December 14, 2025
Tag: wartime cards
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Red Cross Postcards
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The Red Cross was founded by Henri Dunant, who was present at the Battle of Solferino in 1859, at which 40,000 men were killed or wounded. Dunant spent the next five years trying to get support for his plan and succeeded in convoking a convention of interested persons in Geneva, Switzerland in 1864. After the…
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December 3, 2024 11 Comments
Christmas and the New Year in the American northwest is celebrated the same way it is everywhere else but in the early 20th century the residents had a much different selection of holiday postcards. The cards and publishers are featured in this postcard history lesson.