September 10, 2024
Tag: Winter time mail delivery
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Winter Mail Delivery in Rural Dakota
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One American institution that depended on population growth to grown was the United States Postal Service. One very popular service that changed much of the American mid-west was Rural Free Delivery. Read “Winter Mail” buy Postcard History’s new Acquisitions Editor, Duane Stabler.
Past Article
June 29, 2020 2 Comments
Each generation has its own sketch artists who use pencils, charcoals, pastels, chalks, and crayons to render hometown scenes, rural vistas, and family events in sketchbooks that are cherished by a cadre of descendants. This article by Bill Burton, Postcard History’s publisher, highlights two such practitioners of pencil art who lived and worked in a special part of the country – the DelMarVa peninsula. Keep watch in Postcard History’s “In A Few Words” section; you will soon discover a new series highlighting postcards featuring sketch art from across America.