Postcard
A postcard or post card is a rectangular piece of paper or cardboard, which is intended to send a short message by post. Usually, a postcard is mailed without an envelope. Modern postcards usually have a photo or an image on one side of the card, the other side contains space for writing the address and a short message. The first postcards were used in the second half of the 19th century. Today, many people send postcards when they are on holiday. The designs of post cards have evolved since the early ages and many prefer to send personalized post cards now which gives a personal touch or adds a feeling or emotion to it.
Postcard Media
Example of a court card, postmarked 1899, showing Robert Burns and his cottage and monument in Ayr
Postcard depicting people boarding a train at the Shawnee Depot in Colorado, late 1800s.
LIPMAN CARDS 1861-1872 invented by John P. Charlton
"Feldpost-Correspondenzkarte" (lit. field post correspondence card) used during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870
The claimed first printed picture postcard
Austrian postcard from 1901
Postcard depicting Dalhousie Street, Amherstburg, Ontario in [ca. 1920] from the Alvin D. McCurdy fonds held at the Archives of Ontario
Postcard by Takehisa Yumeji, 1912
Postcard of Paris, France from 1969. Motive: 1950's Eiffel Tower Stool
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Other websites
The dictionary definition of postcard at Wiktionary
www.cpaphil.com Cpaphil is the largest site offering more than 1m vintage postcards online
