Student Projects from the Archives
Article Title
The Medium and the Message in Early Twentieth Century Postcards Picturing Courtship and Romance
Abstract
This examination of representative postcards from the Lovers Portrait Vol. 1 volume in the David P. Campbell Postcard Collection will use the postcards dating from the early twentieth century and the messages on them to illuminate facts about postcard production, postal history, family relationships, daily life, fashion strictures, and much more. With each card inspiring a piece of detective work that brings to light a nugget of information about a time gone by, this work also generally represents the kind of curiosities that the collection as a whole brings to light. It is hoped that it will serve as a kind of introduction to The David P. Campbell Postcard Collection for future archivists and scholars.
The David P. Campbell Postcard Collection, searchable at postcard.uakron.edu, is a key collection of the CCHP’s Institute for Human Science and Culture.
Recommended Citation
Herbert, Rosemary
(2019)
"The Medium and the Message in Early Twentieth Century Postcards Picturing Courtship and Romance,"
Student Projects from the Archives: Vol. 1
, Article 1.
Available at:
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/spa/vol1/iss1/1