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"Greetings from Chicago, Illinois" large-letter postcard produced by Curt Teich The history of postcards is part of the cultural history of the United States. Especially after 1900, "the postcard was wildly successful both as correspondence and collectible" and thus postcards are valuable sources for cultural historians as both a form of epistolary literature and for the bank of cultural ...
Spanning from approximately 1905 to 1915 in the United States, the golden age of postcards stemmed from a combination of social, economic, and governmental factors. [ 1 ] [ 16 ] Demand for postcards increased, government restrictions on production loosened, and technological advances (in photography, printing, and mass production) made the boom ...
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The United States Postal Service proposed a price increase for Forever stamps in July 2024, raising the cost from 68 to 73 cents. This follows an increase in January 2024 and marks the sixth increase since January 2021. Despite these ongoing price hikes, the United States maintains relatively inexpensive postage compared to other developed ...
Image credits: its_m_reilly In the US, Thanksgiving became a national holiday in 1863, even though the "first" known celebration happened in 1621. The story behind it, usually told from the white ...
A postcard printed by Charlton and Lipman John P. Charlton was an American printer [ 1 ] and stationer [ 2 ] from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , who is often credited as the inventor of the private postal card , which he copyrighted in 1861 together with Hymen Lipman .