Like other collectible ephemera, postcards that have been able to survive time can prove valuable. As a piece of history.

Cameras similar to those used by Susie Keef Smith are seen on display as a part of the "Postcards from Mecca" exhibit at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum in Yucca Valley, Calif., Friday, Sept. 16, 2022.

A collection of photographs from over 100 years ago makes up the exhibit "Postcards from Mecca," now showing at the Hi-Desert Nature Museum.

A collector was 'bitten by the postcard bug' 80 years ago; see some of his favorites : The Picture Show Hundreds of thousands of postcards from all over the world have found a home in 92-year-old ...

Among the images, we also see the old Town Hall, long before its demolition in 1973; the North East Coast Exhibition in full swing at Newcastle's Exhibition Park in 1929; and Pilgrim Street with ...

Some photos disseminated racial stereotypes, but they also show what life looked like in the community. San Francisco's Chinatown was the port of entry for early Chinese immigrants. A postcard ...

Step back in time with these captivating old postcards of Christchurch, Dorset. A seaside town steeped in history, Christchurch's charm is captured beautifully in these vintage images.

Pretty as a picture? Not always the case. Some collectible postcards dating back to the early 1900s featured real-life tragedies, and were popular items people would send to family and friends.

40 years later; retirement - time to look again at family history and to sort through all those photos. An old creased postcard almost went into the waste bin - until I read it.