends when Ford worked for Edison in Detroit. They established Winter retreats next to each other in Fort Myers, Florida. The inventor and the automobile magnate collaborated on several projects and were still close when Edison died in 1931.

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Past Article

Hy Mariampolski
April 15, 2021 5 Comments
Yiddish theater sprouted in the capital cities of Eastern Europe but came into full bloom on Second Avenue on New York’s Lower East Side. Yiddish theater was a phenomenon that produced 20 or more shows every night. Postcard advertising was a favored media in finding audiences.

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