December 13, 2025
Tag: On the Line
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On the Line: The Canada-U.S. Boundary in Postcards
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For many Americans and Canadians alike, the border between our two nations is our first international border-crossing experience. I remember my first crossing; all I had to do was tell the agent where I was born. It’s more complicated today, but here is a postcard account of what it was like years ago.
Past Article
August 22, 2022 13 Comments
Early postcard collectors are enigmas to most of us because we collect in such different ways than they did. We attend postcard shows and select every card we buy; they waited for the letter carrier to deliver the mail. It may have been a long, tedious way to amass a collection, but everyday brought a new surprise.