Postcard History

October 15, 2026

Tag: Four Centuries of Navigation

  • Centuries of Navigationon 300 Postcards

    Centuries of Navigation
    on 300 Postcards

    Ray Hahn

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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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Past Article

Donald T. Matter, Jr.
March 1, 2020 1 Comment
I only know three sailors who were members of the U. S. Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps. And, to the man, each was most proud of being a Seabee as they were being Navy men.   Because of the emphasis on experience and skill rather than on physical standards, the average age a Seabee during the early […]

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