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"Greetings from Chicago, Illinois" large-letter postcard produced by Curt Teich The history of postcards is part of the cultural history of the United States. Especially after 1900, "the postcard was wildly successful both as correspondence and collectible" and thus postcards are valuable sources for cultural historians as both a form of epistolary literature and for the bank of cultural ...
A postcard printed by Charlton and Lipman John P. Charlton was an American printer [ 1 ] and stationer [ 2 ] from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , who is often credited as the inventor of the private postal card , which he copyrighted in 1861 together with Hymen Lipman .
Pages in category "History of postcards in the United States" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Postcards document the natural landscape as well as the built environment—buildings, gardens, parks, cemeteries, and tourist sites. They provide snapshots of societies at a time when few newspapers carried images. [16] Postcards provided a way for the general public to keep in touch with their friends and family, and required little writing. [16]
Large-letter postcards were a style of postcards popular in North America in the first half of the 20th century, especially the 1930s through the 1950s. The cards are so-called because the name of a tourist destination was printed in three-dimensional block letters, each of which were inset with images of local landmarks. [ 1 ]
Greetings From" postcards had originated in Germany in the 1890s, and Teich successfully imported the style to the American market after a visit in 1904. [2] Teich employed hundreds of traveling salesmen, who sold picture postcards to domestic residences, and encouraged business to create advertising postcards; these salesmen also photographed ...