Illustrated color postcard celebrating the American holiday, the Fourth of July, showing a patriotic sailor boy with a firecracker wheel. (Photo: Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images) ...

It`s the time of year when colorful postcards fill American mailboxes, as vacation travelers send best wishes to the folks back home. Most postcards sent out over the years were eventually tossed out, ...

These postcards are the first color photographs taken of the New World, capturing the majesty of the American landscape, from buzzing city scenes to the dramatic vista of the Grand Canyon. Dating back ...

A history of former Eastern Bloc homes, as told by the wallpaper. From photos of Soviet Union shop windows to Eastern Bloc ruins, there’s no shortage of imagery that preserves Soviet-era architecture ...

Whether your summer travel plans involve a trip across country or a tour of the Greek Isles, chances are likely that you will buy a stack of postcards. Postcards capture a moment in time, reminding us ...

The postcard shows a Las Olas Boulevard that’s hard to believe. There are no buildings, no traffic signals — only lush palms and a few gangster-era cars ambling down a moonlit road. “Dear Alice,” ...

Paul Häberer, “Bauhaus Ausstellung Weimar Juli–Sept, 1923, Karte 13” (1923), lithograph, 3 15/16 x 5 7/8 inches (all images courtesy Museum of Modern Art, Committee on Architecture and Design Funds, ...

At first glance, Mary Lydecker’s colorful, kitsch postcards are seemingly innocuous, but look again and you’ll peer upon her world of dystopian leisure trips. Her collages conjoin dated postcards to ...

A Wisconsin Dells author is presenting her history of the area in color. Bonnie Alton, a city resident and historian who authored “Postcard History Series Wisconsin Dells” in 2007 in black and white, ...

Some people collect stamps. Others acquire art. Frank Warren collects secrets. Strangers from around the world send him postcards with their confessions, their disappointments and their hopes for the ...

On a crisp sunny afternoon, junior finance major Chris Butner approaches the table set up by Associated Students (A.S.) in the middle of campus to get students to sign colorful postcards to protest ...