Antique Christmas postcards are an affordable collectible favored by many collectors. The practice of collecting postcards of all types is called "deltiology," and those who collect consider the years ...

Many postcards sold for a few cents (or even a penny) when they were first made, but they’re a lot more valuable now. The value of old postcards depends several factors, including their condition, ...

A snapshot in time can tell a long-forgotten story of bygone days. Old photos and postcards are an irreplaceable asset to historical societies, archivists and genealogists. For Mark Jacobson, a ...

It started for Peter Keyes the same way it does for many postcard collectors: with just one._ The Newbury resident, a retired high school history and economics teacher from Massachusetts, was ...

If you've ever come across an old postcard tucked away in a drawer or attic, you might be sitting on a surprising treasure. Not all vintage postcards look valuable at first glance, but some hidden ...

MARSHFIELD -- I used to think of old postcards as just another pretty, nostalgic item. The printing quality of the colors from the early 1900s could be stunning, especially the blues, and the horses ...

There's nothing quite like a walk down memory lane, or a hit of nostalgia for the better, simpler times you weren't even around for. Luckily, the Boston Public Library is making this easy for us, as ...

If you’re planning to write a book on the history of Petaluma, the place to be on Sunday afternoon was not Petaluma. It was the Vintage Paper Fair in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, where old ...

YORK, Maine — The Old York Historical Society now has a portion of its collection of historic postcards searchable online at oldyork.org. A collection of 1,780 postcards, part of a larger donation of ...

Dan Dosmann carefully turns the pages, taking a virtual tour of area history. There's a circa 1903 image of the castle-like South Bend Public Library, an early view of the Main Building at the ...

Postcards of the past are now on display at Larnaca airport, from a rare collection by the late Antonis Hadjipanayis. As Cyprus prepares to assume the Presidency of the Council of the European Union ...

David Opdyke has taken scores of vintage postcards and altered each image in a way that completely changes its meaning. Opdyke, who has critiqued US culture and politics since his early career — ...