December 15, 2025
Tag: Relief
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Lightships
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Lightships were intricate pieces of marine history here at home and around the world, but the romance of long careers full of exciting events usually happened elsewhere. The work on lightships was hazardous, tedious and dreadfully boring, sometimes for months on end. There is still little reward for work that benefits the traveling public.
Past Article
May 30, 2024 3 Comments
It is only semantics but there is a difference between a birthday and a birthdate. May 30, 2019, was the birthdate of Postcardhistory.net, and today we celebrate our fifth birthday with the first deliberate duplication of a topic. And today we take a second look at Jayne Mansfield.