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Postcards
 Websites presented in alphabetical order The Changing Face of Southern California: A History in Postcards 
 Find images of over 350 vintage postcards showing Southern California in the first half of the 20th century. See views of the Los Angeles Chinatown, Venice Beach, canals, the Angel's Flight railway, Farmer's Market, and the Hollywood Bowl. Postcard descriptions include historical background and transcription of printed matter. From the Von der Ahe Library, Loyola Marymount University. http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/socalpost.html Topics: Collectors & Collecting Last updated Apr 15, 2009 Curt Teich Postcard Archives
The Curt Teich Postcard Archives "is recognized throughout the world as the largest public collection of postcards and related materials." View the "Digital Past Project" to "access more than 25,000 postcard views of towns, cities, lakes, rivers, and parks in Illinois, across the country and Canada." Also find a blog, information about dating Curt Teich postcards, and details about the bi-annual Postcard Art Competition/Exhibition. From the Lake County Discovery Museum in Illinois. http://www.lcfpd.org/teich_archives/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting Last updated Jul 29, 2009 A Gallery of Bloomsday Cards
"A selection of original postcards by T.E. Kennelly celebrating Bloomsday (June 16), the day of Leopold Bloom's odyssey through Dublin in James Joyce's 'Ulysses.'" Most of these photographs are related to or represent scenes from the novel. Maintained by Tamara Kennelly, University Archivist at Virginia Tech. http://spec.lib.vt.edu/specgen/blooms/bloom.htm Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Holidays and Observances Individually, Home & Housing, Literature: Fiction, Photograph Collections: Regional Last updated Jun 16, 2005 Greetings From the Smithsonian: A Postcard History of the Smithsonian Institution
Dozens of postcards tracing the history of the Smithsonian Institution buildings and The Mall in Washington, D.C. Buildings include the first building (also known at the Castle), Art & Industries Building, National Museum of Natural History, Freer Gallery of Art, Patent Office Building (now American Art and Portrait Gallery), and National Museum of American History. Also includes a chronology of the picture postcard, covering the divided back and linen periods. From the Smithsonian's archives. http://siarchives.si.edu/history/exhibits/postcard/ Topics: Architecture by Place, Collectors & Collecting Last updated Apr 16, 2009 Images of Saint Petersburg
"About 900 images of Saint Pitersburg (Petrograd-Leningrad)" from the Churakov postcard collection of the National Library of Russia. Images can be browsed by time period (1900-1917 and 1918-1941), or by location. http://www.nlr.ru:8101/eng/line/spbpcards/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting Last updated Mar 27, 2003 Old Tijuana Virtual Postcard Tour
This site provides a "historical look back at Tijuana, Mexico viewed from the last century, during which it grew considerably on the flow of tourist visitor's dollars." The site features dozens of images of historical postcards and a brief history of Tijuana. http://www.digthatcrazyfarout.com/oldtj/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, History By Place Last updated Dec 7, 2004 Postcard & Greeting Card Museum
This site provides a history of postcards and greeting cards from Victorian times to the 20th century, including information about pioneers of the greeting card industry, and modern greeting card statistics. It features galleries of images of vintage cards for holidays and events, such as New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Christmas, birthdays, and birth announcements. From a greeting card company. http://www.emotionscards.com/museum/museum.html Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Holidays & Observances Last updated Jan 11, 2005 Postcard Resources
A list of Web pages dealing with postcards and postcard collecting. This site also has links to collectors' personal Web pages, postcard dealers, exhibitions, trading lists and exchange projects, and sites for sending electronic postcards. http://members.cox.net/jdmount/postcard.html Topics: Collectors & Collecting Last updated Apr 13, 2003 Postcards of Motels and Roadside Attractions, 1930-1960
Digitized images of dozens of "brightly colored 'linen' cards ... [showing] roadside America." Find postcards of automobiles, city and town life, electric signs, interiors and exteriors of restaurants and motels, service stations, and stores and shops. From the Hagley Museum and Library. http://digital.hagley.org/cdm4/index_p268001coll21.php?CISOROOT=/p268001coll21 Topics: Collectors & Collecting Last updated Mar 23, 2009 Propaganda Postcards of the Great War
"The site features a collection of war-themed postal cards produced during World War 1 (1914 - 1919)." Includes annotated images of hundreds of postcards, information about selected artists, and links to related sites. Searchable and browsable. Available in several languages. "All cards shown [on the site] are from private collections." http://www.ww1-propaganda-cards.com/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Communications, Government, Politics, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Nov 3, 2004 Rarely Seen Richmond: Early Twentieth Century Richmond as Seen Through Vintage Postcards
Searchable and browsable collection of "more than 600 Richmond [Virginia] postcards, most dating from 1900-1930." Includes information on the history and terminology of postcards. From the Special Collections and Archives at the James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University. http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/post/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jul 14, 2004 Seattle Historical Postcards
This small online exhibit consists of vintage postcards featuring parks, buildings, and other sites in Seattle. The parks represented are Kinnear, Leschi, Lincoln, Madison, Madrona, Mount Baker, Volunteer, and Woodland. Also shown are the Hungerford Hotel, Kirkpatrick's restaurant, Machinery Hall, Smith Tower, Washington Shipping Corporation, Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, and the YMCA. From the Seattle Municipal Archives. http://www.seattle.gov/CityArchives/Exhibits/Postcards/ Topics: Collectors & Collecting, Photograph Collections, U.S. History By Place Last updated Jun 3, 2008 |
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