
Month: March 2021


You are What You Eat: A Look at Mid-Century Restaurant and Food Advertising Postcards
Sharon Wolf
You are What You Eat:
A Look at Mid-Century Restaurant
and Food Advertising Postcards
A recent social media posting called “Eating in the Fifties” captured the beliefs and attitudes about foods at the time:
- Pasta had not been invented. It was macaroni or spaghetti,
- Oil was for lubricating,

Anthony Comstock, September Morn, and the Fillmore
Bob Toal
Anthony Comstock, September Morn,
and the Fillmore
The New York Times reported on October 28, 1905, that three arrests had been made at a local stationery and novelty store by Anthony Comstock.
Comstock told the clerk that he wanted some postcards, “the best you’ve got.” She called

Portrait of an American City – Asheville, North Carolina
Editor’s Staff
Portrait of an American City
Asheville, North Carolina
Postcard History invites you to a postcard portrait of Asheville, North Carolina. The city is best known for being the home of the Vanderbilt Mansion and its native son, the major American novelist Thomas Wolfe. With a population of nearly


Tombs of the Unknown
Donald T. Matter Jr.
Tombs of the Unknown

Here Rests In Honored Glory
An American SoldierKnown But To God
On March 4, 1921, (100 years ago today) the Congress of the United States approved a measure that enabled the burial of an unidentified member of the American military. The Unknown

Tragedy of Being Forgotten
Editor’s Staff
Tragedy of Being Forgotten
Historians, genealogists, and other researchers deal in whole or in-part with the events in the lives of people. The five golden events for everyone are birth, marriage and children, career, death and burial, and legacy. To get a fuller picture of anyone, the genealogist

The March 2021 Postcard History Quiz – Lions on Bridges
The March 2021
Postcard History Quiz
Lions on Bridges

Lions on Bridges
The deadline for this quiz will be 11:59 PM, Monday, March 22nd.
POSTCARD HISTORY QUIZ
Five correct answers will enable you to accumulate one point on your score toward a Postcard History Know-It-All Certificate.
However, it’s