Category: Post Card
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Easter Cards
This spring themed card is an example of a stock card- printed by a publisher and featured in catalogs for educators for use a reward or recognition cards, or businesses for trade cards with an imprinted back. Postcards were often produced in series – this example shows a young mother enjoying an afternoon in the…
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Birthday Card Postcards
A short history of the birthday card – Deltiology, or the collecting of postcards, including many “specialties, including holiday greetings and birthday cards. A short history of the birthday card – Sending a birthday card is an act of communication. As families grew and moved on, sometimes across oceans or continents where travel was lengthy…
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Real Photo Post Cards
Deltiology, the collecting of postcards, is the third largest hobby in the world. Real photo post cards were popular at the turn of the 20th Century. Dating these post cards is made easier by information printed on the reverse of the cards. Sometimes, however, the job is made far easier when a card has been postally used…
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Studio Props
A post card with an image of two girls with a pull toy Newfoundland. Written on the reverse is: July 7, 1914, tall girl is Lavera Armstrong, Sardinia NY. Looking her up I found her on census’ in the same town for her whole life. She was born Lavera Marie Tarbell on April 7, 1902.…