Related Resources

Note: This is a select sampling of postcard resources available at the Library of Congress and at other institutions. The following digital collections and resources can provide a starting point to continue exploring postcards.

At the Library of Congress

Africana Postcard Collection
Available in the African and Middle Eastern Reading Room.
The Dream of Flight
A digital exhibition featuring postcards from the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Post cards from the Veteran's History Project (various collections)
Available from the American Folklife Center.
Souvenir viewbooks filing series (Library of Congress)
Available from the Prints and Photographs Reading Room.

Outside the Library of Congress

Detroit Publishing Company Collection (Henry Ford Museum of Innovation) External
Werner von Boltenstern Postcard Collection (William H. Hannon Library) External
Postcards from the Digital Collections (New York Public Library) External
Curt Teich Postcard Archives Collection (The Newberry Library) External
Greetings from the Smithsonian: A Postcard History External
National Trust Library Historic Postcard collection (University of Maryland Libraries) External
Institute of American Deltiology Postcard collection (University of Maryland Libraries) External

Postcards: Greetings from the Prints & Photographs Division

Prints & Photographs: Ask a Librarian

Related Resources

At the Library of Congress

Outside the Library of Congress