I have begun a Facebook group called We Love Postcards
Its so that we can share our love of them, post pictures of them from our collection and chat to others who do the same.
If you join us then please spread the word around to all Deltiologists and lets see if we can make it a popular and much used Group.
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Showing posts with label social history. Show all posts
Saturday, 26 May 2012
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Postcards - little snapshots of history
I have recently purchased some lovely old postcards via a great internet markeplace site called Delcampe and particularly from one of their many postcard sellers Old_Postcards
I've always loved buying postcards when i've been away and either keeping them for souvenirs or sending them to family at home but i never realised until recently just how fascinating they are.
Each one is a small snapshot of history especially if it has been written and posted to someone. The message on the back can be a funny one, sad one, mysterious one or just a few words of thanks, they all meant a lot to both the sender and recipient. My favourite era of postcards to collect is 1900 to 1920's which apparently was known as the golden age. It was a time when postcards were really popular and people would use them a bit like sending texts today. They would be sent to say 'thank you for a lovely day' , 'arrived home safely' or 'isabella had a baby boy'. People would send them just for others to add to their collection as collecting postcards was a big deal at the time.
Being a family history buff I cant resist being nosy, reading those messages and doing some research on the people mentioned. What was the senders relationship to the recipient? Boyfriend and girlfriend perhaps, mother and daughter? I cant resist the thrill of the chase to find out more about them, 1 postcard at a time, which i will do in my next post.
So here are the first three postcards i bought.
These are all of views which are fairly local, so they have a double interest for me.
Do you have a postcard collection, if so how many and what made you begin?
I've always loved buying postcards when i've been away and either keeping them for souvenirs or sending them to family at home but i never realised until recently just how fascinating they are.
Each one is a small snapshot of history especially if it has been written and posted to someone. The message on the back can be a funny one, sad one, mysterious one or just a few words of thanks, they all meant a lot to both the sender and recipient. My favourite era of postcards to collect is 1900 to 1920's which apparently was known as the golden age. It was a time when postcards were really popular and people would use them a bit like sending texts today. They would be sent to say 'thank you for a lovely day' , 'arrived home safely' or 'isabella had a baby boy'. People would send them just for others to add to their collection as collecting postcards was a big deal at the time.
Being a family history buff I cant resist being nosy, reading those messages and doing some research on the people mentioned. What was the senders relationship to the recipient? Boyfriend and girlfriend perhaps, mother and daughter? I cant resist the thrill of the chase to find out more about them, 1 postcard at a time, which i will do in my next post.
So here are the first three postcards i bought.
These are all of views which are fairly local, so they have a double interest for me.
Do you have a postcard collection, if so how many and what made you begin?
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