November 11, 2025
Tag: Postcard Artist
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Hamilton King
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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 like Hamilton King. That world had…
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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;…
Past Article
July 4, 2019 4 Comments
The only zoologist I know calls critters like the ostrich The Creator’s Experiments; He just wanted to see if they would work. The accounts in Genesis tell us the birds were made on day five. Since day five is a little late in the creation week maybe “experiments” is a little harsh.