Insights
| Title | Date | Excerpt |
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| Collecting Postcards of Famous Bridges Around the World | Famous bridges make compelling postcard subjects because they combine engineering, landscape, travel and civic identity in one small image. A card showing the… | |
| Postcards Of The 1930s Empire State Building Construction | Postcards showing the Empire State Building rising above Manhattan capture one of the most recognisable building projects of the twentieth century. Issued… | |
| Yosemite Valley Postcards And The Birth Of Early Tourism | Postcards of the 1900–1910s Yosemite Valley capture a turning point in American travel. Yosemite had long attracted painters, scientists and adventurous… | |
| Depicting the 1918 Influenza Pandemic on Postcards | The 1918 influenza pandemic is rarely represented on postcards in the direct, dramatic manner associated with wartime scenes or famous disasters. Illness was… | |
| Postcards of the 1920s KKK Rallies: A Dark Collecting Niche | Postcards showing Ku Klux Klan rallies from the 1920s occupy an uncomfortable corner of historical collecting. They document parades, public ceremonies,… | |
| Glittering Messages: The Story Behind Decorated Postcards | Postcards with applied glitter or sequins turn a short message into a small piece of theatre. Their raised surfaces catch the light, while coloured particles,… | |
| Postcards of the 1910–1920s Silent Film Stars: Early Hollywood | Before sound transformed cinema, a studio portrait could travel farther than a film reel. Silent movie postcards carried the faces of Mary Pickford, Charlie… | |
| Collecting Postcards Of The Wright Brothers’ First Flight | Postcards connected with the Wright brothers’ first flight occupy a fascinating place in aviation history and twentieth-century picture-postcard collecting.… | |
| Collecting Postcards of State Capitols: Architectural History | Postcards of state capitol buildings offer a compact record of American architectural ambition. Their domes, porticoes, staircases, murals and landscaped… | |
| Postcards Of The 1896 Cotton States And International Exposition | The 1896 Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta produced a fascinating group of souvenir postcards and printed view cards. They record a turning… |