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Alsobrook, 45, dives into what collectors call Real Photo Postcards, an early 20th-century phenomenon triggered by a then-new Kodak camera that let hobbyists and roving photographers print images on postcard stock for mailing.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024

Postcards and the sales pitch of Southern California amounted to synergy with a 1-cent stamp.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2022

That is one purpose of these Postcards from a World on Fire.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2021

It was then that Stu set up a Facebook group, titled Reuniting Postcards With Families, and began taking photos of the postcards and posting them, six at a time.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2021

Postcards of authors are taped to the wall over her desk, Oscar Wilde and Virginia Woolf.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri