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Postcard Stories

Stories about postcards — the people who sent them, the places they depict, and the history they carry.

MIT postcard, 1907

A Mystery at MIT

The Architect's Daughter and the Postcard from 1907

An MIT postcard sent to Marian Blackall — daughter of Boston's most famous theater architect — signed with mysterious initials. Who was the sender?

 UPenn postcard, 1903

Dear Father

A UPenn Student Writes Home to Captain Bailey (1903)

A student, exhausted from finals, scribbles a note home. Over 120 years later, the feeling is exactly the same.