Postcard Category: NOVELTY

Postcard Category: Novelty

Albumpage 6

Collectors enjoy the variety in this category. Postcards were often made with the addition of fragile
material such as appliques, feathers, glitter, tinsel, beads, fur, lace, ribbon, gold touches, tiny booklets
and calendars. Woven ribbons were especially prized. Some cards were made of leather, metal, and
birch bark or with cloth covers. Satin material with stuffing were used on some cards. Song cards and
mechanical cards were published. Stereoptican postcards (3D) of foreign views became popular and
remained so for many years. Pop-up cards and cut-up jigsaw puzzle cards were fun for the recipients.
Add to this category advertising cards, macabre decadent art, and cartoons.

Leather
Leather cards were a novelty, but not practical for mailing!

A song card
Popular tunes were sometimes incorporated into postcards.

Macabre art with the usual skull
Although most cards were sentimental, beautiful, or comic,
there was an assortment of cards in the style of decadent art,
designed at the turn of the century on the Continent
and exported to England and America.
These macabre cards had skulls as their major motif.

Find romance with the new electric lamp!
The "Lovelights" series of advertising postcards was an attempt to convince
the public that electric light was "romantic."

Club Emblems
Masonic emblems appeared in interesting fashion on some cards.

Political
Some cards displayed political cartoons. Others were educational in nature.
This card was one of a series about the leaders of many countries.

Souvenir Cards
These celebrated special events or demonstrated civic pride. Some were decorated by the sender,
using glue and tinsel which could be purchased in special kits.

Do you save the cards given to you on special occasions?

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Albumpage1 has as its theme: COURTING.
Albumpage2 features ANIMALS.
Albumpage3 shows some GENERAL GREETINGS.
Albumpage4 celebrates SPRING, SUMMER, and FALL.
Albumpage5 is for WINTER HOLIDAYS.
This page is set aside for NOVELTY cards.
Albumpage7 shows off the LADIES and fashion.
Albumpage8 features CHILDREN.

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Postcards scanned and presented by granddaughter, Beverly Whitaker.
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