Postcard History

March 10, 2026

Tag: Thomas A. Edison

  • Thomas Edison and Henry Ford

    Thomas Edison and Henry Ford

    S. Swift

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    Thomas Edison and Henry Ford had become friends when Ford worked for Edison in Detroit. They established Winter retreats next to each other in Fort Myers, Florida. The inventor and the automobile magnate collaborated on several projects and were still close when Edison died in 1931.

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Past Article

Editor’s Staff
February 2, 2025 4 Comments
It may be that the loss of 146 lives was simply too tragic for postcards. But we have gathered a cabinet-card portrait, a 1980s first day cover, a modern rack card and a hook-and-ladder postcard from 1907 that may well be a fair representation of the Triangle Waist Company fire.

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