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  • The Barefoot Mailman

    The Barefoot Mailman

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    The story of the Barefoot Mailman is a piece of American history known to few, but as you learn the details, you will feel compelled to tell everyone you know. The events happened in the 1880s and the artistic retelling started in the 1930s, but the details came to your editor’s attention during National Postcard…

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Past Article

Timothy Van Staden

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Some postcard publishers set boundaries to one part of a country, state, or location, or set limitations on their themes. That was not the case with the Tichnor Brothers of Boston. In the linen era of postcards Tichnor produced more than 25,000 postcards from across America. Read on to discover more.

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