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  • Centuries of Navigationon 300 Postcards

    Centuries of Navigation
    on 300 Postcards

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    In a recent (September 2019) Smithsonian Magazine article authored by Amy Crawford, a freelance journalist from Michigan who writes on a wide variety of topics, we find the perfect text to accompany a set of wondrous postcards published in Germany close to nine decades ago. This set of cards is the largest I know about. There are…

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Eleanor “Ellie” McCrackin
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Advertising postcards is a phase of the hobby that for many is the most fun – simply because they bring back memories of products and events that haven’t been remembered for years, maybe decades. For sure, after seeing an advertising card, you have said to yourself, “I remember Mom always had a jar of this in the kitchen.” Or, “Hey, I remember Dad cut our grass with a mower like that!”

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