If you’ve ever come across an old postcard tucked away in a drawer or attic, you might be sitting on a surprising treasure. Not all vintage postcards look valuable at first glance, but some hidden ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FlamingPumpkin / E+ via Getty Images Many postcards sold for a few cents (or even a penny) when they were first made, but they’re ...

If you’re planning to write a book on the history of Petaluma, the place to be on Sunday afternoon was not Petaluma. It was the Vintage Paper Fair in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, where old ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. People can be sweet and simple creatures, and postcards are the proof. For generations, folks have sent bits of beautiful cardboard through ...

A holidaymaker sent the first picture postcard in 1869 – and within 25 years there were 1.7 billion of the cards criss-crossing the globe Connemara long car (pg 224) Harland & Wolffe (pg 437) Blarney ...

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Postcards were all the rage in the early 20th Century. In an age before everyone had telephones, and long before social media would provide a means of instant communication, postcards were often the ...

We return to the lost world of early 20th century postcards. Collector Angus Stephenson, of Gateshead, donated part of his archive to the Chronicle a while back. Angus, a retired archaeologist, told ...

The Xiamen Historical Image Seminar was officially set up on April 11. Gao Zhenbi, the Associate Senior Journalist of the Xiamen Channel, was selected as the first Chairman of the seminar. Zhongshan ...