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[[Image:postcards-1.gif|left|thumb|150px|Post cards provide glimpses of life years ago.]]POST CARDS. | [[Image:postcards-1.gif|left|thumb|150px|Post cards provide glimpses of life years ago.]]POST CARDS. Post cards were being seen in the mail around May of 1873, but none had been brought to the city for sale. One side carried the address of the sender. The first cards cost one cent each. (1) | ||
Postcards' | ''A History and Checklist of Dubuque Postcards'', an index of local postcards, was written by Betty Weiland, a former president of Postcard Pals, a collectors group. | ||
Postcards' "Golden Age," around the time of the [[FLORAL PAGEANT]], illustrated scenes of Dubuque with drawings. Recently discovered postcards showing the pageant were distinctive because they used photographs. These were known as [[REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS (RPPC)]]. | |||
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1. "Caught on the Fly," ''Dubuque Herald'', May 16, 1873, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18730516&printsec=frontpage&hl=en | |||
[[Category: Postal System]] | [[Category: Postal System]] | ||
[[Category: Postcards]] | [[Category: Postcards]] | ||
Revision as of 01:34, 3 October 2015
POST CARDS. Post cards were being seen in the mail around May of 1873, but none had been brought to the city for sale. One side carried the address of the sender. The first cards cost one cent each. (1)
A History and Checklist of Dubuque Postcards, an index of local postcards, was written by Betty Weiland, a former president of Postcard Pals, a collectors group.
Postcards' "Golden Age," around the time of the FLORAL PAGEANT, illustrated scenes of Dubuque with drawings. Recently discovered postcards showing the pageant were distinctive because they used photographs. These were known as REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS (RPPC).
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1. "Caught on the Fly," Dubuque Herald, May 16, 1873, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18730516&printsec=frontpage&hl=en