Postcard Topics
Postcard collectors usually have many favorite subjects for their collections. These are referred to as “topics”, like a category or specialty.
Topics can be most anything: street views, real photos, holiday cards (think Easter, Halloween and Thanksgiving), and specific cities or states. Some topics may be even more focused, like trains/transportation, patriotic, political, and humorous/comic.
Below are a few representative examples for your viewing pleasure.
What’s your topic?
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The Rotograph Company made a series of “bookmark” postcards, which are smaller than the standard-sized postcards of the early 20th century.
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Holiday postcards include New Year’s, Easter, July 4th, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. This card wishes the recipient a “Happy Christmas”.
Halloween cards are very desirable. This card, with its bright colors and classic spooky images, is by Raphael Tuck & Sons. It was postmarked on October 29, 1908 in New York City.
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