April 13, 2026
Tag: real photo postcards
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Identifying Real Photo Postcards Using Crowdsourcing
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Crowdsourcing. Yes, I too thought of it as two words, but in 2006 Merriam-Webster defined crowdsourcing as a noun meaning the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people and especially from the online community rather than from traditional employees or suppliers. Read about how a…
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A Social History of the Bicycle as Depicted on Real Photo Post Cards
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Which came first, the postcard or the bicycle? It does not matter for it seems like they were made for each other. Bicycles on real-photo postcards has been a popular topic for over forty years. Postcard History welcomes, Gerry Biron, a new contributor who seems to have his handlebars pointed where bicycles join postcards.
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August 1, 2024 3 Comments
The world’s most celebrated pen-and-ink artist was Charles Gibson. He first achieved fame with a drawing he sold to Life magazine when he was 19 years old – The Gibson Girl. Not surprisingly he did other things too. Postcard History tells the whole story.