A fully illustrated volume addressing the postcard’s role as a memento to propaganda. With a nod to high and low art, one sees how postcards span across class, gender, and nationality and tell of our visual culture. Includes chapter notes and index.

A look at the popularity of photographic postcards in the early 20th century with a variety of examples, including the written messages. Subject matter covers a range of topics including work, war, and local scenes and events. The appendix provides methods to help date photographic postcards.

One of the largest American publishers of postcards during the early twentieth century, this guide provides a comprehensive list of published materials. Views include North American landscape and cityscape, popular streets, buildings, monuments, industries, transportations, and everyday life.

Postcard America offers a study of popular linen postcards and their cultural significance. Drawing on the production files of Curt Teich & Co. of Chicago, the originator of linen postcards, photographic views were transformed into colorized postcard images, often by means of manipulation—adding and deleting details or collaging bits and pieces from several photos. The book also looks at the historical interpretation to a contemporary viewpoint, considering nostalgia as a motive for collectors and others that are fascinated today. Includes photo reproductions and index.

A handbook for collectors of the Detroit Publishing Company Postcards including checklists of the Regular Numbers, Contracts, Harveys, Miscellaneous Art cards, the 50,000 series, Sets, Little Phostint Journeys, Mechanical Postcards, the Panoramas, and many more. Includes historical information on Detroit Publishing Company, the photochrom/photostint process, and bibliography.

The Real Photo Postcard Guide is an informative, comprehensive, and practical treatment of this wildly popular American phenomenon that dominated the United States photographic market during the first third of the twentieth century. With illustrations, one sees how photo postcards document America’s social and cultural history. Includes appendices on dating postcards with stamps, backs, and photographers; bibliography; and index.

Looks at photographic postcards and provides a history of the photograph, in addition to the postcard. The second part of the books addresses themes, subject trends, and how postcards were used and accessed. Includes author notes, a listing of postcard photographers working before 1930, and a selected bibliography.

Shows postcard replications with illustrator/photographer background information and topics range from aviation to the zodiac. Highlights include the popularity of the postcard, its reach in the world, and well-known characteristics.
Features a glossary, bibliography, and index. Introduction discusses how to collect, preserve, popular reasons for collecting, and how to frame for displays.

Telling the story of the 20th century using images and messages from 2,000 picture postcards. Postcards from all over the world depict the day-to-day lives of people and show how themes such as transportation, cinema, and the role of women emerged and evolved with the century. Includes indices of photographers, postcard artists, subjects, and publishers.