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A short slideshow featuring some of the postcards from Southern California history available for perusal and study. Postcards feature different types of views of the region with an emphasis on Los Angeles. These records and others are available in the LA History Archive’s online Collection at www.lahistoryarchive.org. The LA History Archive is a resource created by the Studio for Southern California History, a nonprofit dedicated to critically chronicling and disseminating the region’s social history in order to foster sense of place.

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Here is my little postcard collection, as promised! I hope you enjoy it! All copyright laws to their rightful owners.

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Help me reach my goal of collecting 1 million postcards by sending a postcard to: One Million Postcards 6206 Wade Road #230 Baytown, TX 77521-8868 See complete details on the One Million Postcards Blog: onemillionpostcards.blogspot.com Thank You!

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In the not-too-distant past, postcards were pre-printed. You purchased one, knocked off the message and destination address, got a stamp, found a post office, and hoped that the card would arrive at its destination before you did.Postcards have been around before the postage stamp ever came about…they were handmade and hand delivered-the first cards were custom postcards. It has been a way to communicate a poignant message, share art or photos, advertise your business, commemorate an event, capture a place and point in time, or send a holiday greeting. Postcards were first imported from Europe and grew popular when people wanted to send images of the Eiffel Tower at the beginning of the new century.Today, custom postcards can be created by the sender. You can upload a pic, type in the destination address and the message, and the card is printed, stamped, and mailed from a remote location local to the destination. You don’t need a printer, you don’t need to navigate the postal system when on furlough, and you don’t need to deal with the time and cost of international air mail.Classic postcards for purchase were usually picture cards of a locale, art cards containing classic or originally art, or historic cards transmitting. Over time, technology has made it possible for you to create your own message, send your own image, capture a personal point in time without being limited to the great works published by others. Postcards are now an even more intimate form of communication..you can make custom postcards yourself from the convenience of your own computer or cell phone.Custom postcards are designed by you. You can be a business sending direct mail pieces or a proud dad sending a photo of his newborn. They run the gamut of emotion.I have seen some very creative cards being used in unique ways. Since you can upload any image, you can create any kind of custom post card:Announce a family reunion: Use any of the great family tree sites on the web to collect mailing addresses of your long lost relatives. Take that old scanned photo of the boat that your grandma sailed into Ellis Island, announce the time and place, and suddenly your tribe is made whole again, due to a custom postcard!Create a birthday greeting card: Relive an ancient moment with someone by fashioning a custom postcard out of a picture from those awkward years. Nothing says that you’ve aged beautifully by showing someone from whence they came!Create an anniversary greeting card: Revisit the distant past with your sweetheart by creating a custom postcard out of a pic from those early years. Nothing says that you’ve aged gracefully by showing someone from where they came!DIY holiday cards: Live like an artiste! There are great images on commercial greeting cards, but something that has your personal signature on it is extraordinary.FAVORITE : Create a new form of thank you note! There is no better way to know that your gift has been adored than to see a photo of it in use! Take a picture of you wearing that tie, riding that bicycle, using that table saw….upload the photo, type is a few words of gratitude (the picture says it all), and you have made someone feel very special and appreciated.The number of ways to use custom postcards is only limited by your imagination! Go make some history…create a custom postcard.

A century ago the postcard was one of the best ways to send an image and a sentiment. Enjoy this historic trip of Thanksgiving wishes with postcard images from our classic collection. Enjoy your Thanksgiving.

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There are many things you can put in your print postcards for marketing. However, only the correct and appropriate approach will usually lead to success.

That is why your approach and design is something that must be thought of well for your marketing campaign to succeed. In my experience, five main approaches can usually do this.

To help you with your campaign, I am going to share with you these five successful approaches.

1. Lifestyle – this is one of the most successful approaches to marketing. In most cases, businesses actually try to market a certain lifestyle that comes with their products. Color postcards are a prime medium to display such a lifestyle through its cover image. It can be people relaxing without a care in the world, or a model with the best clothes, or it can be a cool dude with all the best gadgets. Whatever the subject is, as long as the lifestyle is projected right in the postcard, people will want that lifestyle. That is why this approach can be very powerful.

2. Information – Now, most people also want information. Lots of businesses are capitalizing on this need by disseminating information. By printing statistics that are related to the product or service that is being marketed, the advertising tool can inform people of the benefits and dangers related to those products and services. People of course will respond strongly to these types of postcards since they will learn quite a lot of things that are useful. If you compose your marketing postcard right, you can subtly influence them to buy your products or avail of your services because of the information that they have just read. It is quite an effective and simple approach.

3. Art – Art of course almost always sells. People like getting beautiful and artistic postcards to look at. Some even collect them as a hobby. If you want to capitalize on this idea, then you can also try printing such for business. By just printing beautiful designs on a postcard with a small logo of your company, or maybe a small marketing message, you not only spread inspiration and beautiful images to other people, you also promote your company and your products as well. Having an artistic marketing material is a nice dual use medium that is well worth printing too.

4. Form – If you want to directly influence your potential customers, then you can send advertising tools with forms or application. If you have seen those subscription postcards in magazines, you should know what I am talking about. This can cause readers to think immediately about ordering or availing of your services since it can easily be done through the form you sent. This simple and elegant marketing strategy can give you direct sales or responses.

5. Souvenir – Finally, you can also sponsor souvenir advertising. For example, you can print historical sites, resort destinations and many other tourist spots. While tourists will buy them as souvenirs, you can of course communicate subtle marketing messages to them regarding your products and services. Like the art postcard, it is a subtle way to advertise while the postcard remains useful for the person receiving or using it.

These five approaches to marketing are usually successful in getting your message across. You should try this in your future postcard printing endeavors. Good Luck!

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