MetaFilter posts tagged with postcard

Yes, through the mail and everything.

Vectorcon Systems — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:58:37 -0800

Gmail wants you to send a holiday postcard for free. Previously: sending postcards online

Shoot It-Real postcard from your iPhone

ColdChef — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:37:05 -0800

Shoot It! Create and mail a real [paper!] postcard from anywhere and to anyone around the world.

Talking Cards

tellurian — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:23:41 -0800

Used as postcards and for advertising, phono postcards were a single-sided phonograph record stuck on a card with a hole punched through. The Weco cards stand out with their use of photography (with the clothes sometimes painted on) and see-through vinyl.

Donovan

vronsky — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:30:29 -0800

Paul McCartney and Donovan - 1968, 1969 + Donovan talks with David Lynch & sings "The Hurdy Gurdy Man" for Maharishi + David Lynch Sings + Medley Beatles di Donovan

make your own

nickyskye — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:06:31 -0800

Postcard.fm Send audio postcards to your friends. Free. Upload any photo of yours or image off the web and any MP3 you choose in a single upload process, then enter your email address and that of the person to whom you wish to send the mix. Done— it’s simple. p.s. postcard does not sell, spam, or share the email addresses of senders or recipients. via

Први светски рат

tellurian — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:06:22 -0800

Prvi svetski rat - Gritty and poignant Serbian postcards from the First World War. Just one of the seriously interesting (e.g. check out the collection of 78s) holdings at the Digital National Library of Serbia.

Wish You Were Here

optovox — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:37:54 -0800

Drive-through trees, Olvera Street, Knott's Berry Farm, and lots of other images and postcards of California at Image Archaeology.

Postcrossing

Baud — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 08:00:45 -0800

you've got new postcrossed mail You have heard of geocaching. You have heard of Bookcrossing. Here comes Postcrossing. The main idea is that: if you send a postcard, you'll receive at least one back, from a random Postcrosser from somewhere in the world. The goal of postcrossing is to allow people to receive postcards from all over the world, for free. Well, for the price of the stamp you put on the postcards you need to send if you wish to get one from someone you never met. You can have up to 5 postcards traveling at any single time. Every time one of the postcards you sent is registered, you can request another address. I bought my first postcrossed postcard in Brussels' touristy district today and will mail it somewhere in Finland tomorrow.

Preserving the Heritage of Zonians

tellurian — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 19:02:31 -0800

Canal Zone Images is a collection of stories and images about the Panama Canal Zone. Did you know that the construction workers were paid in gold and silver ('spiggoty' dollars)? "Paper money was not used on the pay car at all. In the first place, there was always a danger of its blowing away, and in the second place paper money in the hands of negro workmen soon assumed a most unsanitary condition." A couple more: The story of Submarine 0-5 [4 times! What do you have to do to get gold?]. A train wreck at Miraflores (here is the other postcard [different site] that he mentions).

When you care enough to send the very bewildering.

zardoz — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 18:33:08 -0800

If you're looking for a good prank this holiday season, why not have someone living in Europe send cryptic, bizarre postcards to your friends. Bidding has commenced.

Bob Waldmire Art

gottabefunky — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 14:30:53 -0800

Bob Waldmire makes intricate, whimsical drawings of two things that go great together: old cars and Route 66. His maps and postcards are true works of art.

They Had Cameras

iconomy — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 08:11:59 -0800

I vould haf palbidations by de heardt if you vould let me take your picture. Vintage postcards featuring cameras and photographers.

Postcards from the attic

Grod — Thu, 28 Oct 2004 20:50:27 -0800

Postcards from the attic . From our very own cedar comes this amazing collection of several hundred postcards sent between 1900 and 1910 by his family. These are quirky unsettling, and disturbingly cute. Enjoy.

When the circus came to town...

jester69 — Wed, 16 Jun 2004 07:21:15 -0800

Defunct amusement parks. It has postcards and historical photos. It also has relatively current photos of parks in various states of disrepair. A great site for fans of entropy, like myself. (via Linkfilter)

Japanese Postcards

hama7 — Mon, 05 Apr 2004 15:30:11 -0800

Early 1900's postcards of Japanese ladies and geishas.

On Alfred Mainzer Cats Dressed As People Postcards

y2karl — Mon, 09 Feb 2004 21:26:02 -0800

Cat family being photographed depicts cats--dressed and bipedal--enacting a mundane human situation in a Swiss, or, at least, European setting. It is, in other words, your stereotypical Alfred Mainzer Dressed Cats Series postcard. I have collected them in a desultory way over the years but never thought to Google Alfred Mainzer until tonight.*
*Note that all of these are personal sites and two are Tripod and GeoCities hosted, so treat kindly and tread gently. No direct links, please. coughmaybemirrothemcough

postcardman.com

hama7 — Mon, 06 Oct 2003 17:43:26 -0800

Postcard Man: Worldwide Vintage Postcards.

What says love like video art?

condour75 — Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:00:18 -0800

What says love like video art? Enjoy these trés bizarre video "postcards", then send them to a significant other. Or don't. Whatever. I just looked at 'em, personally. They're great though. [Quicktime required.]

Postcard Exchange

sycophant — Wed, 11 Dec 2002 03:20:13 -0800

Do you know a elementary teacher? Rob from Cockeyed.com wants to create an interstate postcard exchange! If you ask me (no-one has) this is far too good an exercise to go to waste, so if you know a 3rd - 5th Grade teacher, point them in the direction of this!