Fun post
cards are a great way to stay in touch with friends & family.
Everyone still likes to get a special card in the mail. My daughter
LOVES getting a postcard from me when I am out of town. They make her
feel special.
So take a look at some of these adorable cards for any occasion &
they are sure to make your friend or family smile & remember your
thoughtfulness.
Postcards are cheap to send & don’t take long to write. A quick
“Thank you” – “I Love You” or “Thinking of you” is always appreciated.
Cheaper stamps & no envelope required.
The United States introduced postcards in 1873… 3 years after European
countries. 2 years later in 1875, delegates of 22 different countries
met in Switzerland & agreed to adopt a universal postage rate so
that everyone could send a postcard to other countries & all postage
was at the same rate.
Postcards became a way to send friends and family a small picture of their trip to lands abroad.
They also became a way for researchers to discover events that happened
in history. Photos of the aftermath of great floods & other natural
disasters were common on postcards in early 1900′s.
To see the real history of postcards, you can visit the Smithsonian
Library or Cooper-Hewitt National Design Library. There you can find
over 10,000 postcards in their collections. Dating from the turn of the
century to present, you can find a lot of history from small little
cards.
Going to a unique place? Landmarks, restaurant, museum, zoo…. be
sure to pick up postcards to remember your trip. Always keep a book of
stamps in your purse or wallet. When you get back to your hotel – write a
quick note to family & pop it in the hotel mail. Let them know you
are thinking about them.
Great for scrapbooking as well. Your memories can be saved forever &
enjoy the trip all over again as you look through your scrapbook. I
still look at the postcards I have in my scrapbook from a trip I took
with my grandparents coast to coast. That was over 40 years ago & I
still remember that summer trip as I look at those old postcards I
collected.