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Snapshots and Short Notes: Images and Messages of Early Twentieth-Century Photo Postcards by Kenneth Wilson (review)

Snapshots and Short Notes: Images and Messages of Early Twentieth-Century Photo Postcards by... 2009 Article 477 Book Reviews Nancy Baker Jones, Editor Snapshots and Short Notes: Images and Messages of Early Twentieth-Centur y Pho- to Postcards. By Kenneth Wilson. (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2020. Pp. 304. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index). The postcard has gone the way of the elevator operator and the straight razor, replaced by smartphones and YouTube. But there was a time when postcards were a vital component of our long-distance communication, like the telegraph and the letter. Thank goodness for Kenneth Wilson, who reminds us of the time when it was unthinkable to take a vacation without sending postcards to loved ones at home. This history of the humble postcard covers its so-called golden age from the late nineteenth century through World War I. This little piece of cardstock was transformed in that time from a cheap form of commu- nication into a visual record of the life and times of a nation. The earli- est versions had no illustrations and had to be mailed in an envelope. In 1898, the postal service began allowing small cards to be mailed without an envelope, which was revolutionary. The next advance came in 1905 with technology that allowed for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southwestern Historical Quarterly Southwest Center (Univ of Arizona)

Snapshots and Short Notes: Images and Messages of Early Twentieth-Century Photo Postcards by Kenneth Wilson (review)

Selcer, Richard
Southwestern Historical Quarterly , Volume 124 (4) – Mar 31, 2021
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2009 Article 477 Book Reviews Nancy Baker Jones, Editor Snapshots and Short Notes: Images and Messages of Early Twentieth-Centur y Pho- to Postcards. By Kenneth Wilson. (Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2020. Pp. 304. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index). The postcard has gone the way of the elevator operator and the straight razor, replaced by smartphones and YouTube. But there was a time when postcards were a vital component of our long-distance communication, like the telegraph and the letter. Thank goodness for Kenneth Wilson, who reminds us of the time when it was unthinkable to take a vacation without sending postcards to loved ones at home. This history of the humble postcard covers its so-called golden age from the late nineteenth century through World War I. This little piece of cardstock was transformed in that time from a cheap form of commu- nication into a visual record of the life and times of a nation. The earli- est versions had no illustrations and had to be mailed in an envelope. In 1898, the postal service began allowing small cards to be mailed without an envelope, which was revolutionary. The next advance came in 1905 with technology that allowed for

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Southwestern Historical Quarterly – Southwest Center (Univ of Arizona)

Published: Mar 31, 2021

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