March 14, 2021

Month: March 2021

James Buchanan at Home in Pennsylvania and the rankings of presidents of the United States

Editor’s Staff

James Buchanan

at Home in Pennsylvania

and the rankings of presidents of the United States

In colleges, universities, political think-tanks, and social research institutes across America and around the world, the American presidency is a topic of constant study by historians, political scientists and fact and data analysts.

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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,
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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

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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

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Solve the Mystery of this Card

Editor’s Staff

Help Us Solve
the Mystery of this Card #6

Dawson City, Heart of the Klondike

The Americans and Canadians who delivered mail in the Klondike region of the Yukon Territory and eastern Alaska are men of legend. There are wonderous tales of courage and endurance when it comes

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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

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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

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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

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