Book cover of Postcards: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Social Network by Lydia Pyne
History

Postcards: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Social Network

Although postcards are usually associated with cheeky seaside tableaus and banal holiday pleasantries, they are made possible by sophisticated industries and institutions, from printers to postal services. When they were invented postcards established what is now taken for granted in modern times: the ability to send and receive messages around the world easily and inexpensively. […Learn More]