January 3, 2025
Tag: rare postcards
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The Mansfield Bar
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The press said Jayne Mansfield was decapitated when her car rear-ended a semi. It wasn’t true, but a movement arose to put safety bars on the rear of every truck. And they’re called . . .
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Poster Postcards Part VIII
I Tre Conti
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One of the most fascinating features of posters is how they communicate a great deal of information in very few words. The featured card for this episode of In A Few Words is to be a true test of this principle of communications. The card has only three words on it, repeated in translation to six because…
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July 4, 2021 1 Comment
Postcard History First Sunday Mystery Card July 2021 [Editor’s note: Here at the Postcard History office the debate continues to rage. The question under consideration is, “Should we know the answer before we publish a mystery postcard?” In the first series of mystery postcards (October 2020 to March 2021), three answers were known before publication, […]