Postcard History

October 26, 2026

Tag: not nice

  • A Not Nice Postcard Collection

    A Not Nice Postcard Collection

    Donald T. Matter, Jr.

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    Before privacy concerns and political correctness, victims of a growth disorder were often the objects of mockery and worse. Today the postcards of those individuals are the foundation of databases in at least two medical universities.

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Past Article

Editor’s Staff
December 31, 2023 6 Comments
Today is New Year’s Eve, it is also the Fifth Sunday of December. At Postcard History you get three articles for the price of one on Fifth Sundays! Ventriloquism, domestic service in the 1930s, and ice palaces are topics worlds-apart, but that is exactly what makes Fifth Sunday special.

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