Collection Curiosities
Date:
Late 1800s- Early 1900s
Description:
Travel Postcards
Description:

Much as people collect postcards from their vacations today this too was something Victorian curio collectors would do. Though these postcards are not the kind you mail like found today, they portray images of foreign cultures and destinations visited. Many of the travel postcard images in our collection are quite obviously staged with photo backdrops and props. Some have also been hand-colored to add depth and realism to an otherwise flat original black and white image.
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Postcard from NapoliPostcard from Napoli
Queen Wilhekmina of Holland, 1898Queen Wilhekmina of Holland, 1898
Princess Louise, 1870Princess Louise, 1870
Turkish Milkman PostcardTurkish Milkman Postcard