vintage postcards
Old travel greetings
Vintage postcards are old postcards, typically from the early to mid-twentieth century, collected for their historical imagery, graphic design, or nostalgic appeal.
The cutoff for "vintage" varies but usually means at least fifty years old.
Collectors prize postcards showing streetscapes, landmarks, or social scenes that document how places once looked: She found vintage postcards of the boardwalk from the 1920s.
- provenance recordsRecords tracking ownership history
- ephemeraDisposables preserved as collectibles
- chromolithographyMulti-plate color printing
- Edwardian eraBritish period 1901-1910
- Art NouveauCurvilinear decorative movement, 1890s
scalloped · sepia tones · Roaring Twenties · Victorian era · golden age · linen · World War I · auctions · flea market finds · travel souvenirs · sepia · nostalgia · cursive · stamps · handwritten · mailbox · yellowed · scenic
- postcardspicture postcard, photo postcard, travel cards, postcard stamps
- CanadianaCanadian, Canadian flag, maple syrup, maple leaf, beaver
- AmericanaAmerican flag, Fourth of July, bald eagle, Thanksgiving, apple pie
- antiquesantiques, antique furniture, antique, antique coins, Greek vases
- museumsmuseums, art museums, exhibits, galleries, exhibitions
- island souvenirsseashells, shell jewelry, leis, tikis, tiki statues
vintage postcardsdigital images
Pictures stored as data
Instagram posts · e-cards · JPEGs · text messages · Snapchat