Why Use A Postcard
Postcards have many uses and they are not only used to write to a loved one or a friend from their vacation destination. They can also be used to see a distant place that someone would desire to go to.
Postcards, can be used as advertisement or just to stick on your fridge and dream! Postcards can be a means to simply say Hi to personalize and simplify life in our hectic SMS and e-mail world.
Going way back, when the car was invented, tourism soared. People used postcards to show where they had been on their travels. With cars, people began to holiday in numbers like never before using new streets that were developed. Postcards of an early-developed street and what many streets of the time looked like were quite popular especially for those that couldn't afford the luxury of a car.
Before postcards were developed, many tourists would have used a gazetteer. A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary containing any landmarks or specific attractions of the place a person is going. People would tend to look at a gazetteer before of after they went on vacation to see what they were going to see or what they missed.
Postcards also serve as advertising functions. For example, a tropical island can be shown on a postcard, and automatically anyone who looks at it usually wants to go. Advertising could have been as simple as just putting pictures of beaches to attract tourists. Even if your holiday was dreary and filled with disappointment, postcards still portray the beauty of the vacation spot. Postcards at one time were quite posh and reserved "bragging rights" at the local get together.
Architecture is another aspect that explains why people collect postcards. Buildings today have changed from those of the past but you can still see these old buildings using these architectural postcards. Also, you could use architectural postcards to see if any important people of the day lived in a certain town Historical buildings are also an excellent way of finding out about different jobs or businesses of the time.
Education is another area where postcards can be used. You can take a postcard of a school from fifty years ago and compare it to a picture of a school and see the major improvements that have been made. Postcards are a great source for any historical information needed.
Postcards have also been used as propaganda during war times. For instance, in the US, pictures of Uncle Sam were used to persuade people to get involved in the war efforts. As for politics, postcards were used to show who was running and to tell people who to vote for.
Historians and postcard collectors are two of the largest groups of peopel interested in postcards. Historians can use postcards to learn more about cultures and lifestyles of the past, for example, comparing the dress of people or the crowded streets of a certain city. Many individuals who collect postcards do so as a hobby or pastime and many of them are interested in social history as well.
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