First postcard history book

Seminole historical background, seminoloe wars and. Old postcards of prague a concise history of picture postcards. Such cards are also respected as important documents of social history, and have been. On may 6, 1840, great britain issued the first postage stamps in the world to enable senders to. High bridge is an ordinary little book, but it contains fascinating historical insights which belie its small size. We try to chronicle the history of postcards through a timeline of relevant. Elizabeth, available in 2019 from arcadia publishing. Postcards were popular because they were a quick and easy way for individuals to communicate with each other.

Art postcard books national gallery of art shops shop. A pictorial record from the turn of the century to the. Paperback books postcard book for sale in stock ebay. California new york pennsylvania michigan ohio illinois massachusetts new jersey florida texas virginia north carolina washington maryland. Willoughby, martin, a history of postcards 1992, bracken books, isbn. This was the very first postcard book i ever bought, way back in the very early. Prior to postcards came the lithograph prints, woodcuts and small cards that were the predecessor of the mailed postcard. A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard intended for. Already that year, theodore hook esq, a british writer, mailed himself a caricature of post office workers, shown to be writing mail in order to sell more stamps.

Most likely mailed as a joke and delivered against the post office regulations of the time, this could probably be the earliest record of a postcard being sent through the mail. The worlds oldest picture postcard is a unique handcolored card that was mailed in 1940 from the united states to london addressed to a playwright and novelist by the name theodore hook it caricatures the postal service by showing post office scribes sitting around a large inkwell. Postcard history is a free online magazine dedicated to vintage and historic picture postcards and the many stories associated with them we feature richly illustrated articles designed to both inform and entertain postcard collectors and history buffs. From 1631 to the present, old orchard beach has had a singularly rich history among new englands summer communities.

First restricted by size, color, and other regulations, postcard production blossomed in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Historian jan ulrich publishes postcard book devoted to. Six tissot cards dover postcards by tissot, james and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Postcard history a magazine for the postcard collector. History of postcards postcard history postcard museum. Postcard history series arcadia publishing history books. The new book contains 226 vintage postcard images covering tylers history through the first seven decades of the 20th century, with a majority coming from the. Postcards from the past a trip down memory lane tom jackson, the collector behind the popular twitter account, picks six of his favourite postcards. Postcards from the past a trip down memory lane travel. A useful book in this regard is joan severas dressed for the photographer. Postmaster general john creswell recommended to the u. The first known printed picture postcard, with an image on one side, was created in france in 1870 at. Although the worlds first picture postcards date from the 1860s to the.

I love history books which represent history through the issues of postcards. First aid kit performing red dirt girl for polar music prize laureate emmylou harris duration. This 127page volume is a picture book perfect for the coffee table. The first two stamps were five and ten cents depicting benjamin franklin on the five cent stamp and george washington on the ten cent stamp. A history of picture postcards deltiology, the official name for postcard collecting, is thought to be one of the three largest collectable hobbies in the world, along with coin and stamp collecting. The history of the postcard 150 years of postcards. The penny black, the worlds first adhesive postage stamp, made its debut in may 1840. A short history of the post card in the united states, compiled by mr. Browse our postcard history series, which explores the history of an area through vintage and nostalgic postcards. Charlton ed the first postcard in america that same year. Davenport by doug smith 2007, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. A postcard history of the passenger liner bookshare.

Lipman, who began reissuing the cards under his name in 1870. We also provide the most comprehensive listing of forthcoming shows around. The rights to this card were later sold to hymen l. Gorey creatures book of postcards mark rothko book of postcards the white city. I identified over 20 postcards the first week i owned it and it has paid for itself many. When the railroad came in 1873, the coast exploded into one of the grandest victorian settings in maine. Today deltiology, or the collection of postcards, is a popular hobby. Old orchard was originally a small seacoast farming community nestled on the shore of saco bay.