ST. CLOUD — A favorite pastime of the late Harold Zosel Jr. was scouring piles of postcards at conventions where collectors gathered to buy and sell memorabilia. But finding the perfect rare postcard ...
Long before postcards were relegated to reminders of dental checkup and oil changes, they delivered well wishes and news of safe travels. Their pictures prompted hearty laughs, showed off notable ...
Among the numerous events and performances across campus celebrating the University’s 125th anniversary, Greetings from the Midway: A Postcard History of the University of Chicago stands out on the ...
THE WORLD’S FIRST POSTCARD WAS PRINTED THIS WEEK IN 1869. IN AN ARTICLE BY THE NEUE FREIE PRESS, AUSTRIAN PROFESSOR DR. EMANUEL HERRMANN EXPRESSED HIS FRUSTRATION WITH THE TIME AND EFFORT IT TOOK TO ...
For George Stone, compiling a history of Bristol using old postcards meant largely paying tribute to his father. The late Paul Stone owned nearly 400 postcards – including dozens of shots of State ...
Elephants marched through town right past the Point of Rocks. It's not a sight you'd see today, but at the beginning of the 20th century, when the circus was in town, it happened. Still, this image ...
Travel back in time to a simpler era “Along Virginia’s Route 15” — a new postcard history book by Josie Ballato featuring downtown Culpeper on its cover. Put out by South Carolina-based Arcadia ...
Author Andrea Larson Perez displays a page of her book, showing a vintage postcard depicting the pier which once hosted the Union Fishermen’s Cooperative Packing Co. That site is now home to the ...
In the April 14, 1986, edition of the Arkansas Gazette, a photo of a parade in downtown Little Rock was published. The image was from 1910. Its caption reads: "The Elks parade passes through the ...