Picture postcard collections have been going strong since the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, and some of the most valuable old postcards can be traced to photographers working in the 1900s.

Halloween postcards are among the most collectible, with their images of devils, black cats and odd things like cabbages. They can easily bring more than $150 apiece at auctions. Postmark ...

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.

When the trio came across a shoebox crammed with old, handwritten postcards, Brown was transfixed. The postcards had been sent from places he'd never been to or seen before — black and white ...

Smith’s 112-year-old postcard was sold at auction for more than $12,000 — plus fees for a grand total of $25,000, ... Getty Images. You are viewing 1 of 3 images Previous Image Next Image.

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 ...

She and I are hardly unique. Since the start in 2017, the political postcard effort has ballooned into the millions, from solo people writing while watching old movies on TV to groups making it a ...

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.

The Brief. A mysterious postcard from 1903 was delivered to an office building in Swansea, Wales last week. The Swansea Building Society received the postcard in the mail, addressed to a woman ...

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After the discovery of the postcard, the building society is reaching out to the public on social media for information about Davies and the 100-plus year-old postcard. The Source Information for ...