photo postcard

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A photo postcard is a postcard featuring a photograph rather than an illustration or printed design.

The term often refers to real photo postcards—actual photographic prints on postcard-backed paper, popular from the early 1900s through mid-century, now prized by collectors.

Modern photo postcards are typically mass-produced with printed images: She sent a photo postcard of the Grand Canyon.

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Electronic celebratory message

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