Vintage postcards
I want to give you a glimpse of the many and interesting things you can learn through postcards. My favourite ones are vintage postcards, specifically, those about children and art. They are always in fashion. It's an entertaining way of having some knowledge of past times: history, clothes, holidays, and so on. But above all, they are an invaluable way of approaching historic reference to society and usages.
Did you know that postcard collecting is currently the third largest collectable hobby in the world?
The popularity of post cards can be attributed to their broad subject appeal. Almost any subject imaginable has been, at some time, portrayed on a postcard. The broad subject range comes as a result of the social usage cards were designed for. Postcards continue today to be the most popular form of souvenir for travellers as well as economical means of communication both personal and business related.
The first postal card was suggested by Dr. Emanuel Herrmann, in 1869, and was accepted by the Hungarian government in the same year. The first regularly printed card appeared in 1870, a historical card, produced in connection with the Franco-German War. The first advertising card appeared in 1872 in Great Britain. The first German card appeared in 1874. Cards showing the Eiffel Tower in 1889 & 1890 gave impetus to the postcard heyday a decade later. A Heligoland card of 1889 is considered the first multi-coloured card ever printed.
One of the dearest postcards are those from the British Victorian Times because they are really elaborated and tender.
I will show you some of them with text, so that you can practice your English by reading them or just for the pleasure of looking at them.
I hope you like it.
Did you know that postcard collecting is currently the third largest collectable hobby in the world?
The popularity of post cards can be attributed to their broad subject appeal. Almost any subject imaginable has been, at some time, portrayed on a postcard. The broad subject range comes as a result of the social usage cards were designed for. Postcards continue today to be the most popular form of souvenir for travellers as well as economical means of communication both personal and business related.
The first postal card was suggested by Dr. Emanuel Herrmann, in 1869, and was accepted by the Hungarian government in the same year. The first regularly printed card appeared in 1870, a historical card, produced in connection with the Franco-German War. The first advertising card appeared in 1872 in Great Britain. The first German card appeared in 1874. Cards showing the Eiffel Tower in 1889 & 1890 gave impetus to the postcard heyday a decade later. A Heligoland card of 1889 is considered the first multi-coloured card ever printed.
One of the dearest postcards are those from the British Victorian Times because they are really elaborated and tender.
I will show you some of them with text, so that you can practice your English by reading them or just for the pleasure of looking at them.
I hope you like it.
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