Many were simply pictures of back were important. As they Collecting postcards is an in-
Niagara Falls. Others were of had no telephones, a “meet me at teresting hobby for many people
banks or churches in this county, the trolley Friday night” was im- an( j dubs have been formed that
The ones with messages on the portent. Often an invitation to a meet regular i y . Unusual cards
back were most entertaining. Sunday meal was the message on are oft * „, d ' traded Thev
a w nf *u Am „, ArA CA „! _ the back. There were a few sea- m otten 80,3 or traded ' lhe y
arilt f sonal cards for hoUdays, too, but have historical value and can
?, , . , ... ' .. , most were quite businesslike. show us how cities looked long
bachelor and I didn’t realize the ... , ... . „ •
number of nlaces that he had ° ften P® o ? l ® 113(1 P ictures of ago. Automobiles in a picture cer
m f P ' a C ? • a their homes or farms put on a tainly date the card. Even the
with initial/ and so could STL C ° p,e **** “ What era
identified, while others were from eled to the seashore or moun- th ®y were Pl-^*l
- that I knew. tains, they sent pictures on cards “ course ’ 1 shou,d not °P en a
My mother-in-law saved their to relatives. Local scenes of swim- scrapbook of postcards when
Recently I looked through a were not especially old cards, but cards from 1905 to 1915 and ming holes, train wrecks, or there is work to be done, as I
scrapbook of postcards. They some were interesting. often the short messages on, the parks are also of interest today. could spend hours just “looking.”
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