Do you Enjoy Vintage Postcards or American History?
We feature vintage postcards from across America that depict beautiful and historic scenes of Victorian towns, National Forests, and people from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Here at Vintage American you can learn about vintage postcard history and browse our online postcard collection.
All of the cards featured here online are in their original state or as we found them — they have not been retouched.
Featured Vintage Postcard Collections
Early 1900s Postcard Lithographic Printing Process
Old fashioned postcards from the early 20th century were made from a lithographic process. Due to this process of printing, not all cards have the same coloring and have now become collectors' items. If you get into this hobby you will soon find a big difference between antique postcards where some are quite brilliant and beautiful and others not so colorful.
American History through Vintage Postcards
Not only are each of these vintage post cards that we share here with you a work of art, but each is also a snapshot of American history showing people and places as they looked 100 years ago. At Vintage American you will find that each of these old postcards from across America, is shown with some history written about the scene in the card. What a great way to learn bits and pieces of American history - by viewing vintage American postcards.
Buy Vintage Postcard Art
If you are a postcard collector, we are not selling the original postcards featured in our online collection. We do, however, sell reproductions of these old postcard images and other types of postcard art. If you are looking for a unique gift, these old images of American home towns, National Parks, and favorite places from a person's past are a great gift idea for a friend or loved one.
We reprint these lovely old fashioned postcards from a restored image on all sorts of gifts including cards, prints, posters, mugs, clothing, and more. If you would like to buy vintage postcard art, we now have two online stores selling our items, both of which can be found at our Vintage American Shop. We have hundreds of antique images of America. If you don't see the location that you are interested in, please check back as we will be adding images and gifts all the time.
Please enjoy browsing this site and the images of the original cards that hopefully will guide you on a new found hobby of learning American History through vintage postcards.
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