Postcards Tell the Story of a Vacation Place

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i was just tickled to see this one. Was his black and white full length portrait. It was titled gentleman posed with a chair ten ten. Choosing postcard paper meant that he could mail photos to friends and relatives. Donna curated promotional postcards for one exhibit about motels. And they tell the story of hitting the open road in a car with your nuclear family for some time away, just kind of weaving sunburn and heartburn and discovery and all these new memories.

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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