April 19, 2024
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Many postcard collectors have serious collections. They’re interested in preserving home town history, amassing and cataloging every postcard printed by a particular publisher or studying the changes in technology over time. But sometimes, postcards are just plain fun!
In an age when bicycles were a primary and necessary mode of transportation, it soon became every rider’s wish to equip his or her bicycle with newfangled accessories. Most fashionable were baskets to carry ones most needed belongings and head-lamps to light the pathway while riding in the dark. Then, believe it or not, came brakes.