Posts Tagged ‘Hardcover’

Who has not sent or received a picture postcard? From the 1890s the sending and collecting of postcards became a world-wide craze. In recent times these ‘message-carriers’ have been recognised by countless new collectors and by social and local historians.

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Today, no one seriously doubts the value, both aesthetic and historic, of the ubiquitous American photographic postcard. This was the medium that really brought photography to the masses; these cards were affordable, they were topical, and they could be sent for a penny anywhere in the country. The variety of imagery, much of it developed anonymously in small studios, much of it taken by inspired amateurs (these were the days when anyone could, and many folks did, own a camera) dis (more…)