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The Daily Postcard takes you on a colorful postcard trip through history and around the world. See the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake, mementos from WWI, and postcards celebrating events over the last 115 years. A different vintage postcard every day with fun and interesting descriptions and comments.
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Hello! Central! Give Me 999
This amusing postcard is from around 1905. You can tell it's earlier than 1907, because it has an undivided back, which only allows for the address on the backside. If people wanted to write messages on postcards at that time, they had to write...
Streetcar Sundays - Tokyo
This postcard from the 1940s shows Ginza Street, Tokyo's main thoroughfare and shopping street. The building with the curved facade (the Wako Store) is still there and is considered an important symbol of Ginza. It was built by Hattori Kinzo, t...
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Oh, excuse me, I'm quite sure I requested a private room!Here's an old postcard from the Fitzsimmons General Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. This is a place where you could come to get over your illness and, at the same time, any personal privacy...
Looking for a Sweetheart
The message reads:How would you like to meet John's wife?John's WifeJohn's wife sent this to Celia Finnegan, but didn't get the right address. It seems Miss Finnegan was familiar with John, but not with his wife, or maybe even the fact that he had a ...
Save the French Orphans
This card would serve to acknowledge a contribution made to help support French war orphans of WWI. The back of the card reads:" Suffer the little children to come unto Me. "Dear ______We have received your contribution, and we are pleased to w...
Johannesburg, South Africa
This card shows a view of Pritchard Street in Johannesburg, South Africa, circa 1910. Note the street light in the middle of the road. Johannesburg was a dusty settlement until gold was discovered there in 1886, setting off a massive gold rush and fu...


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