A Message From the Past
Before texting or DMs, there were postcards...
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The history of postcards in 60 seconds
The epic adventures of the tiny card
Postcards in brief
A story that could fit on the back of a postage stamp
Did you know... 140,000 postcards were sold on the first day they went on sale in France - other countries adopted the concept following this huge success.
Postcard chat
Take a peek into a bygone era
The art in your pocket
Did you know... The most expensive postcard ever auctioned was sent by Picasso to Apollinaire in 1918 and featured a cubist portrait.
Quirky postcards
Out-of-the-box and off-the-wall
Did you know... The Eiffel Tower is the monument most featured on postcards: 5 billion postcards of it have been sold since 1889!
The little stories that made history
Individual stories told in postcards
Did you know... In 1917, 1,700,000 postcards were exchanged every day in France.
Spotlight on: Brittany and postcards
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Le Carton Voyageur
See more of the postcard museum's collections
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