This 25-card set is an early twentieth century issue from Spain. In fact each card is a 5” x 3½” TARJETA POSTAL – UNION POSTAL UNIVERSAL – ESPAÑA.” The stock is sub-standard to that used in other countries at the time. It
Leaper is a universally acceptable term for people born on February 29th. Only 7/10ths of one percent of the world’s population must deal with having a birthday every 1,460 days, instead of 364 days, like most of us.
What’s the old expression about time flying when you’re having fun? Here at the editor’s desk at Postcard History, it is Fifth Sunday again. Already! Only two months ago we examined three “very odd” advertising postcards that featured soap, cigarettes, and
In the 1920s, at 151 East 50th Street in New York City, any tourist who wanted to hear opera and rub elbows with the social crowd would venture over to the East Side Opera House. From the few available accounts, it was a great
A very well-crafted website is maintained by the office of the artisans, historians, and craftspeople who preserve and maintain the landmark buildings, monuments, art, and grounds of the United States Capitol campus. The site is a virtual treasure trove of information about government buildings,
When I was a kid, the only word we used to surrender was UNCLE! And then even with your arm being twisted behind your back, your opponent would ask, “What did you say?” So you screamed, “UNCLE” again and again.
I have no idea
Postcard History appears in many forms. Because of its nature, a postcard arrives in your mailbox often without notice. It brings greetings and news from afar in a joyous and upbeat fashion. Postcards often make us laugh, some make us cry, and there are others that leave
When my daughter was a very young student, I can’t remember for sure, but it may have been while she was a third or fourth grader, I took a day’s vacation and helped chaperon a class fieldtrip to the Philadelphia Zoological Gardens. This
At an unremembered postcard show, some years ago, a set of ten-postcards entitled the “Celesque Series” was found among a handful of cards in an artist signed grouping. The images were of professional quality and were obviously meant to be sold as a set. Although
The phone rang early Sunday morning, the day after a Pennsylvania postcard show at which three new acquaintances were made. It was 8:22. Okay, thinking better about scolding whomever it may be for calling in the “middle-of-the-night.” We are not early
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