Postcards Are a Wonderful Idea

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I think the biggest problem is the need for a stamp, because who would think to even bring them? And who even knows what it costs to send a postcard. They're just beautifully stunning, stunning visual records of a trip. You have to sit there and think, how do i sum experience up for somebody? An o facebook, one line on facebook with a picture, just ever so much easier. It's sob postscards are so personal. For somebody to get something in the mail these days is so exceptionally wonderful.

Why were postcards invented and why do they still exist? Why do we lie to people and say our lives are better than they are? Alie stopped into the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan and talked to curator of 40 years, Donna Braden, about her work with the postcard collections -- as well as her musings about how emotions impact memory, why Americans love to hit the open road and what the biggest postcard you're allowed to mail is. Listen while riding off into the sunset or sipping tea on a porch and then send someone you love a giant postcard because you can.

The Henry Ford Museum Postcard Archive

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