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  2. History of postcards in the United States - Wikipedia

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    "Greetings from Chicago, Illinois" large-letter postcard produced by Curt Teich The history of postcards is part of the cultural history of the United States. Especially after 1900, "the postcard was wildly successful both as correspondence and collectible" and thus postcards are valuable sources for cultural historians as both a form of epistolary literature and for the bank of cultural ...

  3. The Post Card - Wikipedia

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    The Post Card. The Post Card: From Socrates to Freud and Beyond ( French: La carte postale: De Socrate à Freud et au-delà) is a 1980 book by the French philosopher Jacques Derrida. It is a "satire of epistolary literature." [1] After Glas (1974), it is sometimes considered Derrida's most "literary" book, and continues the critical engagement ...

  4. Postal stationery - Wikipedia

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    A piece of postal stationery is a stationery item, such as a stamped envelope, letter sheet, postal card, lettercard, aerogram or wrapper, with an imprinted stamp or inscription indicating that a specific rate of postage or related service has been prepaid. [1] [2] It does not, however, include any postcard without a pre-printed stamp, [3] and ...

  5. Large-letter postcard - Wikipedia

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    Large-letter postcard. Large-letter postcard featuring Niagara Falls, published c. 1950 by Curt Teich & Co. Large-letter postcards were a style of postcards popular in North America in the first half of the 20th century, especially the 1930s through the 1950s. The cards are so-called because the name of a tourist destination was printed in ...

  6. Greeting card - Wikipedia

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    A greeting card is a piece of card stock, usually with an illustration or photo, made of high quality paper featuring an expression of friendship or other sentiment. Although greeting cards are usually given on special occasions such as birthdays, Christmas or other holidays, such as Halloween, they are also sent to convey thanks or express ...

  7. Lynching postcard - Wikipedia

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    A lynching postcard is a postcard bearing the photograph of a lynching —a vigilante murder usually motivated by racial hatred —intended to be distributed, collected, or kept as a souvenir. Often a lynching postcard would be inscribed with racist text or poems. Lynching postcards were in widespread production for more than fifty years in the ...

  8. Postcard - Wikipedia

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    A postcard that has the name of a place shown as a series of very large letters, inside of each of which is a picture of that locale (see also Big Letter). Maximum Card Postcards with a postage stamp placed on the picture side of the card and tied by the cancellation, usually the first day of issue. Midget Postcard Novelty cards of the size 90 ...

  9. Postal card - Wikipedia

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    A message reply card, still attached, sent from Cuba to Germany, 1894. A Chinese zodiac "Year of the ox" postal card with an overprinted surcharged imprinted stamp, 1997. Postal cards are postal stationery with an imprinted stamp or indicium signifying the prepayment of postage. They are sold by postal authorities.