Postcards
Collection
POSTCARD COLLECTION FROM …
WEST AFRICA
AMERICA
EL SALVADOR
INDONESIA
WEST AFRICA
POSTCARDS FROM WEST AFRICA:
Tombouctou Market, Soudan (Mali) c1925
U.S. Consul’s House, Gorée Is., Senegal 1901
Port, Lomé, Togo c1925
Railroad, Lomé, Togo c1925
Mail Porters in Kayes, Mali c1925
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Senegal-Postcard-Exhibit
AMERICA
FOLGER COLLECTION:
Fig 4. Four Picture Postcards, One Envelope John Robinson sent to Henry Folger, 1909 Folger Archives Box 11, photo by Stephen Grant
Astounding Folger purchase when he graduates. Folger Archives Box 29, photo by Stephen Grant.
A Hyde page from Henry Folger’s college scrapbook. Folger Archives Box 29, photo by Stephen Grant.
Names of orators and their subjects in Hyde Prize program of 1879. Folger Archives Box 29, photo by Stephen Grant.
Postally unused 1913 Jefferson postal card. Folger Archives Box 26, photo by Stephen Grant.
Typewritten message on other side of postally unused 1913 Jefferson postal card, 1933. Folger Archives Box 26, photo by Stephen Grant.
Handwritten message and signature on 1873 postal card received in Brooklyn on July 2, 1879. Folger Archives Box 29, photo by Stephen Grant.
1873 Liberty postal card sent from Amherst, MA on July 1, 1879 to Mrs. H. C. Folger Jr. in Brooklyn, NY. Folger Archives Box 29, photo by Stephen Grant.
AMHERST COLLECTION:
Peanuts, Fruit, & Candy 1910
Statue of José Rosales, Founder of San Salvador Hospital, El Salvador 1914
Southwest from College tower 1908
New Observatory 1907
Town Hall 1906
College church 1903
Amherst College, Walker Hall 1906
EL SALVADOR
POSTCARDS FROM EL SALVADOR:
Acajutla Port, El Salvador 1911
Seat of Congress, National Palace, San Salvador, El Salvador 1912
San Miguel, Max Vollmberg Painting 1923
Parque-Morazan
Rosales Hospital, San Salvador 1911
The United States Legation, San Salvador 1923
La Union Market Street 1931
Sant Ana Church under construction
INDONESIA
POSTCARDS FROM INDONESIA:
The Ruler of Boné, South Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies 1919
Brastagi and Mount Sibayak
Waterloo Plein and Michiels Monument
Opium Smoker, Batavia (Jakarta), Dutch East Indies c1920
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Javanese court servant
Menteng Falls
Minangkabau-Padang-1930
Minangkabau woman in traditional dress
Smoke Panache of Semeru Volcano
Articles about Postcards
ASSASSINATED on a park bench in 1913,
Sitting President of El Salvador, Dr. Manuel Araujo
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Old Picture Postcards from Guinea in West Africa
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Henry Clay Folger’s Deltiological Profile, Part II
We pick up from the series of picture postcards Henry Folger sent to his wife Emily in Brooklyn...
Henry Clay Folger’s Deltiological Profile, Part I
While on business trips out west in 1910, Standard Oil Co. executive Henry Folger sends postcards to his wife. The messages are hilarious!
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