December 7, 2025
Tag: inventor
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Bottle Caps and Pink Pearl Erasers
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Since buying my first “collectible” postcard, I have often thought that there are postcards for “everything.” I don’t know if it’s true, but a recent discovery, the card you see here, is my very first Bottle Cap postcard. So, check Bottle Caps off the list.
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Thomas Edison and Henry Ford
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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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May 18, 2022 5 Comments
Postcard History lessons often come from what one contributor calls a “Rodney Dangerfield” postcard – one that gets no respect. The card in question is dirty, smeared with cancellation ink, and has four broken corners and two serious creases, but its image tells the only tale left to be told – and that is just a memory.