1910 – 1919
The 1910s
Golden age, then the war
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From the curator
Take your time - every card in this room has its own hour.
The decade opens still inside the golden age: embossed greetings, tinted views, silk-work novelties, whole albums filled by proud collectors. Then, in the summer of 1914, everything changes.
Field postcards appear at the front, pre-printed with tick-box messages so nothing sensitive can leak. Sweetheart silks, hand-embroidered in French villages, travel home in soldiers’ pockets. The tone quietens.
By 1919 the picture postcard is no longer a novelty. It is a way of saying ‘I am still here.’
On display
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Opening the cabinet...