Tag Archives: children
7 April 2009

Postcards for First Graders

Here’s your chance to infect some six-year-olds with the postcard bug.  A first grade class in Florida is collecting postcards from all over the world, from now until 28 May 2009.  For more information (and the address), check out their wish at Wish Upon a Hero.

24 August 2008

Caffeine Academy

“Are you tired and sluggish? Can’t seem to keep up?” I can’t think of a single person I know to whom caffeine is not a crutch — but I can think of several people, myself included, who would be legally dead without it. This postcard, #1263 from The American Postcard Company, Inc., was printed in [...]

22 August 2008

May Your Dreams Come True

This is a Christmas postcard sent to my great-grandfather, in care of his father, James Henry Smith. It was sent perhaps as early as (but no earlier than) 1907. The sender is unknown, and there is no message. This card has some unique features. For one thing, there is no indication (that I can see, [...]

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