A Collection of 50 Lovely and Fun Easter Cards From the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteHappy Easter! Here is a gallery of 50 colorful Easter postcards from the turn of the 19th and […]
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Street Scenes of the U.S From the 1960s Through 30 Wonderful Color Real Photo Postcards
This post was originally published on this sitePostcards are always of great historical and social interest. In 1903 Kodak introduced the No. 3A Folding Pocket […]
CANOE be Valentine? A Collection of 20 Valentine’s Day Cards From the Mid-20th Century Punning Native Americans
This post was originally published on this siteLike portrayals of African-Americans, images of Native Americans on valentines and other ephemera reflected the racial attitudes of […]
22 Amazing Vintage Superhero-Themed Cards for Your Valentine’s Day
This post was originally published on this siteExchanging cute Valentine’s Day cards featuring fictional characters and romantic phrases is a holiday tradition as old as […]
A Collection of 30 Unintentionally Hilarious Vintage Valentine’s Day Cards From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteJust in time to send to your Valentine sweetheart, here’s a gallery of 30 offbeat, odd, perplexing, inappropriate, […]
45 Amazing Canadian Propaganda Posters During World War I
This post was originally published on this siteThe armistice of November 11, 1918, brought relief to the whole world. Never before had there been such […]
VROOOOM! Batman Is Out to Get You on Valentine’s Day!
This post was originally published on this site1966 was the debut of the massively popular Batman TV series. However, the show debuted so early in […]
Elephant Hotel: The Prime Example of Novelty Architecture
This post was originally published on this siteNovelty architecture, also called programmatic or mimetic architecture, is a type of architecture in which buildings and other […]
From Women’s Suffrage to the Great Depression, 12 Wonderfully Weird Valentine’s Day Cards From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe first Valentine’s cards were sent in the 18th century. Initially these were handmade efforts, as pre-made cards […]
Pig a Happy New Year! 40 Strange and Funny New Year Pig Cards From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThere are lots of theories about why pigs are a symbol of good luck, ranging from pigs being […]
30 Amazing Vintage Gnome New Year’s Greeting Cards From Between the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
This post was originally published on this siteThe New Year is a time to let go of our bad habits and make some sort of […]
Ludwig Hohlwein: The Munich Poster King
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in Wiesbaden, Ludwig Hohlwein (1874–1949) was a German poster artist, a pioneer of the Sachplakat style. He […]
A Collection of 20 Fabulous Potato-Themed Real Photo Postcards From the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteWARNING: if you are a PL (Potato Lover), some of these photos might be too hot to handle! […]
Santa Claus in the Old Days
This post was originally published on this siteIn the old days, Santa Claus would gather up bad children, toss them in his basket, and whisk […]
In 1843, Inventor Henry Cole Created the Very First Christmas Card
This post was originally published on this siteThis is the world’s first commercial Christmas card. It was commissioned by Henry Cole in 1843. 1,000 of […]
45 Amazing Posters by Leonetto Cappiello in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteBorn 1875 in Livorno, Tuscany, Italian-French poster art designer and painter Leonetto Cappiello mainly lived and worked in […]
30 Amazing Postcards Show Chocolate Advertisements in the Early 20th Century
This post was originally published on this siteThe history of chocolate began in Mesoamerica. Fermented beverages made from chocolate date back to 450 BC. Originally […]
Outside of American Restaurants in the Late 1950s and ’60s Through Amazing Postcards
This post was originally published on this siteBy the end of the 1950s, casual dining prevails, both at home and in public, yet interest in […]
These Vintage Postcards From 1906 Are Extremely Both Amusing and Quirky!
This post was originally published on this siteThere was probably still a lot of stigma attached to divorce in most places in the early 20th […]
40 Vintage Postcards Show How California Has Changed Since the Mid-1950s
This post was originally published on this siteAt the end of World War II, many Americans began to move out of the cities and into […]
40 Cool Photos of Halloween Cards From Edwardian Era
This post was originally published on this siteA Halloween card is a greeting card associated with Halloween. The concept originated in the 1890s United States, […]
45 Amazing Visiting Cards Capture Portraits of American Men During the Civil War
This post was originally published on this siteThe carte de visite, or visiting card, a photographic format about the size of a modern baseball card, […]
35 Amazing Postcards Document Maritime Life of France Around 1900
This post was originally published on this siteMaritime history is the broad overarching subject that includes fishing, whaling, international maritime law, naval history, the history […]
The 19th Century Drag King: 30 Amazing Real Photographic Postcards of Vesta Tilley Performing in Drag in the Early 1900s
This post was originally published on this siteAs a child, Vesta Tilley toured the music halls in a solo singing and dancing act. Finding she […]
43 Vintage Posters Promoting Americans during the Great Depression and WWII
This post was originally published on this siteA set of interesting photos from Britt Fuller that show vintage posters from the Works Progress Administration which […]