1. Interest in one's locality. Students of local history discover that a view card of their favorite town can give them a fuller and more accurate picture of what life was like 60 or 70 years.
2. Social History - which falls into many forms, Military, costume, transport, car enthusiasts, humor.
The picture postcard offers scope to specialists in many fields. am sure there are more then 2 reasons to buy a postcard. Why do you buy postcards?
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Notes taken from Picture Postcards of the Golden Age, A Collector's Guide by Tonie and Valmai Holt
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