April 24, 2024
Tag: Postcard Artist
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Hamilton King
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[elementor-template id=”3378″] Hamilton King Although many collectors know his work, very few know his name. Hamilton King would have been successful in any kind of work, but he chose to be an artist. The art world that bookended the last and first decades of the 19th and 20th centuries levied a harsh reality on men…
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Tragedy of Being Forgotten
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It is happening more often these days. We who work at Postcard History are discovering that a postcard may be the last remnant of the scene on the card. Homes, schools, churches, public buildings like city halls, libraries, court houses; they are all gone. New has replaced the old. Urban renewal is the catch phrase;…
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Ever since the first automobile was built, men and women too, have been looking for places to drive them. America’s love-affair with the automobile is unquenchable. We drive cars to work and home again, we drive cars to shopping malls, doctor’s appointments – well you get the idea. Then we drive them to vacation spots or just for sport. Read about one of the first roads where you could drive long distances.