Boston’s Vintage Postcards
Photo Courtesy of Boston Public Library
In a recent post titled “Vintage Blogger? Early Twentieth Century Blogging” I discussed how postcards create lasting memories of travel experiences.
On my daily trip to Intelligent Travel, National Geographic’s travel blog, I discovered a post about vintage postcards going on display at the Boston Public Library. For those able to visit the display at Copley Square, I strongly recommend it.
Postcards are more than simple notes from a far off land. These 6” x 4” works of art are mementos that last the ages. The era of digital communication lacks the subtle nuances of earlier times, when meaningful letters were tucked away and tied with string.
Many people save emails that have some personal meaning, but that pales in comparison to postcards stamped with the mark of a distant land.
On your next trip brighten someone’s day with a postcard in their mailbox.
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I still love postcards – both to send and collect. While in Lahore I bought about 200 cards (folding ones, not postcard type) that feature famous paintings of Old Lahore. I use them on all sorts of occasions and had them hung on the walls of my old office.
That is GREAT.. I bet they make nice keepsakes.
I have a few hand painted cards from France that I wanted to send people…I can’t part with them though.