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Description: | Picture postcards first appeared in Britain in the 1890s. At this time nothing was permitted on the address side of the postcard except the address and postal information. It was not until 1902 when the first 'divided back' cards appeared that senders were permitted to write messages on the cards. From 1902 postcards exploded in popularity and quickly became the standard medium for transmitting short messages. They were cheap and reliable, with up to seven postal deliveries a day. Families who could afford to do so often had family photographs printed as a set of postcards for souvenirs as well as to send to friends. This postcard was sent on February 11th 1909 to a Mr Harker, a chemist from Bishopton in Bristol from a Mr Gibson of Saltwel Road in Gateshead. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Shops | Temporal: | name=Edwardian; start=1901; end=1910; | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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