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Here are a number of references which can be used to research old antique postcards and to date vintage postcards. Many postcard history and postcard artists links are included. Also see the Canadiana and Northern Ontario Postcard Photographers pages for additional postcard references. The story of Antoine’s Moose-Yard provides additional background information on Northern Ontario life as it was more than 100 years ago.
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- Amusement Parks, Circus, Exhibitions and Fairs:
- 101 Ranch; a history of the 101 Ranch by their Oldtimers’ Association; and The Spirits of the 101 Ranch
- Australia’s Circus History
- Buffalo Bill Museum
- California-Pacific Exposition, 1935-1936
- Celebrating the Louisiana Purchase: The 1904 World’s Fair
- Chicago World’s Fair: A Century of Progress Exposition, 1933-1934
A noteworthy site with an impressive number of fair-related links
- Circus Historical Society
- Circus in America, The: 1793-1940. A definitive circus history website
- CircusMuseum.nl, large collection of historic circus posters depicting jugglers, freaks, acrobats, etc.
- Coney Island Museum’s postcard collection
- Defunct Amusement Parks
- Ed’s Circus Postcards - Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus postcards
- Johnny Eck Museum, documenting the life of Johnny Eck(hardt), a legless sideshow performer
- Ken’s Classic Coaster Postcards, roller coaster postcards
- List of Circuses, 1930-1939
- Meet Me at the Fair, the Lake County (Illinois) fair as seen in vintage postcards
- National Carousel Association, The - Impressive database searchable by state or province, defunct carousels, an inventory of classic carousels from the late 1800s through the 1960s, a map, and information on European and Australian carousels
- National Fairground Archive searchable image database at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
- Oceanview Amusement Park
- Panama-California Exposition: San Diego, 1915-1916, from The San Diego Historical Society
- phreequeshow, well documented and profusely illustrated, dedicated to those who performed in circus “freak shows”
- Quasi-Modo: Extensive research and photographs of what’s described as “freaks of nature, human oddities…and circus and carnival sideshow performers.”
- Roller Coaster World: Roller Coasters and Amusement Parks, including a vintage postcards reference section
- Sideshow World
- Sword Swallowers
- World’s Fairs and Exhibitions - Alphabetical List of World’s Fairs by City
- Other Useful Links:
- Advanced Philatelic Glossary
- American Picture Palaces
- Bota Cancels, from Japan
- Cabinet Photos and Carte de Visite (CDV):
- Brief History of the Carte de Visite, with splendid examples from The American Museum of Photography
- Cabinet Cards
- Carte de Visite
- Dating Cabinet Cards
- Glossary of Photographic Processes
- Victorian and Edwardian Photographs, including information on the Marion code to help date c. 1859-1908 Carte de Visite (CDV) and cabinet cards
- Christmas Seals:
- Collecting Christmas Seals
- Story of Christmas Seals, The
- Complete List of Fraternal Organizations:
- A thru L
- M thru Z
- Currency Converter
- Ephemera Society of America, The
- Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms
- Greenwich Mean Time
- Historic Bridges of the United States
- Lighthouse Explorer Database
- Martindale’s Language & Translation Center
- Memory Archive, an oral history wiki website allowing anyone to record memories of significant historial events, people and places
- Mezzofanti: Free Translation Site
- Perpetual Calendar, The: A Helpful Tool to Postal Historians
- Postal History Stationery Society, The
- Precancel Stamp Society, The
- Roman Numeral and Date Conversion
- Victorian Floriography (The Language of Flowers)
- Waterfalls of the Northeastern United States, a postcard database
- Postcard Newsgroups
- alt.collecting.postcard - Post directly to the Internet from this alt-news.net link or subscribe to the newsgroup via the Usenet service provided by your ISP
- The Postcard List, subscription information and the FAQ
- Professional Organizations
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