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- Postcards, "Preparing for a Socially Improved Future," 2020 -
- 2020
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Postcards, "Preparing for a Socially Improved Future," 2020
- Hallowe'en Postcards - Browse a selection of postcards from our collections that represents a uniquely American blend of Hallowe'en traditions. By the early 1900s, this included the popular activity of sending and collecting these holiday-themed greeting cards.
- October 24, 2013
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Hallowe'en Postcards
Browse a selection of postcards from our collections that represents a uniquely American blend of Hallowe'en traditions. By the early 1900s, this included the popular activity of sending and collecting these holiday-themed greeting cards.
- Album of H. J. Heinz Company Postcards and Employee Event Programs, 1881-1939 - Company scrapbooks are often reminders of the company's history, significant moments in time, and the employees who worked there. This album, compiled by the H.J. Heinz Company, includes trade cards and postcards for various Heinz products, booklets and programs for conventions and anniversary dinners, salesmen manuals, and commemorative ribbons from conventions, conferences, and employee annual outings.
- 1881-1939
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Album of H. J. Heinz Company Postcards and Employee Event Programs, 1881-1939
Company scrapbooks are often reminders of the company's history, significant moments in time, and the employees who worked there. This album, compiled by the H.J. Heinz Company, includes trade cards and postcards for various Heinz products, booklets and programs for conventions and anniversary dinners, salesmen manuals, and commemorative ribbons from conventions, conferences, and employee annual outings.
- Halloween Postcard, 1913 - By the late 1800s, a distinct blend of Halloween customs had emerged in the United States. The holiday was mostly an innocent celebration of mystery and fun into the 20th century, though traditions often reflected Halloween's supernatural origins. This colorful, spooky greeting postcard from 1913 alludes to olden customs and beliefs about the spiritual world.
- 1913
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Halloween Postcard, 1913
By the late 1800s, a distinct blend of Halloween customs had emerged in the United States. The holiday was mostly an innocent celebration of mystery and fun into the 20th century, though traditions often reflected Halloween's supernatural origins. This colorful, spooky greeting postcard from 1913 alludes to olden customs and beliefs about the spiritual world.
- "Hallowe'en" Postcard, 1907-1908 - Halloween's superstitious origins gave way to a national celebration of mystery and innocent fun in 20th-century America. Seasonal greeting cards commonly exchanged by friends and neighbors during Halloween reflected a distinctly American blend of olden customs and modern life. This colorful example cleverly combines traditional symbols with a contemporary watermelon "automobile" - complete with a hand crank stem!
- 1907-1908
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"Hallowe'en" Postcard, 1907-1908
Halloween's superstitious origins gave way to a national celebration of mystery and innocent fun in 20th-century America. Seasonal greeting cards commonly exchanged by friends and neighbors during Halloween reflected a distinctly American blend of olden customs and modern life. This colorful example cleverly combines traditional symbols with a contemporary watermelon "automobile" - complete with a hand crank stem!
- Hart's U.S. 30 Diner, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, circa 1960 -
- circa 1960
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Hart's U.S. 30 Diner, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, circa 1960
- Postcard, Mackinac Straits Bridge, 1958 - The five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge connects the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan. Its completion in 1957 followed decades of proposals and plans to span the Straits of Mackinac. Today the Mackinac Bridge is not only an important transportation link, it's a beloved symbol of the Great Lakes State.
- August 22, 1959
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Postcard, Mackinac Straits Bridge, 1958
The five-mile-long Mackinac Bridge connects the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of Michigan. Its completion in 1957 followed decades of proposals and plans to span the Straits of Mackinac. Today the Mackinac Bridge is not only an important transportation link, it's a beloved symbol of the Great Lakes State.
- Halloween Postcard, "Merry Halloween," 1909 - A jack-o-lantern is a traditional symbol of Halloween. The tradition began in the Celtic regions of Europe, specifically Ireland, where people hollowed out root vegetables, such as turnips, and lit them with candles or burning coal or embers. As immigrants flooded into the United States in the 1800s they used the pumpkin -- native to America -- as a natural substitute.
- circa 1909
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Halloween Postcard, "Merry Halloween," 1909
A jack-o-lantern is a traditional symbol of Halloween. The tradition began in the Celtic regions of Europe, specifically Ireland, where people hollowed out root vegetables, such as turnips, and lit them with candles or burning coal or embers. As immigrants flooded into the United States in the 1800s they used the pumpkin -- native to America -- as a natural substitute.
- Postcard, "SS Leviathan," Dated 1926 - The SS <em>Leviathan</em> first set sail in 1913 as the German passenger ship SS <em>Vaterland</em>. In 1917, it was seized by the U.S. Navy as a troop carrier, and at the end of World War I, transformed into a transatlantic luxury liner. From 1923-1934, the <em>Leviathan</em> sailed as a commercial tourist ship, with an opulent "Pompeian" swimming pool and a Ritz-Carlton restaurant.
- April 12, 1926
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Postcard, "SS Leviathan," Dated 1926
The SS Leviathan first set sail in 1913 as the German passenger ship SS Vaterland. In 1917, it was seized by the U.S. Navy as a troop carrier, and at the end of World War I, transformed into a transatlantic luxury liner. From 1923-1934, the Leviathan sailed as a commercial tourist ship, with an opulent "Pompeian" swimming pool and a Ritz-Carlton restaurant.
- Postcard, "Valentine Greetings," 1906 - The custom of sending messages of affection on February 14 dates back to Roman times, when mid-February was a time to meet and court prospective mates. The earliest American valentines were labors of love, handmade by the sender. The spread of commercially produced valentines in the second half of the nineteenth century made sending and receiving Valentine's Day cards a more lighthearted activity.
- 1906
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Postcard, "Valentine Greetings," 1906
The custom of sending messages of affection on February 14 dates back to Roman times, when mid-February was a time to meet and court prospective mates. The earliest American valentines were labors of love, handmade by the sender. The spread of commercially produced valentines in the second half of the nineteenth century made sending and receiving Valentine's Day cards a more lighthearted activity.