Tag: Polio epidemic 1950

  • The Lost Summer with Sandra Cobb

    The Lost Summer with Sandra Cobb

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    In the early spring of 1950 signs like this one started to appear in the front windows or on the front doors of homes across America. This one from Connecticut and ones like it appeared as warnings that a quarantine was in affect designed to prevent the spread of polio. Postcard History’s guest contributor, Sandy…

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In the modern world that expects instant delivery to your home or your phone of everything from paprika and ponchos and the news on politics, the economy, and the weather, it seems silly to have a week devoted to something that must travel through the mail. Nevertheless, National Postcard Week keeps collectors busy from year to year making new cards. We toast the first week in May. Enjoy.

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